SAP liveCache Stop Method Times Out (4836272)

Problem Summary: The Sun Cluster HA for SAP liveCache data service uses the dbmcli command to start and stop liveCache. If you are running Solaris 9, the network service might become unavailable when a cluster node's public network fails.

Workaround: Include one of the following entries for the publickey database in the /etc/nsswitch.conf configuration files on each node that can be the primary for liveCache resources:

publickey: 
publickey:  files
publickey:  files [NOTFOUND=return] nis 
publickey:  files [NOTFOUND=return] nisplus

Adding one of the above entries, in addition to updates documented in Sun Cluster Data Service for SAP liveCache Guide for Solaris OS ensures that the su command and the dbmcli command do not refer to the NIS/NIS+ name services. Bypassing the NIS/NIS+ name services ensures that the data service starts and stops correctly during a network failure.