VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 Troubleshooting Guide (August 2002)

Chapter 3, Error Messages

Cluster Error Messages

Cannot find disk on slave node

◆ Description: A slave node in a cluster 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 the connections to the disks.

Clustering license restricts operation

◆ Description: An operation requiring a full clustering license was attempted, and sucha

license is not available.

◆ Action: If the error occurs when a disk group is being activated, dissociate all but one

plex from mirrored volumes before activating the disk group. If the error occurs

during a transaction, deactivate the disk group on all nodes except the master.

CVM protocol version out of range

◆ Description: When a node joins a cluster, it tries to join at the protocol version that is

stored in its volboot ﬁle. If the cluster is running at a different protocol version, the

master rejects the join and sends the current protocol version to the slave. The slave

re-tries with the current version (if that version is supported on the joining node), or

the join fails.

◆ Action: Make sure that the joining node has a VERITAS Volume Manager release

installed that supports the current protocol version of the cluster.

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.

Disk reserved by other host

◆ Description: Anattempt was made to onlinea disk whose controller has been reserved

by another host.

◆ Action: No action is necessary. The cluster manager frees the disk and VxVM puts it

online when the node joins the cluster.