Document ID: 239970

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What to check if mirror resynchronization has stalled

Exact Error Message:

vxvm:vxplex: ERROR: Plex <plexname> in volume <volname> is locked by another
utility.

Details:
If the plex has been in recover mode for too long and it seems as if a mirror
resynchronization has stalled, it is possible to check if anything is happening on
the plex by running the following command:

# vxstat -g <dgname> -i 5 -c 5 -p <plexname>

Note: <dgname> is the name of the disk group and <plexname> is the name of the
plex being synchronized up to.

Running the following command, for instance, will generate the following output:

# vxstat -g newdg -i 5 -c 5 -p vol04-02

OPERATIONS BLOCKS AVG TIME(ms)

YP NAME READ WRITE READ WRITE READ WRITE

pl vol04-02 0 1287 0 319176 0.0 9.1

pl vol04-02 0 191 0 47368 0.0 9.1
pl vol04-02 0 190 0 47120 0.0 8.8
pl vol04-02 0 189 0 46872 0.0 9.0
pl vol04-02 0 190 0 47120 0.0 9.3

The output shows that there are "WRITE" operations going to the plex. This means
that the resynchronization is working. If no "WRITE" operations were shown, it
would have been safe to say that the mirror was not getting resynchronized.

If there is no activity shown on the plex with the above vxstat command, manually
start the resynchronization process by doing the following:

# vxplex -g <dgname> dis <plexname>

# vxplex -g <dgname> att <volname> <plexname>

Note: The last vxplex command will run until the volume is completely
synchronized.

If the following error comes up, it just means that the temporary utility fields
that VERITAS Volume Manager uses as a locking mechanism need to be cleared up:
vxvm:vxplex: ERROR: Plex <plexname> in volume <volname> is locked by another
utility.

This error is shown when the original resynchronization process has died suddenly
and these fields did not get cleared up correctly. If they are cleared up, the
vxplex commands will run fine.

To determine what to clear up, run the following command:

# vxprint -g <dgname> <volname>

TY NAME ASSOC KSTATE LENGTH STATE TUTIL0 PUTIL0

v vol04 fsgen ENABLED 4100096 ACTIVE ATT1 -

pl vol04-01 vol04 ENABLED 4100576 ACTIVE - -
d disk01-01 vol04-01 ENABLED 2050272 - - -
sd disk04-01 vol04-01 ENABLED 2050272 - - -
pl vol04-02 vol04 ENABLED 4100576 TEMP ATT -
d disk02-01 vol04-02 ENABLED 2050272 - - -
sd disk07-01 vol04-02 ENABLED 2050272 - - -

From the above output, the "TUTIL0" flag is set for both the volume and the plex
(in this case, vol04 and vol04-02, respectively). This must be cleared up from
both the volume and the plex. The following command will accomplish this task:

# vxedit -g <dgname> -f set <field name>="" <object name>

For example :

# vxedit -g rootdg -f set tutil0="" vol04-02

Note: For VxVM setup not using the FMR snapshots, the following vxmend command can
also be used to clear the fields.(FMR snapshot depends on "putil2" field for it's
operations and clearing the field "putil2" can cause undesired result in FMR
operations).

vxmend -g <dgname> clear all <component>...

For this example (to clear the flag for both volume and plex), run:

# vxmend -g rootdg clear all vol04 vol04-02

Note: Running the vxprint command again will show that the TUTIL0 states have been
cleared up.

Acknowledgements
Sun Microsystems
Products Applied:
Volume Manager for UNIX/Linux 3.5 (Solaris), 4.0 (Solaris), 4.1 (Solaris)

Last Updated: May 25 2005 07:28 PM GMT

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