Unable to start Veritas ODM (Oracle Disk Manager) and GMS (Group Messaging Services) Services
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Description
Error Message
# /etc/init.d/vxodm start
Skipping ODM startup, disabled in configuration
# /etc/init.d/vxgms start
Skipping GMS startup, disabled in configuration
# gabconfig -a
GAB Port Memberships
===============================================================
Port a gen 7be404 membership 01
Port b gen 7be403 membership 01
Cause
ODM and GMS startup are disabled in the configuration file.
Configuration file for ODM shows that it is set to not start:
# cat /etc/vx/odm.config | grep START
ODM_START=0
Configuration file for GMS shows that it is set to not start:
# cat /etc/vx/gms.config | grep START
GMS_START=0
Resolution
To address the issue perform below steps
1) Modify ODM and GMS configuration files and change attributes ODM_START & GMS_START to 1
Change ODM_START to 1 so it shows as follows:
# cat /etc/vx/odm.config | grep START
ODM_START=1
Change GMS_START to 1 so it shows as follows:
# cat /etc/vx/gms.config | grep START
GMS_START=1
2) Start ODM and GMS service in the correct sequence.
# /etc/init.d/vxgms start
Starting GMS
# /etc/init.d/vxodm start
Starting ODM
# gabconfig -a
GAB Port Memberships
===============================================================
Port a gen 7be404 membership 01
Port b gen 7be403 membership 01
Port d gen 7be409 membership 01
# df -h /dev/odm
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
none 0 0 0 - /dev/odm
Additional Notes:
To obtain the correct start up sequence of the services, please check the /etc/rc.d/rc2.d directory for the "S" scripts.
For example,
# ls -l /etc/rc.d/rc2.d/S*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root system 4335 Jun 24 2014 /etc/rc.d/rc2.d/S50vxdbdctrl
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root system 19 Dec 13 23:31 /etc/rc.d/rc2.d/S70llt -> //etc/init.d/llt.rc
-rwxr--r-- 1 root sys 9692 Dec 13 15:31 /etc/rc.d/rc2.d/S71xprtld
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root system 18 Dec 13 15:26 /etc/rc.d/rc2.d/S92gab -> /etc/init.d/gab.rc
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root system 18 Dec 13 15:51 /etc/rc.d/rc2.d/S93amf -> /etc/init.d/amf.rc
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root system 20 Dec 13 23:32 /etc/rc.d/rc2.d/S97vxfen -> /etc/init.d/vxfen.rc
-rwxr--r-- 1 root system 1728 Dec 13 23:32 /etc/rc.d/rc2.d/S99odm
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root system 18 Dec 13 15:52 /etc/rc.d/rc2.d/S99vcs -> /etc/init.d/vcs.rc
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