VERITAS Volume Manager 3.1 Storage Administrator Administrator's Guide

Troubleshooting
Volume Troubleshooting
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Volume Troubleshooting
The volume state indicates the current condition of a volume. The
volume state appears in the state column of the grid and in the Volume
Properties window. When a volume is unhealthy, an alert icon appears on
the volume and the volume is listed in the Alert Monitor window. This
section describes the following volume states and provides suggestions
on how to correct problems associated with the unhealthy states:
• “Volume State: Started”
• “Volume State: Stopped”
• “Volume State: Uninitialized”
• “Volume State: Degraded”
• “Volume State: Unusable”
Volume State: Started
The volume is accessible and has no known problems. This is the normal
volume state. No user action is required.
Volume State: Stopped
The volume is disabled and is not available for use.
• To return the volume to a usable state, start the volume.
Volume State: Uninitialized
The volume is enabled, but is not initialized. If this state appears during
volume creation, no user action is necessary.
• To put the volume in a usable state, start the volume.
Volume State: Degraded
The RAID-5 volume is in a degraded mode. This usually occurs when one
or more subdisks are unavailable and read requests require data
reconstruction. An underlying disk may have failed completely or there
may be I/O errors on part of a disk. Alternatively, an underlying disk