Veritas Volume Manager 5.0 Troubleshooting Guide Guide (September 2006)

78 Error messages
Understanding messages
V-5-1-663
VxVM vxconfigd WARNING V-5-1-663 Group group: Duplicate virtual
device number(s):
Volume volume remapped from major,minor to major,minor ...
■ Description: The configuration of the named disk group includes conflicting device
numbers. A disk group configuration lists the recommended device number to use for
each volume in the disk group. If two volumes in two disk groups happen to list the
same device number, then one of the volumes must use an alternate device number.
This is called device number remapping. Remapping is a temporary change to a
volume. If the other disk group is deported and the system is rebooted, then the
volume that was remapped may no longer be remapped. Also, volumes that are
remapped once are not guaranteed to be remapped to the same device number in
further reboots.
■ Action: Use the vxdg reminor command to renumber all volumes in the offending
disk group permanently. See the vxdg(1M) manual page for more information.
V-5-1-737
VxVM vxconfigd ERROR V-5-1-737 Mount point path: volume not in bootdg
disk group
■ Description: The volume device listed in the /etc/fstab file for the given
mount-point directory (normally /usr) is listed as in a disk group other than the
boot disk group. This error should not occur if the standard Veritas Volume Manager
5.0 procedures are used for encapsulating the disk containing the /usr file system.
■ Action: Boot VxVM from a network or CD-ROM mounted root file system. Then,
start up VxVM using fixmountroot on a valid mirror disk of the root file system.
After starting VxVM, mount the root file system volume and edit the /etc/
fstab file. Change the file to use a direct partition for the file system. There should
be a comment in the /etc/fstab file that indicates which partition to use.
V-5-1-768
VxVM vxconfigd NOTICE V-5-1-768 Offlining config copy number on disk
disk: Reason: reason
■ Description: An I/O error caused the indicated configuration copy to be disabled.
This is a notice only, and does not normally imply serious problems, unless this is the
last active configuration copy in the disk group.
■ Action: Consider replacing the indicated disk, since this error implies that the disk
has deteriorated to the point where write errors cannot be repaired automatically. The
error can also result from transient problems with cabling or power.