Error Message

nodeA:~ # service vxfen status

● vxfen.service - VERITAS I/O Fencing (VxFEN)
   Loaded: loaded (/opt/VRTSvcs/vxfen/bin/vxfen; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: failed (Result: timeout) since Mon 2019-07-29 14:42:06 UTC; 15h ago
  Process: 13170 ExecStart=/opt/VRTSvcs/vxfen/bin/vxfen start 2>&1 (code=killed, signal=TERM)
    Tasks: 0 (limit: 512)

Jul 29 14:40:36 nodeA systemd[1]: Starting VERITAS I/O Fencing (VxFEN)...
Jul 29 14:40:37 nodeA vxfen[13170]: Starting vxfen..
Jul 29 14:40:37 nodeA vxfen[13170]: Loaded 4.4.73-5-default on kernel 4.4.178-94.91-default
Jul 29 14:40:37 nodeA vxfen[13170]: WARNING:  No modules found for 4.4.178-94.91-default, using compatible modules for 4.4.73-5-default.
Jul 29 14:42:06 nodeA systemd[1]: vxfen.service: Start operation timed out. Terminating.
Jul 29 14:42:06 nodeA systemd[1]: Failed to start VERITAS I/O Fencing (VxFEN).

Installing the most recent vxfen patch (ie 7.3.1.3100 ) didn't resolve the issue. However installing the latest patches for all the stack resolved the issue and all components in the stack worked fine. The latest patches are available in below link . 

https://downloads.infoscale.com/

vxfen startup issue observed with InfoScale 7.3.1.100 and sles12sp3 4.4.178-94.91.2 kernel

JIRA: VISP-4396