Shared memory configuration (kernel.shm***) inside sysctl.conf was not suitable for vmd process.
Leaving the default values fixed the issue.
i see you are trying install Netbackup 8.1.1 ( released in 2018 ) on RHEL 7.8 ( release on march 2020),
there may be a compatablity issue or may not as its not a major relese, however i would suggest you to try with 8.3 on 7.8 release.
Shared memory configuration (kernel.shm***) inside sysctl.conf was not suitable for vmd process.
Leaving the default values fixed the issue.
If the issue was with shared memory, then I find it strange that nothing was logged in server.log....
I'm curious to know how you found the issue?
What was the incorrect entries and what is working fine now?
Care to share with this community?
As reported by bpps, vmd was always down, so trying to run it manually and got the following output:
[root@rhel78 ~]# /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/vmd
malloc: Invalid argument (22)
malloc error, so it had certainly something to do with memory limitation.. Checked my sysctl.conf and found the following:
kernel.shmmax = 687 19476736
Notice the space (introduced by mistake) spliting the number in two parts. This sets shmmax to 687, which is too much low. Correcting the number fixed the issue.
