Document ID: 251997

http://support.veritas.com/docs/251997

During installation of VERITAS Volume Manager, the vxio and vxdmp kernel drivers
are not loaded.

Exact Error Message:

add_drv/rem_drv currently busy; try later
or
cannot open /dev/vx/config

Details:
The following errors are reported during the installation of VERITAS Volume
Manager:

An old vxdmp driver is loaded. To activate the new vxdmp driver after
adding the package, you will have to perform a reconfiguration reboot (-r).
Adding vxio driver for SunOS version 5.8...
add_drv/rem_drv currently busy; try later
Error adding vxio driver. Please fix the problem and re-run pkgadd.
Attempting to remove vxdmp driver..
add_drv/rem_drv currently busy; try later
Please fix the problem and re-run pkgadd.

When the Solaris command add_drv (adds new device drivers) or rem_drv (unloads
device drivers from memory) is interrupted during installation, it leaves the lock
file /tmp/AdDrEm.lck around and causes the above errors. The solution is to
remove the lock file, remove VRTSvxvm,

# rm /tmp/AdDrEm.lck
# pkgrm VRTSvxvm

reboot the server and then reinstall VRTSvxvm again.

If the problem is not addressed, Volume Manager will not load properly on the next
reboot:

Loading: /platform/SUNW,Ultra-Enterprise/ufsboot
Loading: /platform/sun4u/ufsboot
SunOS Release 5.8 Version Generic_108528-17 64-bit
Copyright 1983-2001 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
WARNING: forceload of drv/vxio failed
WARNING: forceload of drv/vxspec failed
WARNING: ddi_installdrv: no major number for vxio
WARNING: mod_installdrv: Cannot install vxio
WARNING: vxvm:vxio: mod_install returned 28
WARNING: forceload of drv/vxio failed
WARNING: vxspec : CANNOT INITIALIZE vxio DRIVER
WARNING: VxVM: vxspec: vxio not loaded. Aborting vxspec load
WARNING: forceload of drv/vxspec failed

If the vxio driver is not installed properly, the following error message occurs
if you try to enable vxconfigd, i.e. by running vxconfigd -k -m enable.

# vxconfigd -k -m enable
VxVM vxconfigd ERROR V-5-1-8763 cannot open /dev/vx/config: No such file or
directory
Products Applied:
Volume Manager for UNIX/Linux 3.2 (Solaris), 3.5 (Solaris), 4.0 (Solaris), 4.1
(Solaris)

Last Updated: November 08 2005 11:29 PM GMT

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Subjects:
Solaris
Application: Configuration, Informational
Volume Manager for UNIX/Linux
Operating System: Configuration

Languages:
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Operating Systems:
Solaris

2.6, 7.0 (32-bit), 8.0 (32-bit), 9.0 (32-bit)

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