VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 Troubleshooting Guide (August 2002)

Kernel Notice Messages
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If this error occurs often, but never leads to a plex detach, there may be a marginally
defective region on the disk at the position shown. It may eventually be necessary to
remove data from this disk (see the vxevac(1M) manual page) and then to reformat
the drive.
Kernel Notice Messages
A notice message indicates that an error has occurred that should be monitored. Shutting
down the system is unnecessary, although you may need to take action to remedy the
fault at a later date.
vxvm:vxio:NOTICE: Can’t close disk disk in group disk_group. If it is
removable media (like a floppy), it may have been removed. Otherwise,
there may be problems with the drive. Kernel error code
public_region_error/private_region_error
◆ Description: This is unlikely to happen; closes should not fail.
◆ Action: None.
vxvm:vxio:NOTICE: Can’t open disk disk in group disk_group. If it is
removable media (like a floppy), it may not be mounted or ready.
Otherwise, there may be problems with the drive. Kernel error code
number
◆ Description: The named disk cannot be accessed in the named disk group.
◆ Action: Ensure that the disk exists, is connected and powered on, and is visible to the
system.
vxvm:vxio:NOTICE: read error on object subdisk of mirror plex in volume
volume (start offset, length length) corrected.
◆ Description: A read error occurred, which caused a read of an alternate mirror and a
writeback to the failing region. This writeback was successful and the data was
corrected on disk.
◆ Action:None; theproblemwas corrected automatically. Note thelocation ofthe failure
for future reference. If the same region of the subdisk fails again, this may indicate a
more insidious failure and the disk should be reformatted at the next reasonable
opportunity.
vxvm:vxio:NOTICE: string on volume device_# (device_name) in disk group
group_name
◆ Description: An application running on top of VxVM has requested the output of the
message string.
◆ Action: Refer to the application documentation for more information.