VERITAS Volume Manager 3.1 Reference Guide

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Error Messages
Volume Manager Configuration Daemon Error Messages
The -k (kill existing vxconfigd process) option was specified, but a
running configuration daemon process could not be killed. A
configuration daemon process, for purposes of this discussion, is any
process that opens the /dev/vx/config device (only one process can
open that device at a time). If there is a configuration daemon process
already running, then the -k option causes a SIGKILL signal to be
send to that process. If, within a certain period of time, there is still a
running configuration daemon process, then the above error message
will be displayed.
• Action
This error can result from a kernel error that has made the
configuration daemon process unkillable, from some other kind of
kernel error, or from some other user starting another configuration
daemon process after the SIGKILL signal. This last condition can be
tested for by running vxconfigd -k again. If the error message
appears again, contact Customer Support.
Cannot make directory
vxvm:vxconfigd: ERROR: Cannot make directory
directory_path : reason
• Description
vxconfigd failed to create a directory that it expects to be able to
create. Directories that vxconfigd might try to create are:
/dev/vx/dsk, /dev/vx/rdsk, and /var/vxvm/tempdb. Also, for each
disk group, /dev/vx/dsk/ diskgroup and /dev/vx/rdsk/ diskgroup
directories are created. The system error related to the failure is
given in reason . A system error of “No such file or directory”
indicates that one of the prefix directories (for example, /var/vxvm)
does not exist.
This type of error normally implies that the Volume Manager
packages were installed incorrectly. Such an error can also occur if
alternate file or directory locations are specified on the command line,
using the -x option. The _VXVM_ROOT_DIR environment variable may
also relocate to a directory that lacks a var/vxvm subdirectory.
• Action
Try to create the directory manually and then issue the command
vxdctl enable. If the error is due to incorrect installation of the
Volume Manager packages, try to add the Volume Manager packages
again.