Dual IP address reported for RVG causing VVR to be stuck in "Activating" state.

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Article ID: 100065395

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Description

Error Message

The replication is stuck in an activating state and vxprint -VPl reports the flags below:

write attached consistent disconnected autosync resync_paused 

Cause

The issue occurs due to an incorrect environment variable configuration causing VVR to resolve to the Public IP (IP address reported in brackets) instead of the Replication IP and hence gets stuck in activating state.

Resolution

To address this issue

  1. Browse to  Control Panel -> System and Security ->System ->Advanced system settings ->Advanced -> Environment variables -> System Variables ->New ...
  2. Add the Variable name as enableFB with Variable value as 0

      3. Hit the OK button.

OPTIONAL: Browse to the RDS and right click on the RVG and select Change Replication settings and confirm the IP addresses are reflecting the Replication IP only. If it is showing the Public IP, then update them with the Replication IP for both sites and save the configuration.

Once the above steps are done, restart the Veritas Enterprise Administrator Service (vxsvc) on Primary and Secondary servers to allow replication to start.  

Issue/Introduction

For Veritas Volume Replicator (VVR), replication goes into activating state and vxprint -VPl shows two IP addresses configured. Even after recreation of Replication Data Set (RDS), the same IP comes back in brackets along with the correct IP Address. Example Diskgroup = TestDG Rvg : TEST_RVG
state : state=ACTIVE kernel=ENABLED
assoc : datavols=\Device\HarddiskDmVolumes\TestDG\TestVol
srl=\Device\HarddiskDmVolumes\TestDG\SRL
rlinks=rlk_xxx_xxxx
att : rlinks=rlk_xxx_xxxx
checkpoint :
flags : primary enabled attached autosync resync_paused clustered Rlink : rlk_xxx_xxx
info : timeout=31 packet_size=1400
latency_high_mark=10000 latency_low_mark=9950
bandwidth_limit=none
state : state=ACTIVE
synchronous=off latencyprot=off srlprot=autodcm
assoc : rvg=TEST_RVG
remote_host=192.168.x.x
remote_dg=TESTDG
remote_rlink=rlk_xxx_xxxx
local_host=192.168.x.x {10.10.x.x} <==== Additional IP reported
protocol : UDP/IP
flags : write attached consistent disconnected autosync resync_paused

Additional Information

JIRA: STESC-8762
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