VERITAS Volume Manager 3.1 Reference Guide

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Error Messages
Volume Manager Configuration Daemon Error Messages
restore the root file system from backup. Contact your system vendor
or consult your system documentation.
Read of directory failed
vxvm:vxconfigd: ERROR: Read of directory directory
failed: reason
• Description
There was a failure in reading the /dev/vx/dsk or /dev/vx/rdsk
directory (or a subdirectory of either of those directories). The only
likely cause of this error is an I/O failure on the root file system.
• Action
If the error was an I/O error, then there may be other serious damage
to the root file system. You may need to reformat your root disk and
restore the root file system from backup. Contact your system vendor
or consult your system documentation.
System boot disk does not have a valid root plex
vxvm:vxconfigd: ERROR:
System boot disk does not have a valid root plex
Please boot from one of the following disks:
Disk: diskname Device: device ...
• Description
The system is configured to use a volume for the root file system, but
was not booted on a disk containing a valid mirror of the root volume.
Disks containing valid root mirrors are listed as part of the error
message. A disk is usable as a boot disk if there is a root mirror on
that disk which is not stale or offline.
• Action
Try to boot from one of the disks named in the error message.
Under some operating systems, you may be able to boot using a device
alias for one of the named disks. For example, use this command:
boot vx- diskname
System startup failed
vxvm:vxconfigd: ERROR: System startup failed
• Description