Some VVR operations may fail to complete in a cluster environment

Last published : Oct 01, 2026
If an RVG is a part of a VCS cluster and the cluster resource for this RVG exists, then VVR fails the Delete RDS, Delete Secondary RVG, Delete Primary RVG, Disable Data Access, Migrate, or Make Secondary operations with the following error:
Cannot complete operation. Remote node closed connection.
This is a timing issue. The VVR VRAS module times out before completing the check to determine if the RVGs participating in the operation already have a resource created. (309295, 2603103)
Workaround: To prevent the timeout, make the following change on all cluster nodes of the Primary and Secondary cluster:
To change the timeout value
  1. Open the Registry Editor, and then navigate to the following location:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\VERITAS\VxSvc\CurrentVersion\VolumeManager\constants
  1. Modify the registry DWORD value for the AE_TIMEOUT entry, from the default value of 30 seconds to 60 seconds or higher.
  2. In order for the registry key change to take effect, run the following:
vxassist refresh
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