NLMGroup service goes into a FAULTED state when the private IP (x.x.x.2) is not free
The Veritas installer assigns the 172.16.0.2 IP as the NLM master IP in the /etc/VRTSvcs/conf/config/main.cf file. It does not select it from the private IP range that is provided by the user. The installer does not check if the 172.16.0.2 IP is pingable or not. If that IP has already been used, the NLMGroup service goes into FAULTED state post-installation.
(IA-14577)
Workaround:
Execute the following commands on any node to replace the IP address on all the cluster nodes:
haconf -makerw
hares -modify nlmmasterIP IP_address
Where IP_address is the free private IP.
haconf -dump -makero
Clear the fault using the following command:
hagrp -clear NLMGroup
Bring the service group online on the desired node using the following command:
hagrp -online NLMGroup -sys target_node
Where target_node is the target node