Cisco MDS-9124 Troubleshooting Guide - Page 258

SDV Issues Chapter 12 Troubleshooting SAN Device Virtualization Send documentation comments to [email protected] Symptom SDV commit fails. Table 12-2 SDV Commit Fails Symptom SDV commit fails. Possible Cause Failure to register with device alias because the device alias database is locked. Failure to register with device alias because the same name is already in use. CFS distribution failure. The session was created and is locked and in use by another user. Solution Clear the device alias CFS session and then reconfigure the SDV device. Use a different name. Check CFS commands to determine the cause of failure. Use the same user credentials and issue the commit command. SDV Commit Partially Fails Table 12-3 describes measures to take when an SDV commit partially fails. A partial failure occurs when a commit operation fails beyond the rollback point. The commit operation will complete, but will have succeeded in one or more switches and failed in one or more. Symptom SDV commit partially fails. Table 12-3 SDV Commit Partially Fails Symptom Possible Cause Solution Partial failure of SDV commit. FC ID cannot be assigned because the persistent domain or FC ID is already in use. FCID cannot be assigned because the domain cannot be reserved. The failing switches produce a syslog identifying the reason for the failure. View the syslog and identify the reason for the failure; rectify the problem and reissue the commit command. CFS distribution failure. 12-4 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Troubleshooting Guide, Release 3.x OL-9285-05