[OpenIndiana-discuss] can't delete aggregate (dladm)

[Tim Dunphy]

Hey Mike,

No problem at all. The OI list is a very informative and enjoyable
read, so I guess I'll let it slide! :) j/k

Best,
Tim

On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 11:22 PM, Mike La Spina <mike.laspina at laspina.ca> wrote:
> Sorry its Mark not Tim,
> Hit reply on the next list message.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike La Spina
> Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 10:18 PM
> To: Discussion list for OpenIndiana
> Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] can't delete aggregate (dladm)
>
> Hi Tim,
>
> I always create users for automated functions and never use root unless
> its forced.
> As well I usually create a group which is used to assign any required
> rights for the role or function.
> The cron job should be assigned to the running user which you can always
> edit as a primary admin.
> e.g. crontab -e user-role
> Least access principle has saved by bacon more times than I wish to
> count.
>
> Regards,
> Mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Dunphy [mailto:bluethundr at gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 1:50 PM
> To: Discussion list for OpenIndiana
> Subject: [OpenIndiana-discuss] can't delete aggregate (dladm)
>
> Hello list,
>
>  I was trying to fix a problem I was having in being able to ping
> external hosts. For some reason I was able to ping other hosts on the
> network but had to reboot after installing a package. When the host (an
> OI 151 box) came back up it wasn't able to ping anything except itself.
>
>  The links were setup in an active/passive link aggregate called aggr0.
> I decided to attempt to recreate the link pool with the dladm
> remove-aggr command.
>
>  But when I typed dladm remove-aggr -d e1000g1 1
>
>  I see the message :
>
>  dladm: remove operation failed: object not found.
>
> Which is weird because if I do a dladm show-aggr  I see the aggregate in
> question.
>
> I was able to unplumb the aggregate link with
>
>  ifconfig aggr0 unplumb.
>
> But I cannot plumb or unplumb the individual physical links at this
> point. If I unplumb them I get
>
> ifconfig unplumb e1000g0
> ifconfig: cannot unplumb e1000g0: Interface does not exist
>
> When I plumb it I see:
>
> ifconfig e1000g0 plumb
> ifconfig: cannot plumb e1000g0: Interface already in use
>
> This is a very confusing situation! Does anyone have any solution for
> this? I need to be able to delete the link aggregation, plumb the
> individual interfaces and verify they are working before recreating the
> aggregate. I have good instructions for creating an aggregate and it was
> working well at one recent point. But I decided to try another tutorial
> that lead me down this path, and now I know which one to avoid!
>
> thanks for any advice you may have
>
>
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