VERITAS Volume Manager 4.1 Troubleshooting Guide

Error Messages
Understanding Messages
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• Action: Use the vxprint command to display the status of the disk groups involved. If
vxprint shows that the TUTIL0 field for a disk group is set to MOVE, and you are certain
that no disk group move, split or join should be in progress, use the vxdg command to
clear the field as described in “Recovering from Incomplete Disk Group Moves” on
page 28". Otherwise, retry the operation.
V-5-1-2862
VxVM vxdg ERROR V-5-1-2862 object: Operation is not supported
• Description: DCO and snap objects dissociated by Persistent FastResync, and VVR objects
cannot be moved between disk groups.
• Action: None. The operation is not supported.
V-5-1-2866
VxVM vxdg ERROR V-5-1-2866 object: Record already exists in disk group
• Description: A disk group join operation failed because the name of an object in one disk
group is the same as the name of an object in the other disk group. Such name clashes are
most likely to occur for snap objects and snapshot plexes.
• Action: Use the following command to change the object name in either one of the disk
groups:
# vxedit -g diskgroup rename old_name new_name
For more information about using the vxedit command, see the vxedit(1M) manual
page.
V-5-1-2870
VxVM vxdg ERROR V-5-1-2870 volume: Volume or plex device is open or mounted
• Description: An attempt was made to perform a disk group move, split or join on a disk
group containing an open volume.
• Action: It is most likely that a file system configured on the volume is still mounted. Stop
applications that access volumes configured in the disk group, and unmount any file
systems configured in the volumes.
V-5-1-2879
VxVM vxdg ERROR V-5-1-2879 subdisk: Record is associated
• Description: The named subdisk is not a top-level object.