Veritas Volume Manager 5.0 Troubleshooting Guide Guide (September 2006)

66 Error messages
Understanding messages
V-5-1-111
VxVM vxconfigd WARNING V-5-1-111 Cannot fork to remove directory
directory: reason
■ Description: The given directory could not be removed because vxconfigd could
not fork in order to run the rm utility. This is not a serious error. The only side effect
of a directory not being removed is that the directory and its contents will continue to
use space in the root file system. The most likely cause for this error is that your
system does not have enough memory or paging space to allow vxconfigd to fork.
■ Action: If your system is this low on memory or paging space, your overall system
performance is probably substantially degraded. Consider adding more memory or
paging space.
V-5-1-116
VxVM vxconfigd WARNING V-5-1-116 Cannot open log file log_filename:
reason
■ Description: The vxconfigd console output log file could not be opened for the
given reason.
■ Action: Create any needed directories, or use a different log file path name as
described in “Logging error messages” on page 53.
V-5-1-117
VxVM vxconfigd ERROR V-5-1-117 Cannot start volume volume, no valid
plexes
■ Description: This error indicates that the volume cannot be started because it does
not contain any valid plexes. This can happen, for example, if disk failures have
caused all plexes to be unusable. It can also happen as a result of actions that caused
all plexes to become unusable (for example, forcing the dissociation of subdisks or
detaching, dissociation, or offlining of plexes).
■ Action: It is possible that this error results from a drive that failed to spin up. If so,
rebooting may fix the problem. If that does not fix the problem, then the only
recourse is to repair the disks involved with the plexes and restore the file system
from a backup.
V-5-1-121
VxVM vxconfigd NOTICE V-5-1-121 Detached disk disk
■ Description: The named disk appears to have become unusable and was detached
from its disk group. Additional messages may appear to indicate other records
detached as a result of the disk detach.