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[Veritas-bu] 4.5 and vm.conf and REQUIRED_INTERFACES

2003-06-06 15:04:09
Subject: [Veritas-bu] 4.5 and vm.conf and REQUIRED_INTERFACES
From: pcd AT xinupro DOT com (Peter DrakeUnderkoffler)
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2003 15:04:09 -0400
Paul,

The problem showed up in MP3 and is still there in MP4.  I just
heard that MP5 is due to us all around mid July.

Did you require that traffic go through that alternate interface in the
end?  If so, what did you do to get there?

Thanks
Peter

Paul Gimpelev wrote:

>No, they did not.  They said it was broken in general.
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>paulg
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>On Jun 6, 12:10pm, Peter DrakeUnderkoffler wrote:
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>>Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] 4.5 and vm.conf and REQUIRED_INTERFACES
>>Thanks for the response.  Did they say what was broken on it?
>>It works between two of the hosts no problem.  It is quite
>>specific to the third host.
>>
>>Thanks
>>Peter
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>>Paul Gimpelev wrote:
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>>>I did not have an identical problem, but we did have an issue with SSO which
>>>lead to Veritas admision that REQUERED_INTERFACES in vm.conf was broken.
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>>>did take a while for them to admit to it.  We have MP3, however.  They might
>>>have implemented the fix in time for MP/FP4.  Hope this helps.
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>>>paulg
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>>>On Jun 6, 11:39am, Peter DrakeUnderkoffler wrote:
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>>>>Subject: [Veritas-bu] 4.5 and vm.conf and REQUIRED_INTERFACES
>>>>
>>>>Have a customer with 4.5 DC and MP4, there are three hosts,
>>>>
>>>>host = alpha
>>>>  Master/Media
>>>>  E450
>>>>  Sol 2.8
>>>>  backup net = alpha-bkup
>>>>  vm/da host
>>>>
>>>>host = beta
>>>>  Media Server
>>>>   E10K
>>>>  Sol 2.6
>>>>  backup net = beta-bkup
>>>>
>>>>host = gamma
>>>>  Media Server
>>>>  E10K
>>>>  Sol 2.6
>>>>  backup net = gamma-bkup
>>>>
>>>>Each host has multiple net connections including a dedicated
>>>>backup communications net. In addition, SSO is in place.
>>>>In the vm.conf file I have "REQUIRED_INTERFACE = <host>-bkup"
>>>>since that is allowed in 4.5 now.  On host alpha and beta, everything
>>>>works fine and vmd communication take place over the backup net.
>>>>Now when I place the "REQUIRED_INTERFACE = gamma-bkup"
>>>>in the vm.conf, we get these problems:
>>>>
>>>>-on startup, ltid kicks of vmd then it kills itself
>>>>-perform a "vmquery -h alpha-bkup -a" and vmquery dumps core
>>>>-vmd communication from alpha-bkup to gamma-bkup fails
>>>>
>>>>I checked all the things I could such as /etc/hosts, /etc/nsswitch.com
>>>>/etc/system, the NetBackup install, the maintenance pack install...
>>>>
>>>>When I leave the entry out of vm.conf, communications go over the
>>>>default LAN interface (which will eventually be locked down)
>>>>and everything performs fine.
>>>>
>>>>Anyone see anything like this elsewhere?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Thanks
>>>>Peter DrakeUnderkoffler
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>-- End of excerpt from Peter DrakeUnderkoffler
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>>-- End of excerpt from Peter DrakeUnderkoffler
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