VERITAS Volume Manager 4.1 Troubleshooting Guide

Error Messages
Understanding Messages
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• Description: This can result from using vxdctlhostid to change the VERITAS Volume
Manager host ID for the system. The error indicates that one of the disks in a disk group
could not be updated with the new host ID. This usually indicates that the disk has
become inaccessible or has failed in some other way.
• Action: Try running the following command to determine whether the disk is still
operational:
# vxdisk check device
If the disk is no longer operational, vxdisk should print a message such as:
device: Error: Disk write failure
This will result in the disk being taken out of active use in its disk group, if it has not
already been taken out of use. If the disk is still operational, which should not be the case,
vxdisk prints:
device: Okay
If the disk is listed as "Okay," try running vxdctlhostid again. If it still res
ults in an error, contact VERITAS Technical Support.
V-5-1-568
VxVM vxconfigd WARNING V-5-1-568 Disk group group is disabled, disks not updated
with new host ID
• Description: As a result of failures, the named disk group has become disabled. Earlier
error messages should indicate the cause. This message indicates that disks in that disk
group were not updated with a new VERITAS Volume Manager host ID. This warning
message should result only from a vxdctlhostid operation.
• Action: Typically, unless a disk group was disabled due to transient errors, there is no way
to repair a disabled disk group. The disk group may have to be reconstructed from scratch.
If the disk group was disabled due to a transient error such as a cabling problem, then a
future reboot may not automatically import the named disk group, due to the change in
the system’s VERITAS Volume Manager host ID. In such a case, import the disk group
directly using vxdgimport with the -C option.
V-5-1-569
VxVM vxconfigd ERROR V-5-1-569 Disk group group,Disk disk:Cannot auto-import
group: reason