VERITAS Volume Manager 4.1 Troubleshooting Guide

Error Messages
Understanding Messages
Chapter 686
• Description: On system startup, vxconfigd failed to import the disk group associated
with the named disk. A message related to the specific failure is given in reason.
Additional error messages may be displayed that give more information on the specific
error. In particular, this is often followed by:
VxVM vxconfigd ERROR V-5-1-579 Disk group group: Errors in some
configuration copies:
Disk device, copy number: Block bno: error ...
The most common reason for auto-import failures is excessive numbers of disk failures,
making it impossible for VxVM to find correct copies of the disk group configuration
database and kernel update log. Disk groups usually have enough copies of this
configuration information to make such import failures unlikely.
A more serious failure is indicated by errors such as:
Configuration records are inconsistent
Disk group has no valid configuration copies
Duplicate record in configuration
Format error in configuration copy
Invalid block number
Invalid magic number
These errors indicate that all configuration copies have become corrupt (due to disk
failures, writing on the disk by an application or the administrator, or bugs in VxVM).
Some correctable errors may be indicated by other error messages that appear in
conjunction with the auto-import failure message. Look up those other errors for more
information on their cause.
Failure of an auto-import implies that the volumes in that disk group will not be available
for use. If there are file systems on those volumes, then the system may yield further
errors resulting from inability to access the volume when mounting the file system.
• Action: If the error is clearly caused by excessive disk failures, then you may have to
recreate the disk group configuration by using the procedures given in “Restoring a Disk
Group Configuration” on page 62" , and restore contents of any volumes from a backup.
There may be other error messages that appear which provide further information. See
those other error messages for more information on how to proceed. If those errors do not
make it clear how to proceed, contact VERITAS Technical Support.