VERITAS Volume Manager 3.1 Reference Guide

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Error Messages
Cluster Error Messages
• Description
A slave node cannot find a shared disk. This is accompanied by the
syslog message:
vxvm:vxconfigd cannot find disk disk
• Action
Make sure that the same set of shared disks is online on both nodes.
Examine the disks on both the master and the slave with the
command vxdisk list and make sure that the same set of disks with
the shared flag is visible on both nodes. If not, check connections to
the disks.
Disk in use by another cluster
• Description
An attempt was made to import a disk group whose disks are
stamped with the ID of another cluster.
• Action
If the disk group is not imported by another cluster, retry the import
using the -C (clear import) flag.
vxclust not there
• Description
An error during an attempt to join the cluster caused vxclust to fail.
This may be caused by the failure of another node during a join or by
the failure of vxclust.
• Action
Retry the join. An error message on the other node may clarify the
problem.
Unable to add portal for cluster
• Description
vxconfigd was not able to create a portal for communication with the
vxconfigd on the other node. This may happen in a degraded system
that is experiencing shortages of system resources (such as memory
or file descriptors).
• Action