Veritas Volume Manager 5.0 Troubleshooting Guide, HP-UX 11i v3, First Edition, May 2008

75Error messages
Understanding messages
V-5-1-569
VxVM vxconfigd ERROR V-5-1-569 Disk group group,Disk disk:Cannot auto-
import group: reason
■ 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 49, 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.