VERITAS Volume Manager 4.1 Troubleshooting Guide

Error Messages

Understanding Messages

Chapter 680

V-5-1-135

VxVM vxconfigd FATAL ERROR V-5-1-135 Memory allocation failure during

startup

• Description: This implies that there is insufﬁcient memory to start up VxVM.

• Action: This error should not normally occur, unless your system has very small amounts

of memory. Adding swap space probably will not help, because this error is most likely to

occur early in the boot sequence, before swap areas have been added.

V-5-1-148

VxVM vxconfigd ERROR V-5-1-148 System startup failed

• Description: Either the root or the /usr ﬁle system volume could not be started, rendering

the system unusable. The error that resulted in this condition should appear prior to this

error message.

• Action: Look up other error messages appearing on the console and take the actions

suggested in the descriptions of those messages.

V-5-1-169

VxVM vxconfigd ERROR V-5-1-169 cannot open /dev/vx/config: reason

• Description: The /dev/vx/config device could not be opened. vxconﬁgd uses this device

to communicate with the VERITAS Volume Manager kernel drivers. The most likely

reason is "Device is already open." This indicates that some process (most likely

vxconﬁgd) already has /dev/vx/config open. Less likely reasons are "No such ﬁle or

directory" or "No such device or address." For either of these reasons, likely causes are:

— The VERITAS Volume Manager package installation did not complete correctly.

— The device node was removed by the administrator or by an errant shell script.

• Action: If the reason is "Device is already open," stop or kill the old vxconfigd by running

the command:

# vxdctl -k stop

For other failure reasons, consider re-adding the base VERITAS Volume Manager

package. This will reconﬁgure the device node and re-install the VERITAS Volume

Manager kernel device drivers. See the VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 for HP-UX

Release Notes for information on how to add the package. If you cannot re-add the

package, contact VERITAS Technical Support for more information.

VxVM vxconfigd ERROR V-5-1-169 Cannot open /etc/fstab: reason