SnapCenter Plug-In for Oracle clone unable to discover the device for LUN
Applies to
Issue
- When performing a SnapCenter Plug-In for Oracle clone operation it fails with the error:
Unable to discover the device for LUN '<SVM>:/vol/<VOL_NAME>_<MMddYYhhmmssNNNNN>/<LUN_NAME>'
<VOL_NAME>_<MMddYYhhmmssNNNNN>
is the flexclone volume.- You may also see pvdisplay warnings about some devices not being used for an LVM in favor of others, and perhaps, like in this case, one swapped:
WARNING: Not using device /dev/mapper/3600a0980383038616e3f4a53716b3467 for PV <ALPHA-NUMERIC-UUID-A>.
WARNING: Not using device /dev/mapper/3600a0980383038616e3f4a53716b3468 for PV <ALPHA-NUMERIC-UUID-B>.
WARNING: Not using device /dev/mapper/3600a0980383038616e3f4a5371696a48 for PV <ALPHA-NUMERIC-UUID-C>.
WARNING: Not using device /dev/mapper/3600a0980383038616e3f4a53716b3469 for PV <ALPHA-NUMERIC-UUID-D>.
WARNING: PV <ALPHA-NUMERIC-UUID-A> prefers device /dev/mapper/3600a0980383038616e3f4a537169694c because device is used by LV.
WARNING: PV <ALPHA-NUMERIC-UUID-B> prefers device /dev/mapper/3600a0980383038616e3f4a537169694d because device is used by LV.
WARNING: PV <ALPHA-NUMERIC-UUID-C> prefers device /dev/mapper/3600a0980383038616e3f4a53716b346a because device is used by LV.
WARNING: PV <ALPHA-NUMERIC-UUID-D> prefers device /dev/mapper/3600a0980383038616e3f4a537169694e because device is used by LV.