VXVM needs license ... please help

Question

Dear all,

&nbsp;i have installed VXVM 5.0 basic on my Virtual machine (Solaris 5.10)

when i tried to mount the volume,

i have received this error "UX:vxfs mount: ERROR: V-3-25255: mount: You don't have a license to run this program"

is there any way out?

i was looking in a forum, which described to check
pkginfo -l VRTSvxfs | grep STATUS

complete install
	ls -lad /devices/pseudo/vxportal &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; it does not find these directories.... then i performed
	
	devfsadm -v -i vxportal&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; it failed with exit status 1
	&nbsp;

ted_summers · Accepted Answer

That license key decoded as SF for Windows.
When your virtual machine is running an Unix OS (Solaris), you would need a Unix license in the VM.
That being said, SF Basic should not require a license, however there is a known issue with 5.1 licensing and the SF Basic.&nbsp;

From what I understand, in the storage media in the storage_foundation subdirectory, there is a file (hidden) named ".key".

Do the following:
cd &lt;media_path&gt;/storage_foundation
cat .key
Use the output (which is the SF Basic key) on the following command line:
vxlicinst -k &lt;key&gt;
Then rescan the license you just put in:
vxdctl license init

That should resolve any license related issue.

shakil_qureshi · Answer

Dear i have some queries,

1) i have installed license via
vxlicinst&nbsp;

2) vxlicrep

Creating a report on all VERITAS products installed on this system

vxlicrep ERROR V-21-3-1015 Failed to prepare report for key = NEZE-ECHN-XP68-KC4M-RO38-PP3P

&nbsp;-----------------***********************-----------------

3)&nbsp;
./installer -configure

Estimated time remaining: 0:02&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;&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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 10 of 11

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Performing SF configuration ........................................................................................... Done
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Starting vxdmp ........................................................................................................ Done
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Starting vxio ......................................................................................................... Done
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Starting vxspec ....................................................................................................... Done
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Starting vxconfigd .................................................................................................... Done
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Starting vxesd ........................................................................................................ Done
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Starting vxrelocd ..................................................................................................... Done
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Starting vxconfigbackupd .............................................................................................. Done
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Starting vxportal ..................................................................................................... Done
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Starting fdd .......................................................................................................... Done

Storage Foundation Basic Startup did not complete successfully

vxportal failed to start on blade01
fdd failed to start on blade01

It is strongly recommended to reboot the following systems:
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; blade01

Execute '/usr/sbin/shutdown -y -i6 -g0' to properly restart your systems

installer log files, summary file, and response file are saved at:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; /opt/VRTS/install/logs/installer-201004291935zSR

4) 
root@blade01 # pkginfo -l VRTSvxfs | grep STATUS
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; STATUS:&nbsp; completely installed

5) 
ls -lad /devices/pseudo/vxportal*
/devices/pseudo/vxportal*: No such file or directory
ls -lad /devices/pseudo/fdd*
/devices/pseudo/fdd*: No such file or directory

6) 
root@blade01 # devfsadm -v -i vxportal
devfsadm: driver failed to attach: vxportal
exit status = 1

root@blade01 # devfsadm -v -i fdd
devfsadm: driver failed to attach: fdd
exit status = 1

7)
root@blade01 # vxdisk list
DEVICE&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TYPE&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; DISK&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; GROUP&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; STATUS
disk_0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; auto:SVM&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; SVM
disk_1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; auto:SVM&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; SVM
disk_2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; auto:cdsdisk&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; foris-dg01&nbsp;&nbsp; foris-dg&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; online
disk_3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; auto:cdsdisk&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; foris-dg02&nbsp;&nbsp; foris-dg&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; online

root@blade01 # mount -F vxfs /dev/vx/dsk/foris-dg/catalog-vol /vxvm
UX:vxfs mount: ERROR: V-3-22168: Cannot open portal device: No such file or directory
UX:vxfs mount: ERROR: V-3-25255: mount: You don't have a license to run this program
root@blade01 #&nbsp;

8)&nbsp; Also when i rebooted machine... it showed me some Warnings V-365-1-1 , kindly find it in attched Picture

Will someone please update me, why i am not able to start VXVM in my virtual machine ?

shakil_qureshi · Answer

any body ? any idea...

suggest please ?

scottk · Answer

Not a solution but a couple of observations.

First, vxportal &amp; fdd are VxFS components, not VxVM components.
I suppose it is possible you have a bad license key. That is quite rare, however.

Can you try 5.1? The license key behavior in 5.1 is quite a bit simpler, allowing for a keyless installation at least to get started; and if you only intend to run Storage Foundation Basic, you may not need an additional license key.

scottk · Answer

One other thought... when you say virtual machine, do you mean VMware virual machine, or Sun's zone utility? If the latter, the configuration has some specific requirements which are discussed in the documentation. If the former, I have no further ideas right now.

shakil_qureshi · Answer

hello guys,

i have am not getting any solution.&nbsp; please help me out.

i am using vmware workstation 7 . and solaris 10. vxvm 5.1
&nbsp;and license is built in it.

then why i am provoked for license when i am trying to mount a vx volume ?.&nbsp;&nbsp; Veritas guys.. please help me out. ?

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