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Removing a device from a zone fails with error: Device busy. (Doc ID 2759666.1)

Last updated on DECEMBER 19, 2023

Applies to:

Solaris Operating System - Version 11.0 to 11.4 [Release 11.0]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Removing a device from a zone fails:

    root@production-1 # zoneadm -z production-2 apply
    Checking: Removing device match=/dev/rdsk/asm/ABCXYZ01
    Applying the changes
    error: cannot commit devname profile zone_dev: Device busy
    error: cannot remove the following devices because they are currently in use:
    /dev/rdsk/asm/ABCXYZ01
    zoneadm: zone production-2: failed to apply the configuration: zoneadmd(8) returned an error 1 (unspecified error)

Cause

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