VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 Troubleshooting Guide (September 2004)

Error Messages

vxconﬁgd Notice Messages

Chapter 3

vxconﬁgd Notice Messages

A notice message from the conﬁguration daemon, vxconﬁgd, indicates that VxVM has

taken some action that you may wish to monitor. Action should be taken to correct any

associated hardware problem as soon as possible.

vxvm:vxconfigd: NOTICE: Detached disk disk

• Description: The named disk appears to have become unusable and was detached

from its disk group. Additional messages may appear to indicate other records

detached as a result of the disk detach.

• Action: If hot-relocation is enabled, 3.5 objects affected by the disk failure are taken

care of automatically. Mail is sent to root indicating what actions were taken by

VxVM and what further actions the administrator should take.

vxvm:vxconfigd: NOTICE: Detached log for volume volume

• Description: The DRL or RAID-5 log for the named volume was detached as a result

of a disk failure, or as a result of the administrator removing a disk with vxdg -k

rmdisk. A failing disk is indicated by a “Detached disk” message.

• Action: If the log is mirrored, hot-relocation tries to relocate the failed log

automatically. Use either vxplex dis or vxsd dis to remove the failing logs. Then, use

vxassist addlog (see the vxassist(1M) manual page) to add a new log to the volume.

vxvm:vxconfigd: NOTICE: Detached plex plex in volume volume

• Description: The speciﬁed plex was disabled as a result of a disk failure, or as a

result of the administrator removing a disk with vxdg -k rmdisk. A failing disk is

indicated by a “Detached disk” message.

• Action: If hot-relocation is enabled, 3.5 objects affected by the disk failure are taken

care of automatically. Mail is sent to root indicating what actions were taken by

VxVM and what further actions the administrator should take.

vxvm:vxconfigd: NOTICE: Detached subdisk subdisk in volume volume

• Description: The speciﬁed subdisk was disabled as a result of a disk failure, or as a

result of the administrator removing a disk with vxdg -k rmdisk. A failing disk is

indicated by a “Detached disk” message.

• Action: If hot-relocation is enabled, 3.5 objects affected by the disk failure are taken

care of automatically. Mail is sent to root indicating what actions were taken by

VxVM and what further actions the administrator should take.

vxvm:vxconfigd: NOTICE: Detached volume volume

• Description: The speciﬁed volume was detached as a result of a disk failure, or as a

result of the administrator removing a disk with vxdg -k rmdisk. A failing disk is

indicated by a “Detached disk” message. Unless the disk error is transient and can

be ﬁxed with a reboot, the contents of the volume should be considered lost.

• Action: Contact Customer Support.

vxvm:vxconfigd: NOTICE: Offlining config copy number on disk disk:

Reason: reason