VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 Troubleshooting Guide (September 2004)

Error Messages

vxconﬁgd Warning Messages

Chapter 3

• Description: This problem usually occurs only if there is a bug in VxVM. However, it

may also occur if memory is low.

• Action: Contact Customer Support.

vxvm:vxconfigd: WARNING: Cannot open log file log_filename: reason

• Description: The vxconﬁgd console output log ﬁle could not be opened for the given

reason.

• Action: Create any needed directories, or use a different log ﬁle path name as

described in “Logging Error Messages” on page 49.

vxvm:vxconfigd: WARNING: cannot remove group group from kernel: reason

vxvm:vxconfigd: WARNING: client number not recognized by VxVM library

vxvm:vxconfigd: WARNING: client number not recognized

• Description: These internal errors should not occur unless there is a bug in VxVM.

• Action: Contact Customer Support.

vxvm:vxconfigd: WARNING: Detaching plex plex from volume volume

• Description: This error only happens for volumes that are started automatically by

vxconﬁgd at system startup. The plex is being detached as a result of I/O failure,

disk failure during startup or prior to the last system shutdown or crash, or disk

removal prior to the last system shutdown or crash.

• Action: To ensure that the ﬁle system retains the same number of active mirrors,

remove the given plex and add a new mirror using the vxassist mirror operation.

Also consider replacing any bad disks before running this command.

vxvm:vxconfigd: WARNING: Disk disk in group group flagged as shared; Disk

skipped

• Description: The given disk is listed as shared, but the running version of VxVM does

not support shared disk groups.

• Action: This message can usually be ignored. If you want to use the disk on this

system, use vxdiskadd to add the disk. Do not do this if the disk really is shared with

other systems.

vxvm:vxconfigd: WARNING: Disk disk in group group locked by host hostid

Disk skipped

• Description: The given disk is listed as locked by the host with the 3.5 host ID

(usually the same as the system hostname).

• Action: This message can usually be ignored. If you want to use the disk on this

system, use vxdiskadd to add the disk. Do not do this if the disk really is shared with

other systems.

vxvm:vxconfigd: WARNING: Disk disk in group group: Disk device not found

• Description: No physical disk can be found that matches the named disk in the given

disk group. This is equivalent to failure of that disk. (Physical disks are located by

matching the disk IDs in the disk group conﬁguration records against the disk IDs

stored in the 3.5 header on the physical disks.) This error message is displayed for

any disk IDs in the conﬁguration that are not located in the disk header of any

physical disk. This may result from a transient failure such as a poorly-attached