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. It
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.
paulg
On Jun 6, 11:39am, Peter DrakeUnderkoffler wrote:
> 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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