Summary
OSS backups for Solaris VxFS filesystem that is created outside of Volume Group fail with an unexpected string error for the disk device.
Symptoms
192.168.1.1 sssnap Fri Aug 17 10:31:24 2007 SNBSNP3069E Unexpected string format for device /dev/dsk/c2t103d1s6
192.168.1.1 sssnap Fri Aug 17 10:31:25 2007 SNBSNP3069E SnapCMInterface::backup_apps:backup_apps( RC(-1)
192.168.1.1 aph Fri Aug 17 10:31:25 2007 SNBAPH_381E BexException in message (BACKUP_VSS) to module (sssnap), reqrc (-1)
192.168.1.1 aph Fri Aug 17 10:31:25 2007 SNBAPH_126E Func(backup_): Exception (AHException: )
192.168.1.2 sssvh Fri Aug 17 10:33:30 2007 SNBSVH_990E APPH backup request failed with exception: 21001
192.168.1.2 sssvh Fri Aug 17 10:33:30 2007 SNBSVH_900X Exception: com.syncsort.bex.db.JobDefException: Application info not available
192.168.1.2 sssvh Fri Aug 17 10:33:30 2007 SNBSVH_926E Job definition resolution for node(SUN10-XRS) failed with exception: com.syncsort.bex.db.JobDefException: Application info not available
192.168.1.2 sssvh Fri Aug 17 10:33:30 2007 SNBSVH_355W Backup tasks for node(SUN10-XRS) will be skipped because of resolution failure
Resolution
OSS Backups will fail of VxFS Veritas filesystems that are created outside of a volume group. To determine if the VxFS filesystem is associated with a Volume Group execute "df -k" and see if the VxFS filesystem is in the following format:
/dev/vx/dsk/<GROUPNAME>/<VOLUMENAME> where GROUPNAME is a defined groupname and VOLUMENAME is a defined volumename.
If the VxFS filesystem is not in the format above then it was not created as part of a Volume Group and will require the procedure below in order to be backed up with XRS.
In order to resolve this issue where the OSS backups will backup the VxFS fileystem properly the following steps must be performed.
1) Add a new Volume Group with additional disk space that resides on the Solaris system and note the name of the Volume Group for use in the next step.
2) Add the following statements to the bexenv file located in /SSPRODIR/bin and save the file:
SNAP_VXFS_GROUP={Volume Group name}
export SNAP_VXFS_GROUP