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Netwitness Log Hybrid service install failed with error 'Enclosure 64 on controller 0 is already being used'

Issue

NetWitness Log Hybrid service installation fails with the error message below errors.

 /var/log/netwitness/config-management/chef-solo.log:
“[2022-06-24T06:26:40+00:00] INFO: Processing service[nginx] action restart (nw-dns-client::hosts line 103)
[2022-06-24T06:26:40+00:00] INFO: template[/etc/hosts] sending restart action to service[salt-minion] (delayed)
[2022-06-24T06:26:40+00:00] INFO: Processing service[salt-minion] action restart (nw-dns-client::hosts line 110)
[2022-06-24T06:26:40+00:00] ERROR: Running exception handlers
[2022-06-24T06:26:40+00:00] ERROR: Exception handlers complete
[2022-06-24T06:26:40+00:00] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to /var/lib/netwitness/config-management/cache/chef-stacktrace.out
[2022-06-24T06:26:40+00:00] FATAL: Please provide the contents of the stacktrace.out file if you file a bug report
[2022-06-24T06:26:40+00:00] FATAL: Mixlib::ShellOut::ShellCommandFailed: nw_base_nwconsole[create raid] (nw-log-hybrid::hardware line 49) had an error: Mixlib::ShellOut::ShellCommandFailed: execute[create-raid] (/var/lib/netwitness/config-management/cache/cookbooks/nw-base/resources/nwconsole.rb line 136) had an error: Mixlib::ShellOut::ShellCommandFailed: Expected process to exit with [0], but received '1'

---- Begin output of NwConsole -k -c "tlogin server=localhost port=56006 username=admin group=Administrators cert=/etc/pki/nw/node/node-cert.pem key=/etc/pki/nw/node/node-key.pem" -c "send /appliance raidNew controller=0 enclosure=64 scheme=log-hybrid commit=1 --output-pathname=/var/log/netwitness/appliance/raid-create.log" ----

STDOUT: RSA NetWitness NextGen Console 11.5.1.0
Copyright 2001-2020, RSA Security Inc. All Rights Reserved.
>tlogin server=localhost port=56006 username=admin group=Administrators cert=/etc/pki/nw/node/node-cert.pem key=/etc/pki/nw/node/node-key.pem

Successfully logged in to localhost:56006 as session 585

>send /appliance raidNew controller=0 enclosure=64 scheme=log-hybrid commit=1 --output-pathname=/var/log/netwitness/appliance/raid-create.log

Enclosure 64 on controller 0 is already being used.

STDERR:
---- End output of NwConsole -k -c "tlogin server=localhost port=56006 username=admin group=Administrators cert=/etc/pki/nw/node/node-cert.pem key=/etc/pki/nw/node/node-key.pem" -c "send /appliance raidNew controller=0 enclosure=64 scheme=log-hybrid commit=1 --output-pathname=/var/log/netwitness/appliance/raid-create.log" ----

Ran NwConsole -k -c "tlogin server=localhost port=56006 username=admin group=Administrators cert=/etc/pki/nw/node/node-cert.pem key=/etc/pki/nw/node/node-key.pem" -c "send /appliance raidNew controller=0 enclosure=64 scheme=log-hybrid commit=1 --output-pathname=/var/log/netwitness/appliance/raid-create.log" returned 1”

Cause

_nw-log-hybrid.registered_ flag file is present on NetWitness Admin appliance which is causing an attempt to run create raid.

Resolution

  • Please login to Log Hybrid and create the file using below command.
 touch /etc/netwitness/platform/nw-log-hybrid/nw-log-hybrid.registered
 
  • Run the install now which will be successful.

Product Details

  • Column 1: RSA Product Set: RSA NetWitness Platform
    RSA Product/Service Type: Core Appliance
    RSA Version/Condition: 11.5, 11.6
    Platform: Centos 7
    O/S Version: Centos 7


Summary

This document outlines the procedure to install log hybrid services.


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