VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 Troubleshooting Guide (August 2002)

Chapter 3, Error Messages

vxdmpadm Error Messages

vxvm:vxdmp:NOTICE: Path failure on major/minor

◆ Description: A path under the control of the DMP driver failed. The device major and

minor numbers of the failed device is supplied in the message.

◆ Action: None.

vxvm:vxdmp:NOTICE:removed disk array disk_array_serial_number

◆ Description: A disk array has been disconnected from the host, or some hardware

failure has resulted in the disk array becoming inaccessible to the host.

◆ Action: Replace disk array hardware if this has failed.

vxdmpadm Error Messages

An error message from the Dynamic Multipathing (DMP) administration utility,

vxdmpadm, indicates a problem with the requested DMP operation.

vxvm:vxdmpadm: ERROR: Attempt to disable controller failed. One (or

more) devices can be accessed only through this controller. Use the -f

option if you still want to disable this controller.

◆ Description: Disabling the controller could lead to some devices becoming

inaccessible.

◆ Action: To disable the only path connected to a disk, use the -f option.

vxvm:vxdmpadm:ERROR:Attempt to enable a controller that is not

available

◆ Description: This message is returned by the vxdmpadm utility when an attempt is

made to enable a controller that is not working or is not physically present.

◆ Action: Check hardware and see if the controller is present and whether I/O can be

performed through it.

vxvm:vxdmpadm: ERROR:The VxVM restore daemon is already running. You

can stop and restart the restore daemon with desired arguments for

changing any of its parameters.

◆ Description: The vxdmpadm start restore command has been executed while the

restore daemon is already running.

◆ Action: Stop the restore daemon and restart it with the required set of parameters.