VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 Troubleshooting Guide (August 2002)

Kernel Warning Messages

42 VERITAS Volume Manager Troubleshooting Guide

vxvm:vxio:WARNING: mod_install returned errno

◆ Description: A call made to the operating system mod_install function to load the

vxio driver failed.

◆ Action: Check for additional console messages that may explain why the load failed.

Also check theconsole messageslog ﬁle forany additionalmessages that were logged

but not displayed on the console.

vxvm:vxio:WARNING: object plex detached from volume volume

◆ Description: An uncorrectable error was detected by the mirroring code and a mirror

copy was detached.

◆ Action: To restore redundancy, it may be necessary to add another mirror. The disk on

which the failure occurred should be reformatted or replaced.

vxvm:vxio:WARNING: object subdisk detached from RAID-5 volume at column

column offset offset

◆ Description: Asubdisk wasdetached from a RAID-5volume becauseof the failure ofa

disk or an uncorrectable error occurring on that disk.

◆ Action: Check for other console error messages indicating the cause of the failure.

Replace a failed disk as soon as possible.

vxvm:vxio:WARNING: object_type object_name block offset:Uncorrectable read

error ...

vxvm:vxio:WARNING: object_type object_name block offset:Uncorrectable write

error ...

◆ Description: A read or write operation from or to the speciﬁedVERITAS Volume

Manager object failed. An error is returned to the application.

◆ Action: These errors may represent lost data. Data may need to be restored and failed

media may need to be repaired or replaced. Depending on the type of object failing

and on the type of recovery suggested for the object type, an appropriate recovery

operation may be necessary.

vxvm:vxio:WARNING: Overlapping mirror plex detached from volume volume

◆ Description: An error has occurred on the last complete plex in a mirrored volume.

Any sparse mirrors that map the failing region are detached so that they cannot be

accessed to satisfy that failed region inconsistently.

◆ Action: The message indicates that some data in the failing region may no longer be

stored redundantly.