Asset ID:	1-75-1020009.1
Update Date:	2009-09-23
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Solution Type  Troubleshooting Sure

Solution  1020009.1 :   Diagnosing can't start domains in LDOMS environment  


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Description
This document explains the details of how to diagnose can't start domains in LDOMS environment.

Symptoms: One or more of the following cases will be observed or described when trting to install OS in guest domain Binding of resources LDOM services processes (vntsd, ldmd) not started Lack of resources (memory, cpu) assigned to guest or primary domain Configuration issue (Verify links and Vnets) Related Documents: For more information on diagnose can't start donmain in LDOMS environment, please refer to following references: - Beginners Guide to LDOMs (820-0832) availabe at http://www.sun.com/blueprints. - Logical Domains (LDoms) X.X.X Administration Guides, which are available on http://docs.sun.com/ . Additional information specific to the software release is available on http://docs.sun.com/ as: - LDOMs Release Notes. - Release Notes for the specific Solaris[TM] release. Up to date information on LDoms is available at http://www.sun.com/ldoms/ .

Steps to Follow
Please validate that each troubleshooting step below is true for your environment. The steps will provide instructions or a link to a document, for validating the step and taking corrective action as necessary. The steps are ordered in the most appropriate sequence to isolate the issue and identify the proper resolution. Please do not skip a step.
Step 1. Check the LDOM services status.

See <Document: 1020054.1> Steps to verify LDOM services are started

Step 2. Proper binding of resources to LDOM domains.

See <Document: 1019983.1> steps to ensure proper binding of resporces to LDOM domains.

Step 3. Check the appropriate LDOM resources are assigned to domains.

See <Document: 1019970.1> Procedure to ensure appropriate LDOM respurces are assigned to domains.

Step 4. Check the network settings.

See <Document: 1020018.1> Confirm network settings are correct.

At this point, if you have validated that each troubleshooting step above is true for your environment, and the issue still exists, further troubleshooting is required.  Provide an Explorer output and open a Service Request.  See <Document: 1020212.1> Data Collection for troubleshooting LDom issues.

Product
Sun Fire T2000 Server
Sun Fire T1000 Server
Sun Netra T2000 Server
Sun Netra T5220 Server
Sun Netra T5440 Server
Netra T5220 AC
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5220 Server
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5240 Server
Sun Blade T6300 Server Module
Sun Blade T6320 Server Module
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 Server
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 Server
Sun Blade T6340 Server Module
Sun SPARC Enterprise T2000 Server
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 Server



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