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ONTAP Mediator scst service fails to start after update

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Applies to

  • MetroCluster IP
  • ONTAP 9
  • ONTAP Mediator update from version 1.4 to  version 1.5
  • ONTAP Mediator update from version 1.5 to  version 1.6

Issue

  • ONTAP Mediator update from  version1.5 to version 1.6 is successful but the SCST service fails to start.
  • Mediator support bundle is collected.
  • The following message is seen in the output of the systemctl status mediator-scst.service command:

mlp0077 systemd[1]: Failed to start mediator-scst.service.

  • The following messages are seen in the messages file:
Jan  1 12:04:19 server01 systemd[3016]: mediator-scst.service: Failed to execute command: No such file or directory
Jan  1 12:04:19 server01 systemd[3016]: mediator-scst.service: Failed at step EXEC spawning /etc/init.d/scst: No such file or directory

 

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