VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 Troubleshooting Guide (September 2004)

Error Messages

vxassist Error Messages

Chapter 3

vxassist Error Messages

An error message from the vxassist command indicates that the requested operation

cannot be performed. Follow the recommended course of action given below.

vxvm:vxassist: ERROR: Insufficient number of active snapshot mirrors in

snapshot_volume

• Description: An attempt to snap back a speciﬁed number of snapshot mirrors to their

original volume failed.

• Action: Specify a number of snapshot mirrors less than or equal to the number in the

snapshot volume.

vxvm:vxassist: ERROR: Volume record id

rid

is not found in the

configuration.

• Description: An error was detected while reattaching a snapshot volume using

snapback. This happens if a volume’s record identiﬁer (

rid

) changes as a result of a

disk group split that moved the original volume to a new disk group. The snapshot

volume is unable to recognize the original volume because its record identiﬁer has

changed.

• Action: Use the following command to perform the snapback:

# vxplex [-g

diskgroup

] -f snapback

volume plex