VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 User's Guide - VERITAS Enterprise Administrator (June 2002)

Chapter 7, Troubleshooting 155
Volume Troubleshooting
Volume Troubleshooting
The volume stateindicates thecurrentcondition ofa volume.The volume stateappears in
the state column of the grid and in the Volume Properties window. When a volume is
unhealthy, an alert icon appears on the volume and the volume is listed in the Alert
Monitor window. Unhealthy states include:
◆ Volume State: Started
◆ Volume State: Stopped
◆ Volume State: Uninitialized
◆ Volume State: Degraded
◆ Volume State: Unusable
Volume State: Started
The volume isaccessible and hasno known problems. This isthe normal volume state.No
user action is required.
Volume State: Stopped
The volume is disabled and is not available for use.
❖ To return the volume to a usable state, start the volume.
Volume State: Uninitialized
The volume is enabled, but is not initialized. If this state appears during volume creation,
no user action is necessary.
❖ To put the volume in a usable state, start the volume.