Veritas disk showing error state

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vxdisk list | grep sdka
	sdtq&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; auto&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; error
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( The above disk is used for BCV Import Jobs and is in error state. Unable to initialise with read lvm headers blocks)
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vxdisk list sdka
	Device:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; sdka
	devicetag: sdka
	type:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; auto
	flags:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; error private autoconfig
	pubpaths:&nbsp; block=/dev/vx/dmp/sdka char=/dev/vx/rdmp/sdka
	guid:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; {5d01555e-d3c2-11e2-bf44-c4c593691c9d}
	udid:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; EMC%5FSYMMETRIX%5F000192600913%5F1301E62008
	site:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -
	Multipathing information:
	numpaths:&nbsp;&nbsp; 2
	sdka&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; state=enabled
	sdkr&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; state=enabled

rsharma1 · Answer

The issue may be seen when the system is booted with BCV devices in an established state (write-disabled). DMP opens the path of the device in read only mode and caches the open.&nbsp;Any subsequent application open in write mode fails.
This technote (although for hpux) could be related: http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&amp;id=TECH193158
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