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cannot create VSM secondary

jowett_chris
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Level 1

hey,

i am trying to create a VSM secondary but for some reason it just won't work, i have filled out all the information including the same domain ID but when i boot up the secondary all i see is a different switch name.

when i run show mod, i dont see the secondary in the list of VSM, does anyone have any troubleshooting ideas

thanks

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lwatta
Cisco Employee
Cisco Employee

Chris,

I would do the following.

Take a back up of the primary VSM just to be safe. If it's on ESXi, copy run start, shut it down and clone it. Shouldn't take more than a few minutes.

For the secondary try creating it on the same ESXi host as the primary VSM. Assign the nics to all the same port-profiles as the primary.

See if that works.

louis

Hi Louis,

Sorry for the delay, been out of the office

i have tried to create on the same host but no joy it never finds the primary VSM.

i get this error

SIOCSIFFLAGS permission denied

not sure what that is doing? any ideas?

thanks for your time

hi chris,

what is the output of the command "show system redundancy status" ??

the primary vsm should have the output

Redundancy role

---------------

      administrative:   primary

         operational:   primary

the secondary

Redundancy role

---------------

      administrative:   secondary

         operational:   secondary

If there is "standalone"

you must enter the command "system redundany role primary" for the primary vsm

and "system redundany role secondary" for the secondary.

thanks that command - system redundany role primary did the trick

thanks alot

worked for me too, thanks.

This also fixed the problem for me.  Thanks!

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