Veritas Access Troubleshooting Guide

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Product(s): Access (7.4.2)
Platform: Linux
  1. Introduction
    1.  
      About troubleshooting
    2.  
      General tips for the troubleshooting process
    3.  
      General techniques for the troubleshooting process
    4.  
      About the support user account
    5.  
      Configuring the support user account
    6.  
      Using the support login
  2. General troubleshooting procedures
    1.  
      About general troubleshooting procedures
    2.  
      Viewing the Veritas Access log files
    3.  
      About event logs
    4.  
      About shell-activity logs
    5.  
      Setting the CIFS log level
    6.  
      Setting the NetBackup client log levels and debugging options
    7.  
      Retrieving and sending debugging information
    8.  
      Insufficient delay between two successive OpenStack commands may result in failure
  3. Monitoring Veritas Access
    1.  
      About monitoring Veritas Access operations
    2.  
      Monitoring processor activity
    3.  
      Generating CPU and device utilization reports
    4.  
      Monitoring network traffic
    5.  
      Exporting and displaying the network traffic details
  4. Common recovery procedures
    1.  
      About common recovery procedures
    2.  
      Restarting servers
    3. Bringing services online
      1.  
        Using the services command
    4.  
      Recovering from a non-graceful shutdown
    5.  
      Testing the network connectivity
    6.  
      Troubleshooting with traceroute
    7.  
      Using the traceroute command
    8.  
      Collecting the metasave image of a file system
    9.  
      Replacing an Ethernet interface card (online mode)
    10.  
      Replacing an Ethernet interface card (offline mode)
    11.  
      Replacing a Veritas Access node
    12.  
      Replacing a disk
    13. Speeding up replication
      1.  
        About synchronizing a replication job
      2.  
        Synchronizing an episodic replication job
    14.  
      Uninstalling a patch release or software upgrade
  5. Troubleshooting the Veritas Access cloud as a tier feature
    1.  
      Troubleshooting tips for cloud tiering
    2.  
      Issues when reading or writing data from the cloud tier
    3.  
      Log locations for checking for cloud tiering errors
  6. Troubleshooting Veritas Access installation and configuration issues
    1.  
      How to find the management console IP
    2.  
      Viewing the installation logs
    3.  
      Installation fails and does not complete
    4.  
      Excluding PCI IDs from the cluster
    5.  
      Cannot recover from root file system corruption
    6.  
      The storage disk list command returns nothing
  7. Troubleshooting the LTR upgrade
    1.  
      Locating the log files for troubleshooting the LTR upgrade
    2.  
      Troubleshooting pre-upgrade issues for LTR
    3.  
      Troubleshooting post-upgrade issues for LTR
  8. Troubleshooting Veritas Access CIFS issues
    1.  
      User access is denied on a CTDB directory share
  9. Troubleshooting Veritas Access GUI startup issues
    1.  
      Resolving GUI startup issues
  10.  
    Index

A

a disk
replacing, Replacing a disk
a node
replacing, Replacing a Veritas Access node
about
common recovery procedures, About common recovery procedures
event logs, About event logs
job resynchronization, About synchronizing a replication job
monitoring commands, About monitoring Veritas Access operations
services command, Bringing services online
shell-activity logs, About shell-activity logs
an Ethernet interface card (offline mode)
replacing, Replacing an Ethernet interface card (offline mode)
an Ethernet interface card (online mode)
replacing, Replacing an Ethernet interface card (online mode)

C

changing
support user password, Configuring the support user account
checking
support user status, Configuring the support user account
CIFS
setting the log level, Setting the CIFS log level
cloud tiering
log locations, Log locations for checking for cloud tiering errors
troubleshooting, Troubleshooting tips for cloud tiering
Cluster
Excluding PCI IDs, Excluding PCI IDs from the cluster
common recovery procedures
about, About common recovery procedures
configuring
job resynchronization, Synchronizing an episodic replication job
CPU utilization report
generating, Generating CPU and device utilization reports

D

debugging information
retrieving and sending, Retrieving and sending debugging information
debugging options
setting for NetBackup, Setting the NetBackup client log levels and debugging options
device utilization report
generating, Generating CPU and device utilization reports
disabling
support user account, Configuring the support user account
displaying
node-specific network traffic details, Exporting and displaying the network traffic details

E

enabling
support user account, Configuring the support user account
event logs
about, About event logs
Excluding PCI IDs
cluster, Excluding PCI IDs from the cluster
exporting
network traffic details, Exporting and displaying the network traffic details

F

fsck
unable to run if operating system partition is corrupted, Cannot recover from root file system corruption

G

general techniques
troubleshooting, General techniques for the troubleshooting process
general tips
troubleshooting process, General tips for the troubleshooting process
generating
CPU utilization report, Generating CPU and device utilization reports
device utilization report, Generating CPU and device utilization reports

I

installation
common failures, Installation fails and does not complete
installation logs
viewing, Viewing the installation logs

L

locating the log files
troubleshooting the LTR upgrade, Locating the log files for troubleshooting the LTR upgrade
log locations
cloud tiering, Log locations for checking for cloud tiering errors
login
support account, Using the support login
Technical Support, Using the support login

M

monitoring
installation logs, Viewing the installation logs
processor activity, Monitoring processor activity
monitoring commands
about, About monitoring Veritas Access operations

N

NetBackup client log levels
setting, Setting the NetBackup client log levels and debugging options
NetBackup debugging options
setting, Setting the NetBackup client log levels and debugging options
network
testing connectivity, Testing the network connectivity
network traffic details
exporting, Exporting and displaying the network traffic details
node-specific network traffic details
displaying, Exporting and displaying the network traffic details

O

operating system
unable to repair using fsck, Cannot recover from root file system corruption

P

patch release
uninstalling, Uninstalling a patch release or software upgrade
processor activity
monitoring, Monitoring processor activity

R

reading or writing data from the cloud tier
troubleshooting, Issues when reading or writing data from the cloud tier
recovering
from a non-graceful shutdown, Recovering from a non-graceful shutdown
replacing
a disk, Replacing a disk
a node, Replacing a Veritas Access node
an Ethernet interface card (offline mode), Replacing an Ethernet interface card (offline mode)
an Ethernet interface card (online mode), Replacing an Ethernet interface card (online mode)
replication
speeding up, Speeding up replication
restarting
servers, Restarting servers
retrieving
debugging information, Retrieving and sending debugging information

S

sending
debugging information, Retrieving and sending debugging information
servers
restarting, Restarting servers
services command
about, Bringing services online
using, Using the services command
setting
CIFS log level, Setting the CIFS log level
NetBackup client log levels, Setting the NetBackup client log levels and debugging options
shell-activity logs
about, About shell-activity logs
shutdown
recovering from a non-graceful, Recovering from a non-graceful shutdown
software upgrade
uninstalling, Uninstalling a patch release or software upgrade
support account
login, Using the support login
support user account
about, About the support user account
disabling, Configuring the support user account
enabling, Configuring the support user account
support user password
changing, Configuring the support user account
support user status
checking, Configuring the support user account

T

technical support
login, Using the support login
testing
network connectivity, Testing the network connectivity
traceroute
troubleshooting with, Troubleshooting with traceroute
traceroute command
using, Using the traceroute command
troubleshooting
about, About troubleshooting
general procedures, About general troubleshooting procedures
issues when reading or writing data from the cloud tier, Issues when reading or writing data from the cloud tier
troubleshooting process
general techniques, General techniques for the troubleshooting process
general tips, General tips for the troubleshooting process
troubleshooting the LTR upgrade
locating the log files, Locating the log files for troubleshooting the LTR upgrade

U

uninstalling
patch release or software upgrade, Uninstalling a patch release or software upgrade
using
services command, Using the services command
traceroute command, Using the traceroute command

V

Veritas Access log files
viewing, Viewing the Veritas Access log files
viewing
installation logs, Viewing the installation logs
Veritas Access log files, Viewing the Veritas Access log files