After Planned Server Restart Exalytics OVM Failing With Errors: "bond1.340 on EXALOVS4 is locked, description: Start Virtual Machine" (Doc ID 1961148.1)

Last updated on APRIL 17, 2024

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Symptoms

Exalytics machine with four Oracle Virtual Machines (OVM) was gracefully shut down as part of a planned outage.  After restarting the machine, three of the VM's start successfully, but the fourth one fails to start.
It starts to load, but then fails with error like:

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Exalytics In-Memory Machine Installation and Administration Guide for
Linux:
https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E72784_01/BIXIA/GUID-FAD7F494-4CFF-4814-B878-4F69516346F0.htm#BIXIA3723

Exalytics In-Memory Machine Owner's Guide:
https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E72784_01/BIXOG/GUID-5B7CDA90-EC69-4372-83B0-E77AF1C3E7A9.htm#BIXOG76652

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Cause

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