VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 Troubleshooting Guide (September 2004)

Error Messages
vxconfigd Error Messages
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If the disk group that was disabled is the rootdg disk group, then the following
additional error is displayed:
vxvm:vxconfigd: ERROR: All transactions are disabled
This additional message indicates that vxconfigd has entered the disabled state,
which makes it impossible to change the configuration of any disk group, not just
rootdg.
• Action: If the underlying error resulted from a transient failure, such as a disk
cabling error, then you may be able to repair the situation by rebooting. Otherwise,
the disk group may have to be recreated and restored from a backup.
vxvm:vxconfigd: ERROR: Disk group group ,Disk disk :Cannot auto-import
group:
reason
• Description: On system startup, vxconfigd failed to import the disk group
associated with the named disk. A message related to the specific failure is given in
reason . Additional error messages may be displayed that give more information on
the specific error. In particular, this is often followed by:
vxvm:vxconfigd: ERROR: Disk group group : Errors in some
configuration copies:
Disk
device , copy number : Block bno : error ...
The most common reason for auto-import failures is excessive numbers of disk
failures, making it impossible for VxVM to find correct copies of the disk group
configuration database and kernel update log. Disk groups usually have enough
copies of this configuration information to make such import failures unlikely.
A more serious failure is indicated by errors such as:
Format error in configuration copy
Invalid magic number
Invalid block number
Duplicate record in configuration
Configuration records are inconsistent
These errors indicate that all configuration copies have become corrupt (due to disk
failures, writing on the disk by an application or the administrator, or bugs in
VxVM).
Some correctable errors may be indicated by other error messages that appear in
conjunction with the auto-import failure message. Look up those other errors for
more information on their cause.
Failure of an auto-import implies that the volumes in that disk group will not be
available for use. If there are file systems on those volumes, then the system may
yield further errors resulting from inability to access the volume when mounting the
file system.
• Action: If the error is clearly caused by excessive disk failures, then you may have to
recreate the disk group and restore contents of any volumes from a backup. There
may be other error messages that appear which provide further information. See
those other error messages for more information on how to proceed. If those errors do
not make it clear how to proceed, contact Customer Support.