Hi Gaurav,
Thanks a lot for your answer. Yes, I'm runnig SF 5.1 on a RedHat EL 5.5. Disks are the same on each node :
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root@linsys33 ~]# /opt/VRTS/bin/vxfenadm -i /dev/vx/rdmp/disk_0
Vendor id : ROCKET
Product id : IMAGEFILE
Revision : 0001
Serial Number : 1780C3DEFC044C56
[root@linsys34 ~]# /opt/VRTS/bin/vxfenadm -i /dev/vx/rdmp/disk_0
Vendor id : ROCKET
Product id : IMAGEFILE
Revision : 0001
Serial Number : 1780C3DEFC044C56
When I try to rerun the tools with the same disk, I receive an error message :
Testing linsys34 /dev/vx/rdmp/disk_0 linsys33 /dev/vx/rdmp/disk_0
Evaluate the disk before testing ........................... Pre-ex
I/O fencing appears to be configured.
Please shutdown fencing then continue.
[root@linsys33 ~]# /etc/init.d/vxfen stop
Stopping vxfen..
ERROR: failed to stop vxfen
ERROR: Module vxfen is in use
VxFEN:Error: cannot unload module
Can you please tell me how I can stop vxfen ?
I've tried with another disk, disk_1 and i've specified this time linsys34 as first node and linsys33 as second node. I've now an error for linsys34 !.
[root@linsys33 bin]# /opt/VRTS/bin/vxfentsthdw
VERITAS vxfentsthdw version 5.1.00.00-GA Linux
The utility vxfentsthdw works on the two nodes of the cluster.
The utility verifies that the shared storage one intends to use is
configured to support I/O fencing. It issues a series of vxfenadm
commands to setup SCSI-3 registrations on the disk, verifies the
registrations on the disk, and removes the registrations from the disk.
******** WARNING!!!!!!!! ********
THIS UTILITY WILL DESTROY THE DATA ON THE DISK!!
Do you still want to continue : [y/n] (default: n) y
The logfile generated for vxfentsthdw is /var/VRTSvcs/log/vxfen/vxfentsthdw.log.7809
Enter the first node of the cluster:
linsys34
Enter the second node of the cluster:
linsys33
Enter the disk name to be checked for SCSI-3 PGR on node linsys34 in the format:
for dmp: /dev/vx/rdmp/sdx
for raw: /dev/sdx
Make sure its the same disk as seen by nodes linsys34 and linsys33
/dev/vx/rdmp/disk_1
Enter the disk name to be checked for SCSI-3 PGR on node linsys33 in the format:
for dmp: /dev/vx/rdmp/sdx
for raw: /dev/sdx
Make sure its the same disk as seen by nodes linsys34 and linsys33
/dev/vx/rdmp/disk_1
***************************************************************************
Testing linsys34 /dev/vx/rdmp/disk_1 linsys33 /dev/vx/rdmp/disk_1
Evaluate the disk before testing ........................ No Pre-existing keys
RegisterIgnoreKeys on disk /dev/vx/rdmp/disk_1 from node linsys34 ...... Passed
Verify registrations for disk /dev/vx/rdmp/disk_1 on node linsys34 ..... Passed
RegisterIgnoreKeys on disk /dev/vx/rdmp/disk_1 from node linsys33 ...... Passed
Verify registrations for disk /dev/vx/rdmp/disk_1 on node linsys33 ..... Passed
Unregister keys on disk /dev/vx/rdmp/disk_1 from node linsys34 ......... Passed
Verify registrations for disk /dev/vx/rdmp/disk_1 on node linsys33 ..... Passed
Unregister keys on disk /dev/vx/rdmp/disk_1 from node linsys33 ......... Passed
RegisterIgnoreKeys on disk /dev/vx/rdmp/disk_1 from node linsys34 ...... Passed
Verify registrations for disk /dev/vx/rdmp/disk_1 on node linsys34 ..... Passed
Read from disk /dev/vx/rdmp/disk_1 on node linsys34 .................... Passed
Write to disk /dev/vx/rdmp/disk_1 from node linsys34 ................... Passed
Read from disk /dev/vx/rdmp/disk_1 on node linsys33 .................... Passed
Write to disk /dev/vx/rdmp/disk_1 from node linsys33 ................... Passed
Reserve disk /dev/vx/rdmp/disk_1 from node linsys34 .................... Passed
Verify reservation for disk /dev/vx/rdmp/disk_1 on node linsys34 ....... Passed
Read from disk /dev/vx/rdmp/disk_1 on node linsys34 .................... Passed
Read from disk /dev/vx/rdmp/disk_1 on node linsys33 .................... Passed
Write to disk /dev/vx/rdmp/disk_1 from node linsys34 ................... Passed
Expect no writes for disk /dev/vx/rdmp/disk_1 on node linsys33 ......... Passed
RegisterIgnoreKeys on disk /dev/vx/rdmp/disk_1 from node linsys33 ...... Passed
Verify registrations for disk /dev/vx/rdmp/disk_1 on node linsys34 ..... Passed
Verify registrations for disk /dev/vx/rdmp/disk_1 on node linsys33 ..... Passed
Write to disk /dev/vx/rdmp/disk_1 from node linsys34 ................... Passed
Write to disk /dev/vx/rdmp/disk_1 from node linsys33 ................... Passed
Preempt and abort key KeyA using key KeyB on node linsys33 ............. Passed
Test to see if I/O on node linsys34 terminated ......................... Passed
RegisterIgnoreKeys on disk /dev/vx/rdmp/disk_1 from node linsys34 ...... Passed
Verify registrations for disk /dev/vx/rdmp/disk_1 on node linsys34 ..... Passed
Preempt key KeyC using key KeyB on node linsys33 ....................... Passed
Test to see if I/O on node linsys34 terminated ......................... Passed
Verify registrations for disk /dev/vx/rdmp/disk_1 on node linsys34 ..... Passed
Verify registrations for disk /dev/vx/rdmp/disk_1 on node linsys33 ..... Passed
Verify reservation for disk /dev/vx/rdmp/disk_1 on node linsys34 ....... Passed
Verify reservation for disk /dev/vx/rdmp/disk_1 on node linsys33 ....... Passed
Remove key KeyB on node linsys33 ....................................... Passed
Check to verify there are no keys from node linsys34 ................... Passed
Check to verify there are no keys from node linsys33 ................... Passed
RegisterIgnoreKeys on disk /dev/vx/rdmp/disk_1 from node linsys34 ...... Passed
Verify registrations for disk /dev/vx/rdmp/disk_1 on node linsys34 ..... Passed
RegisterIgnoreKeys on disk /dev/vx/rdmp/disk_1 from node linsys34 ...... Passed
Verify registrations for disk /dev/vx/rdmp/disk_1 on node linsys34 ..... Passed
Clear PGR on node linsys34 ............................................. Passed
Check to verify there are no keys from node linsys34 ................... Failed
Removing test keys and temporary files, if any...
What can I do to solve this problem ? I'm sure my iscsi targets are "scsi-3 pr" compatible.
Thanks for your help.
Kind regards,
Pierre.