Job chronyd.service/start failed with result 'dependency'

 Job chronyd.service/start failed with result 'dependency'

Issue :  CRITICAL: Neither ntpd nor chronyd running. Exiting 

Error :  systemd[1]: Dependency failed for NTP client/server.

systemd[1]: Job chronyd.service/start failed with result 'dependency'.

By default, the NTP service available on Oracle Linux 7 and Red Hat Linux 7 is chronyd and

the NTP service available on Oracle Linux 6 and Red Hat Linux 6 or lower is ntpd.  

 

configuration file : /etc/chrony.conf

chrony RPM :

# yum list |grep chrony

chrony.x86_64                     3.4-1.0.1.el7   @goit-patch

collectd-chrony.x86_64            5.8.1-1.el7     epel_7_x86_64

# systemctl enable chronyd

Failed to execute operation: Connection timed out

# journalctl -u chronyd.service

-- Logs begin at Fri 2021-03-19 16:03:12 EDT, end at Wed 2021-03-24 16:25:56 EDT. --

Mar 19 16:07:35  systemd[1]: Dependency failed for NTP client/server.

Mar 19 16:07:35  systemd[1]: Job chronyd.service/start failed with result 'dependency'.

# systemctl status -l chronyd

● chronyd.service - NTP client/server

   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/chronyd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)

   Active: inactive (dead)

     Docs: man:chronyd(8)

           man:chrony.conf(5)

Mar 19 16:07:35 systemd[1]: Dependency failed for NTP client/server.

Mar 19 16:07:35  systemd[1]: Job chronyd.service/start failed with result 'dependency'.

# date;hwclock

Wed Mar 24 16:32:46 EDT 2021

Wed 24 Mar 2021 04:32:45 PM EDT  -0.747989 seconds

Disable chronyd :

# systemctl disable chronyd

Removed symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/chronyd.service.

# systemctl disable ntpd

Removed symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/ntpd.service.

check NTP service :

# systemctl list-unit-files |grep ntpd

ntpd.service                                  disabled

ntpdate.service                               disabled

Enable chronyd:

# systemctl enable chronyd

Created symlink from /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/chronyd.service to /usr/lib/systemd/system/chronyd.service.

Check the chronyd service :

# systemctl list-unit-files |grep chronyd

chronyd.service                               enabled

#  systemctl start chronyd

To check the status of the chronyd daemon :

# systemctl status chronyd

● chronyd.service - NTP client/server

   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/chronyd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)

   Active: active (running) since Wed 2021-03-24 16:36:09 EDT; 8s ago

     Docs: man:chronyd(8)

           man:chrony.conf(5)

  Process: 24655 ExecStartPost=/usr/libexec/chrony-helper update-daemon (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)

  Process: 24649 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/chronyd $OPTIONS (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)

 Main PID: 24651 (chronyd)

   CGroup: /system.slice/chronyd.service

           └─24651 /usr/sbin/chronyd

Mar 24 16:36:09  systemd[1]: Starting NTP client/server...

Mar 24 16:36:09  chronyd[24651]: chronyd version 3.4 starting (+CMDMON +NTP +REFCLOCK +RTC +PRIVDROP +SCFILTER +SIGND +ASYNCDNS +SECHASH +IPV6 +DEBUG)

Mar 24 16:36:09  chronyd[24651]: commandkey directive is no longer supported

Mar 24 16:36:09  chronyd[24651]: generatecommandkey directive is no longer supported

Mar 24 16:36:09  chronyd[24651]: Frequency 6.328 +/- 0.003 ppm read from /var/lib/chrony/drift

Mar 24 16:36:09  systemd[1]: Started NTP client/server.

Mar 24 16:36:14  chronyd[24651]: Selected source 10.38.64.8

Mar 24 16:36:14  chronyd[24651]: System clock wrong by -2.424961 seconds, adjustment started

 Below are some useful commands :

# chronyc tracking

Reference ID    : 0A264008 (cssknmuscghhb02.ntp.ge.com)

Stratum         : 3

Ref time (UTC)  : Wed Mar 24 21:01:05 2021

System time     : 0.000067756 seconds fast of NTP time

Last offset     : +0.000067914 seconds

RMS offset      : 0.000093996 seconds

Frequency       : 6.310 ppm fast

Residual freq   : +0.004 ppm

Skew            : 0.229 ppm

Root delay      : 0.013916761 seconds

Root dispersion : 0.004114292 seconds

Update interval : 64.9 seconds

Leap status     : Normal

# chronyc sources

210 Number of sources = 4

MS Name/IP address         Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample

===============================================================================

^+ cssknmvvvvv.ntp.gde.c>     2   7   377    56  -4988us[-4920us] +/-   24ms

^- cssknefdsfvc02.ntp.gde.c>     2   7   377   313  +3474us[+3474us] +/-   49ms

^* cssknmuscxxxb02.scgdn.gce.c>     2   6   377    53  +2412us[+2480us] +/-   11ms

^- csskneuxxxxx2.gdsan.gae.c>     2   6   377    53  +2862us[+2862us] +/-   47ms

# chronyc sourcestats

210 Number of sources = 4

Name/IP Address            NP  NR  Span  Frequency  Freq Skew  Offset  Std Dev

==============================================================================

cssknmucscscscsn.gdde.c>  20   9   24m     -0.005      0.217  -5050us    98us

cssknenladcscds2.gdn.ge.c>  21  14   20m     -0.021      0.070  +3418us    25us

ntp2.ntp.gse.com             7   5   390     +0.029      0.739  +2405us    42us

csskneuklinhcsd2.ntp.gse.c>  14   9   905     +0.007      0.070  +2860us    19us

# chronyc activity

200 OK

4 sources online

0 sources offline

0 sources doing burst (return to online)

0 sources doing burst (return to offline)

0 sources with unknown address

[root@gf250sa1usplagcfefp ~]# timedatectl

      Local time: Wed 2021-03-24 16:38:30 EDT

  Universal time: Wed 2021-03-24 20:38:30 UTC

        RTC time: Wed 2021-03-24 20:38:30

       Time zone: EST5EDT (EDT, -0400)

     NTP enabled: yes

NTP synchronized: yes

 RTC in local TZ: no

      DST active: yes

 Last DST change: DST began at

                  Sun 2021-03-14 01:59:59 EST

                  Sun 2021-03-14 03:00:00 EDT

 Next DST change: DST ends (the clock jumps one hour backwards) at

                  Sun 2021-11-07 01:59:59 EDT

                  Sun 2021-11-07 01:00:00 EST

  

  

Running chronyc sources -v shows the current state of the NTP server/s configured in the system :

# chronyc sources -v

210 Number of sources = 4

  .-- Source mode  '^' = server, '=' = peer, '#' = local clock.

 / .- Source state '*' = current synced, '+' = combined , '-' = not combined,

| /   '?' = unreachable, 'x' = time may be in error, '~' = time too variable.

||                                                 .- xxxx [ yyyy ] +/- zzzz

||      Reachability register (octal) -.           |  xxxx = adjusted offset,

||      Log2(Polling interval) --.      |          |  yyyy = measured offset,

||                                \     |          |  zzzz = estimated error.

||                                 |    |           \

MS Name/IP address         Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample

===============================================================================

^+ cssknmusalphb4602.gdn.gje.c>     2   6    77    29  -4992us[-4943us] +/-   23ms

^- cssknenlahmehbdhs2.ntp.gje.c>     2   6    77    28  +3310us[+3358us] +/-   49ms

^* cssknmuscchvsahu02.gdn.gje.c>     2   6    77    28  +2330us[+2379us] +/-   11ms

^- csskneuklhyhbscad.gdn.gje.c>     2   6    77    29  +2789us[+2838us] +/-   47ms

scp is slow on the servers Linux

When use scp to transfer some big files between nodes ,the speed is very slow,

[1] Use iperf to test network performance, it is good.

#iperf -c 3.239.5.40
iperf: ignoring extra argument -- 3.239.5.40
------------------------------------------------------------
Server listening on TCP port 5001
TCP window size: 85.3 KByte (default)
------------------------------------------------------------
[  4] local 3.34.11.129 port 5001 connected with 3.239.5.40 port 39813
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[  4]  0.0-11.0 sec  5.38 MBytes  4.11 Mbits/sec
[  5] local 3.34.11.129 port 5001 connected with 3.239.5.40 port 39837
[  5]  0.0-10.7 sec  3.88 MBytes  3.03 Mbits/sec
[  4] local 3.34.11.129 port 5001 connected with 3.239.5.40 port 39863
[  4]  0.0-10.9 sec  3.25 MBytes  2.51 Mbits/sec
[  5] local 3.34.11.129 port 5001 connected with 3.239.5.40 port 39909
[  5]  0.0-10.6 sec  4.25 MBytes  3.36 Mbits/sec
[  4] local 3.34.11.129 port 5001 connected with 3.239.5.40 port 41279
[  4]  0.0-10.8 sec  3.88 MBytes  3.01 Mbits/sec
[  5] local 3.34.11.129 port 5001 connected with 3.239.5.40 port 41591
[  5]  0.0-11.0 sec  4.25 MBytes  3.23 Mbits/sec

[2] Use dd command to test io performance and it is also ok.

# dd if=/dev/zero of=/home/oracle/hugefile bs=10M count=100
100+0 records in
100+0 records out

1048576000 bytes (1.0 GB) copied, 0.750502 s, 1.4 GB/s


Performance of scp get effected by handling encryption/decryption packets.

Using "cipher" option in scp command to specify different encrypting protocol may speedup the file transfer.

scp -c arcfour filename root@destinationserver.com:/Destination location.


Thank you and this may help you .....:)

Replacing failed Disk on Zpool and Error:Component system is busy, try again: failed to offline:

                     Replacing failed Disk on Zpool

Error: Component system is busy, try again: failed to offline

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

1.Check the zpool status

# zpool status

 pool: rpool
 state: DEGRADED
status: One or more devices has experienced an unrecoverable error.  An
        attempt was made to correct the error.  Applications are unaffected.
action: Determine if the device needs to be replaced, and clear the errors
        using 'zpool clear' or replace the device with 'zpool replace'.
   see: http://www.sun.com/msg/ZFS-8000-9P
 scan: scrub repaired 0 in 1h12m with 0 errors on Mon Aug 21 03:12:50 2017
config:

        NAME          STATE     READ WRITE CKSUM
        rpool         DEGRADED     0     0     0
          mirror-0    DEGRADED     0     0     0
            c1t1d0s0  ONLINE       0     0     0
            c1t0d0s0  DEGRADED     0     0 7.37K  too many errors

errors: No known data errors

2.Offline the Disk in zpool

# zpool offline rpool  c1t0d0s0

# zpool status
  pool: rpool
 state: DEGRADED
status: One or more devices has experienced an unrecoverable error.  An
        attempt was made to correct the error.  Applications are unaffected.
action: Determine if the device needs to be replaced, and clear the errors
        using 'zpool clear' or replace the device with 'zpool replace'.
   see: http://www.sun.com/msg/ZFS-8000-9P
 scan: scrub repaired 0 in 1h12m with 0 errors on Mon Aug 21 03:12:50 2017
config:

        NAME          STATE     READ WRITE CKSUM
        rpool         DEGRADED     0     0     0
          mirror-0    DEGRADED     0     0     0
            c1t1d0s0  ONLINE       0     0     0
            c1t0d0s0  OFFLINE      0     0 7.37K

3.Unconfigure the Disk

 # cfgadm -al
Ap_Id                          Type         Receptacle   Occupant     Condition
c1                             scsi-sas     connected    configured   unknown
c1::dsk/c1t0d0                 disk         connected    configured   unknown
c1::dsk/c1t1d0                 disk         connected    configured   unknown
c2                             fc-fabric    connected    configured   unknown
 # cfgadm -c unconfigure c1::dsk/c1t0d0
Aug 24 00:33:45 corpt710 rcm_daemon[3599]: rcm script es_rcm.pl: VxVM vxdmpadm ERROR V-5-1-13080 Attempt to disable all paths through portid and enclosure failed. Last path to the disk can not be disabled.
cfgadm: Component system is busy, try again: failed to offline:
     Resource              Information
------------------  -------------------------
/dev/dsk/c1t0d0s2   Device being used by VxVM

4.Here is the error

cfgadm: Component system is busy, try again: failed to offline:

5.Cause :

This host uses ZFS to manage internal disks and Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) to manage SAN attached disks. VxVM keeps track of the internal disks – even if it doesn’t actually manage them – and may not allow you to unconfigure them. To get around this restriction below are the steps.

# vxdmpadm getsubpaths ctlr=c1
NAME         STATE[A]   PATH-TYPE[M] DMPNODENAME  ENCLR-TYPE   ENCLR-NAME   ATTRS
================================================================================
c1t0d0s2     ENABLED(A)    -          disk_0       Disk         disk            -
c1t1d0s2     ENABLED(A)    -          disk_1       Disk         disk            -

# vxdmpadm disable path=c1t0d0s2

VxVM vxdmpadm ERROR V-5-1-13080 Attempt to disable all paths through portid and enclosure failed. Last path to the disk can not be disabled.

# vxdmpadm -f disable path=c1t0d0s2

 corpt710 vxdmp: NOTICE: VxVM vxdmp V-5-0-111 [Warn] disabled dmpnode 295/0x8

# vxdmpadm getsubpaths ctlr=c1

NAME         STATE[A]   PATH-TYPE[M] DMPNODENAME  ENCLR-TYPE   ENCLR-NAME   ATTRS
================================================================================
c1t0d0s2     DISABLED(M)    -          disk_0       Disk         disk            -
c1t1d0s2     ENABLED(A)    -          disk_1       Disk         disk            -

6.Now we can un configure the disk

# cfgadm -c unconfigure c1::dsk/c1t0d0

# cfgadm -al|grep -i c1t0d0
c1::dsk/c1t0d0                 disk         connected    unconfigured unknown

7.Replace the Disk physically

8.Now configure the disk

 # devfsadm

 # cfgadm -al|grep -i c1t0d0
c1::dsk/c1t0d0                 disk         connected    unconfigured unknown
# cfgadm -c configure c1::dsk/c1t0d0
# cfgadm -al|grep -i c1t0d0
c1::dsk/c1t0d0                 disk         connected    configured   unknown

9.Replace the zpool with new disk

# zpool replace rpool c1t0d0s0
cannot replace c1t0d0s0 with c1t0d0s0: device is too small

Note: Here we need to layout the new disk

# prtvtoc /dev/dsk/c1t1d0s2 > /tmp/vtoc_root.out

# fmthard -s /tmp/vtoc_root.out /dev/rdsk/c1t0d0s2

fmthard:  New volume table of contents now in place.

10.Now replace the disk and online

# zpool replace rpool c1t0d0s0

# zpool online rpool c1t0d0s0

 # zpool status
  pool: rpool
 state: DEGRADED
status: One or more devices is currently being resilvered.  The pool will
        continue to function, possibly in a degraded state.
action: Wait for the resilver to complete.
 scan: resilver in progress since Thu Aug 24 00:54:08 2017
    461M scanned out of 111G at 15.4M/s, 2h2m to go
    457M resilvered, 0.41% done
config:

        NAME                STATE     READ WRITE CKSUM
        rpool               DEGRADED     0     0     0
          mirror-0          DEGRADED     0     0     0
            c1t1d0s0        ONLINE       0     0     0
            replacing-1     DEGRADED     0     0     0
              c1t0d0s0/old  OFFLINE      0     0 7.37K
              c1t0d0s0      ONLINE       0     0     0  (resilvering)

errors: No known data errors

Note: Wait till the New disk sync and online , its depends on the disk size

# zpool status rpool ;date
  pool: rpool
 state: ONLINE
status: The pool is formatted using an older on-disk format.  The pool can
        still be used, but some features are unavailable.
action: Upgrade the pool using 'zpool upgrade'.  Once this is done, the
        pool will no longer be accessible on older software versions.
 scan: resilvered 111G in 1h30m with 0 errors on Thu Aug 24 02:24:25 2017
config:

        NAME          STATE     READ WRITE CKSUM
        rpool         ONLINE       0     0     0
          mirror-0    ONLINE       0     0     0
            c1t1d0s0  ONLINE       0     0     0
            c1t0d0s0  ONLINE       0     0     0

errors: No known data errors

Setting up ILOM console IP to a new Sparc Server

Setting up ILOM console IP to a new Sparc Server

1.Connect the server with Console cable to server console port and power on the server .

2.Default username and password will be root & changeme

login: root
Password:

Login timed out after 60 seconds

SUNSP-BDL10031B1 login: root
c Password:
Waiting for daemons to initialize...

Daemons ready

Sun(TM) Integrated Lights Out Manager

Version 3.0.6.1.d r48331

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Warning: password is set to factory default.

3. To check the existing IP details

-> show /SP/network

 /SP/network
    Targets:
 test

    Properties:
 commitpending = (Cannot show property)
 dhcp_server_ip = (none)
 ipaddress = (none)
 ipdiscovery = (none)
 ipgateway = (none)
 ipnetmask = (none)
 macaddress = (none)
 pendingipaddress = (none)
 pendingipdiscovery = (none)
 pendingipgateway = (none)
 pendingipnetmask = (none)
 state = disabled

    Commands:
 cd
 set
 show

4.Set the new IP for the server console

-> cd /SP/network

/SP/network

-> set pendingipaddress=172.28.101.9

Set 'pendingipaddress' to '172.28.101.9'

-> set pendingipdiscovery=static

Set 'pendingipdiscovery' to 'static'

-> set pendingipnetmask=255.255.255.0

Set 'pendingipnetmask' to '255.255.255.0'

-> set pendingipgateway=172.28.101.50

Set 'pendingipgateway' to '172.28.101.50'

->

->
-> set commitpending=true

Set 'commitpending' to 'true'

-> show

 /SP/network
    Targets:
 test

    Properties:
 commitpending = (Cannot show property)
 dhcp_server_ip = none
 ipaddress = 172.28.101.9
 ipdiscovery = static
 ipgateway = 172.28.101.50
 ipnetmask = 255.255.255.0
 macaddress = 00:21:28:50:0A:A1
 pendingipaddress = 172.28.101.9
 pendingipdiscovery = static
 pendingipgateway = 172.28.101.50
 pendingipnetmask = 255.255.255.0
 state = disabled

    Commands:
 cd
 set
 show

5.Setting up the auto boot

-> set /HOST/bootmode script="setenv auto-boot? false"

Set 'script' to 'setenv auto-boot? false'

6.Setting up the input and output devices

-> set /HOST/bootmode script="setenv auto-boot? false"

Set 'script' to 'input-device virtual-console'

-> set /HOST/bootmode script="input-device virtual-console"

Set 'script' to 'output-device virtual-console'

-> show