LDOM: When rebooting an I/O domain it reports vd_setup_fd() message stating /dev/vx/dmp/<dmpnode> is currently inaccessible (error 19)

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Description

Error Message

# grep vd_setup /var/adm/messages
Jun  8 08:06:05 primary vds: [ID 877446 kern.info] vd_setup_vd():  /dev/vx/dmp/emc_clariion0_45s2 is currently inaccessible (error 19)
Jun  8 08:06:05 primary vds: [ID 877446 kern.info] vd_setup_vd():  /dev/vx/dmp/emc_clariion0_46s2 is currently inaccessible (error 19)
Jun  8 08:06:05 primary vds: [ID 877446 kern.info] vd_setup_vd():  /dev/vx/dmp/emc_clariion1_255s2 is currently inaccessible (error 19)
Jun  8 08:06:05 primary vds: [ID 877446 kern.info] vd_setup_vd():  /dev/vx/dmp/emc_clariion0_47s2 is currently inaccessible (error 19)
Jun  8 08:06:05 primary vds: [ID 877446 kern.info] vd_setup_vd():  /dev/vx/dmp/emc_clariion1_177s2 is currently inaccessible (error 19)
Jun  8 08:06:05 primary vds: [ID 877446 kern.info] vd_setup_vd():  /dev/vx/dmp/emc_clariion1_253s2 is currently inaccessible (error 19)
Jun  8 08:06:05 primary vds: [ID 877446 kern.info] vd_setup_vd():  /dev/vx/dmp/emc_clariion1_254s2 is currently inaccessible (error 19)
Jun  8 08:07:05 primary vds: [ID 715302 kern.info] vd_setup_vd():  /dev/vx/dmp/emc_clariion0_46s2 is now online
Jun  8 08:07:05 primary vds: [ID 715302 kern.info] vd_setup_vd():  /dev/vx/dmp/emc_clariion0_45s2 is now online
Jun  8 08:07:05 primary vds: [ID 715302 kern.info] vd_setup_vd():  /dev/vx/dmp/emc_clariion1_255s2 is now online
Jun  8 08:09:53 primary vds: [ID 877446 kern.info] vd_setup_vd():  /dev/vx/dmp/emc_clariion0_45s2 is currently inaccessible (error 19)
Jun  8 08:09:53 primary vds: [ID 877446 kern.info] vd_setup_vd():  /dev/vx/dmp/emc_clariion0_46s2 is currently inaccessible (error 19)
Jun  8 08:09:53 primary vds: [ID 877446 kern.info] vd_setup_vd():  /dev/vx/dmp/emc_clariion1_255s2 is currently inaccessible (error 19)
Jun  8 08:09:53 primary vds: [ID 877446 kern.info] vd_setup_vd():  /dev/vx/dmp/emc_clariion0_47s2 is currently inaccessible (error 19)
Jun  8 08:09:53 primary vds: [ID 877446 kern.info] vd_setup_vd():  /dev/vx/dmp/emc_clariion1_177s2 is currently inaccessible (error 19)
Jun  8 08:09:53 primary vds: [ID 877446 kern.info] vd_setup_vd():  /dev/vx/dmp/emc_clariion1_253s2 is currently inaccessible (error 19)
Jun  8 08:09:53 primary vds: [ID 877446 kern.info] vd_setup_vd():  /dev/vx/dmp/emc_clariion1_254s2 is currently inaccessible (error 19)
Jun  8 08:10:43 primary vds: [ID 715302 kern.info] vd_setup_vd():  /dev/vx/dmp/emc_clariion0_46s2 is now online
Jun  8 08:10:43 primary vds: [ID 715302 kern.info] vd_setup_vd():  /dev/vx/dmp/emc_clariion0_45s2 is now online
Jun  8 08:10:43 primary vds: [ID 715302 kern.info] vd_setup_vd():  /dev/vx/dmp/emc_clariion1_255s2 is now online

Cause

The LDOM Virtual Disk Server may not have created the backend devices at the time of starting VxVM services. 

Resolution

Oracle suggested the implementation of the following /etc/system vds attribute entries in all I/O domains, primary (control) and alternate service domains:

# grep vds /etc/system
set vds:vds_dev_retries = 30
set vds:vds_ldc_delay = 2000
set vds:vds_dev_delay = 60000000

Once added, reboot the I/O domains for the /etc/system entries to take effect

 

During the boot sequence, you should no longer see the vd_setup_fd() error message during the I/O startup.

 

When rebooting the I/O domain, the related virtual disk instances go into a not available state and are not recovered when the returning I/O domain (CDOM/SDOM) returns

Issue/Introduction

LDOMs known as Oracle VM Server for Sparc

Oracle's server virtualization and partitioning technology for SPARC. Provides the ability to split a single physical system into multiple, independent virtual systems (known as logical domains).

Figure 1.0 User-added image
Enables a system to run and deploy different Operating System instances simultaneously on a single server