Solutions Enabler: Symstar list shows CG as Invalid

Summary: Issuing a symstar list command lists all Consistency Groups (CGs) as Invalid, even though the symstar query command shows that the CGs are valid.

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Symptoms

Issuing a symstar list command shows CGs as Invalid:  

# symstar list


                              S T A R   G R O U P S                            

  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            First Target      Second Target    
                    Flags Workload   Star   ----------------- -----------------
  Name               MLC  Name       State  Name       State  Name       State 
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  CG_NAME1           CSI  SITENAME   Trip   TARGETNAME Pf1    SECONDNAME  Pf1  
  CG_NAME2           CSI  SITENAME   Prot   TARGETNAME Prot   SECONDNAME  Prot  
 
 
Legend:                                                                        

  Flags:                                                                       
    (M)ode of Operation : C = Concurrent, A = Cascading, . = Unknown           
    (L)ocal Site        : W = Workload, F = First target,                      
                          S = Second target, . = Unknown                       
    (C)G State          : V = Valid, I = Invalid, R = Recovery required . = Not defined 

  States:                                                                      
    Star State          : Prot = Protected, Prprot = PartiallyProtected,       
                          Trip = Tripped, Tripip = TripInprogress,             
                          Unprot = Unprotected, - = Unknown                    

    Target State        : Conn = Connected, Disc = Disconnected, Halt = Halted,
                          Haltfl = HaltFail, Haltst = HaltStarted,             
                          Isol = Isolated, Pfl = PathFail, Prot = Protected,   
                          Pflip = PathFailInProg, Pflcl = Pathfail CleanReq,   
                          - = Unknown     

But a symstar query against one of the groups shows it as Valid:

# symstar -cg CG_NAME2 query

Site Name                                     : TARGETNAME

Workload Site                                 : SITENAME
1st Target Site                               : TARGETNAME
2nd Target Site                               : SECONDNAME

Composite Group Name                          : CG_NAME2
Composite Group Type                          : RDF2
Composite Group State                         : Valid


symcg list command also shows the CG as valid.

Cause

This issue occurs because one of the CGs in the symstar list is invalid. This causes all the CGs to report as invalid. In this case, CG_NAME1 is invalid. It points to an array that is no longer presented to the hosts. Issuing symstar -cg CG_NAME1 query shows this CG as invalid: 

symstar -cg CG_NAME1 que
Site Name                                     : TARGETNAME

Workload Site                                 : SITENAME
1st Target Site                               : TARGETNAME
2nd Target Site                               : SECONDNAME

Composite Group Name                          : CG_NAME1
Composite Group Type                          : RDF2
Composite Group State                         : Invalid


The query shows a link in a Partitioned state to an array that was recently removed. This array is missing from the symcfg list command output, so this causes symstar list to mark all CGs as Invalid as it cannot find one of the arrays.

Resolution

Workaround: Delete the offending CG or correct the configuration so that the array is not missing. To remove the offending CG, run the following command: 

symstar setup -remove -cg CG_NAME1 -force -symforce

Affected Products

Solutions Enabler
Article Properties
Article Number: 000186014
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 23 Sept 2025
Version:  3
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