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Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3.2 Software Troubleshooting Guide • December 2003
Checking the
/etc/nsswitch.conf
File
If entries in the
/etc/nsswitch.conf
are not configured correctly, you might
encounter these problems:
■
If the
hosts:
entry is incorrect, volume sets not resume after a reboot.
■
If the
services:
entry is incorrect, the
rdc
service might not activate and no
data is replicated.
Note –
The services port number must be the same between all interconnected
remote mirror host systems.
When the
hosts:
and
services:
entries are included in the
/etc/nsswitch.conf
file, ensure that
files
is placed before
nis
,
nisplus
,
ldap
,
dns
, or any other service the machine is using. For example, for systems using
the NIS naming service, the file must include:
If you need to edit the
/etc/nsswitch.conf
(4) file, use a text editor.
●
After editing the file, shut down and restart your machine.
Checking That the
rdc
Service Is Running
When the remote mirror software loads, it adds an entry into the
/etc/services
file for the
rdc
service. Search for an entry that looks like this:
Use the
rpcinfo
and
netstat
commands to check the service:
■
rpcinfo
hosts: files nis
services: files nis
# /etc/shutdown -y -g 0 -i 6
# grep rdc /etc/services
rdc
121/tcp
# SNDR server daemon
# rpcinfo -T tcp
hostname
100143
program 100143 version 6 ready and waiting
