Connectrix MDS: Device alias commit failure due to busy Zone server

Summary: Device alias commit failure as the Zone Server is busy handling other requests.

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Symptoms

Device alias commit failure due to the Zone server is busy handling other requests.

`show device-alias status`
Fabric Distribution : Enabled
Database:- Device Aliases 77  Mode: Enhanced
           Checksum: 0xf9xxx59b52xxxx42e87dcf043xxxxxx
Locked By:- User "CLI/SNMPv3:admin" SWWN 20:00:00:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx

`show device-alias session status`
Last Action Time Stamp     : Wed Dec 05 18:29:56 2023
Last Action                : Commit
Last Action Result         : Fail
Last Action Failure Reason : device-alias(0x40bc0059)- Zone Server is currently busy handling other requests. Please retry the command after some time.

Cause

This occurs when the cfs is locked due to the device-alias application by a user specified under the command "show cfs lock."

`show cfs lock`
Application: device-alias
Scope      : Physical-fc
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Switch WWN                  IP Address           User Name    User Type   
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 20:00:00:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx     xx.xx.xx.xx           admin      CLI/SNMP v3 
                            [Cisco_LabSw]
Total number of entries = 1.

Resolution

Clear the device alias session by using the following commands:

Cisco_LabSw # config t
Cisco_LabSw(config)#clear device-alias session

To check the device alias status, run the command:

Cisco_LabSw# show device-alias status

To verify if the cfs lock is cleared:

Cisco_LabSw# show cfs lock

Affected Products

Connectrix MDS-Series
Article Properties
Article Number: 000220528
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 18 Dec 2023
Version:  1
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