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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Troubleshooting Guide, Release 3.x
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Chapter 12 Troubleshooting SAN Device Virtualization
SDV Issues
Symptom SDV commit fails.
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 12-2 SDV Commit Fails
Symptom Possible Cause Solution
SDV commit fails. Failure to register with device alias
because the device alias database is
locked.
Clear the device alias CFS session and then reconfigure the
SDV device.
Failure to register with device alias
because the same name is already in
use.
Use a different name.
CFS distribution failure. Check CFS commands to determine the cause of failure.
The session was created and is locked
and in use by another user.
Use the same user credentials and issue the commit
command.
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.
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.
FCID cannot be assigned because the
domain cannot be reserved.
CFS distribution failure.
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