Veritas Volume Manager 5.0 Troubleshooting Guide Guide (September 2006)

93Error messages
Understanding messages
V-5-1-4620
VxVM vxassist WARNING V-5-1-4620 Error while retrieving information
from SAL
■ Description: The vxassist command does not recognize the version of the SAN
Access Layer (SAL) that is being used, or detects an error in the output from SAL.
■ Action: If a connection to SAL is desired, ensure that the correct version of SAL is
installed and configured correctly. Otherwise, suppress communication between
vxassist and SAL by adding the following line to the vxassist defaults file
(usually /etc/default/vxassist):
salcontact=no
V-5-1-4625
VxVM vxassist WARNING V-5-1-4625 SAL authentication failed...
■ Description: The SAN Access Layer (SAL) rejects the credentials that are supplied
by the
vxassist command.
■ Action: If connection to SAL is desired, use the vxspcshow command to set a valid
user name and password. Otherwise, suppress communication between
vxassist
and SAL by adding the following line to the
vxassist defaults file (usually /etc/
default/vxassist):
salcontact=no
V-5-1-5150
VxVM vxassist ERROR V-5-1-5150 Insufficient number of active
snapshot mirrors in snapshot_volume.
■ Description: An attempt to snap back a specified number of snapshot mirrors to their
original volume failed.
■ Action: Specify a number of snapshot mirrors less than or equal to the number in the
snapshot volume.
V-5-1-5160
VxVM vxplex ERROR V-5-1-5160 Plex plex not associated to a snapshot
volume.
■ Description: An attempt was made to snap back a plex that is not from a snapshot
volume.
■ Action: Specify a plex from a snapshot volume.