Notice messages

Notice messages (error messages that begin with NOTICE:) alert you to error conditions where recovery has already occurred, but some operator intervention is necessary. Notice messages are recorded in /usr/adm/messages and are displayed on the console.

vdisk n: new configuration online, parity must be restored

A virtual disk has been configured for the first time.

vdisk n: bringing spare online

One of the data pieces failed in the virtual disk. The spare piece will be brought online to replace the failed drive.

vdisk n: spare is online

One of the data pieces failed in the virtual disk. The spare piece was brought online to replace the failed drive. Replace or repair the out-of-service data drive and restore the parity for the out-of-service disk piece. See ``Repairing a failed drive'' for more information.

vdisk n: cannot bring spare online during reconfiguration

A disk piece was taken out of service in the current or new configuration during the reconfigure operation. Either the current or new configuration contains a spare. The spare piece will not be brought online during the reconfigure operation. After the reconfiguration completes, the spare will be operational.

vdisk n: corrected error on piece m, no data lost

A bad block was detected and the disk array driver was unable to access piece m of the virtual disk during its first attempt. The driver recreated the data, retried the job, and was able to access the disk piece successfully on the second attempt. The array or mirror is functional. Ignore all previous bad block messages displayed by the underlying disk driver.

vdisk: job time-out; restarting job processing

During error recovery, there was a job time-out for one of the disk pieces in the virtual disk. The disk array driver will take the disk piece out of service and continue processing all remaining jobs. Restore the parity on the out-of-service disk piece.

vdisk: job pool is empty

The maximum number of outstanding jobs for the disk array driver has been reached. The driver will not process any more jobs until most of the outstanding jobs are complete. This limit is controlled by the VDJOBS kernel parameter. See ``Using configure to change kernel resources'' for information on changing kernel parameters.

vdisk n: job queue is full vdisk n: piece pool is empty

The maximum number of outstanding jobs for the specified virtual device has been reached. The driver will not process any more jobs for this device until most of the outstanding jobs for the virtual disk are complete. This limit is controlled by the VDUNITJOBS kernel parameter under the Virtual disks item of performance tunables. See ``Virtual disks''.