"Error reading Pool Data Block ########, status=20652" when using NSS volumes

Pools and volumes will not mount.

Using PowerPath for multipathing

NSSMU under devices will show multiple paths to the same pool

In /var/log/messages you may see following errors:
"Error reading Pool Data Block ########, status=20652"
"Error reading Pool Data Block ########, status=20206"

Attempting to mount volume you may get a -1 error, unable to mount volume.
In nsscon you may see errors:
"Unable to correct super block header 3"
"Unable to correct super block header 4"


Another customer reported the following in /var/log/messages repeatedly when trying to mount a pool.

  kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device

  kernel: dm‑13: rw=0, want=314560528, limit=104855520 

  kernel:  BIO_UPTODATE not set.  Got an IO error

  kernel:  BIO_EOF set.  Got an IO error

NSS is trying to mount one of the paths to the Pool, it was not mounting the emcpower* path that is needed to bring this up.

Fix is to edit the /etc/evms.conf file and make the following changes. In the include make sure you include anything you want evms to see, ie if your boot device is an evms device you will need to add it here as well (ie. include = [ emcpower* sda ] ).

sysfs_devices {

include [ emcpower* ]

exclude = [ ]

}