Intermittent diskgroup failures on upgrading from 5.0.x to either 5.1.x or 6.0.x due to mix of standard and cloned devices in diskgroup

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Description

Error Message

 

VxVM vxdg ERROR V-5-1-10978 Disk group : import failed:
Disk group has no valid configuration copies

 

Sep  9 08:40:31 hostname vxvm:vxconfigd: [ID 702911 daemon.warning] V-5-1-0 Disk Group  has a mix of standard and cloned disks: Trying to import the disk group from the standard disks: c3t5006048C52A83528d86s2 c3t5006048C52A83528d87s2

 

 

Cause

Volume Manager can cause intermittent diskgroup import failures for a diskgroup that has a mix of standard and cloned devices .

- Volume Manager implemented a change in version 5.1  that caused the Lun Serial Number (LSN)  for EMC arrays to be shorter than in previous versions.

-The UDID is a tuple( 4 field) consisting of : VendorId , Product ID, Cabinet Serial number , LSN.

- LSN format change from version 5.0.x to 5.1 leads to UDID mismatch upon upgrade for disks that were initialized in 5.0.x

-UDID mismatch triggers  the clone flag to be set internally and the diskgroup will be flagged/imported as “cloned”.

-If a disk is added to such a diskgroup it will be added as a STANDARD device causing the diskgroup to contain a mix of clone and standard devices.

 

Resolution

Note: The clone/udid related article with a command to determine disks with differing UDIDs  is: https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/article.100001562

For all the disks that have two different udid’s

i. If the disks are part of imported DG, deport the DG
 #vxdg deport dgname
ii. Clear the udid_mismatch flags on the disk using
  # vxdisk [-f] [-g diskgroup] updateudid disk ... ( use the –f option to forcibly update the UDID value if the update_udid flag is not set )
iii. Clear the clone flag on non-clone disks if set
#vxdisk set diskname clone=off
iv. Import the diskgroup if it was previously deported
#vxdg import dgname
 

Applies To

Storage Foundation Upgrade from : 5.0.x to 5.1.x and 6.0.x

PLATFORM(S):  SOLARIS, HPUX, AIX & LINUX 

 

Issue/Introduction

Diskgroups will experience intermittent import failures if they contain a mix of standard and cloned devices in the (same) diskgroup
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