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Troubleshooting for snapshot xp – HP StorageWorks XP Remote Web Console Software User Manual

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Table 23 Troubleshooting for Snapshot XP

Problem

Cause and solution

Cannot install Snapshot XP.

Causes:

Shared memory for the V-VOL management area is not

installed.

Shared memory is not set for the V-VOL management area.

Shared memory for the differential tables is not installed.

Solutions:

Contact your HP account support representative and check if

the shared memory for the V-VOL management area and the

differential tables is installed.

Contact your HP account support representative and check if the

shared memory for the V-VOL management area is set correctly.

Pool information is not displayed.

Causes:

Pool is blocked.

Solutions:

Implement the measures in

Recovering blocked pools

.

A pool is blocked.

Causes:

Pool-VOLs are blocked.

Solutions:

Implement the measures in

Recovering blocked pools

. In

addition, after the problem is solved, you must complete the

SIMs. If you do not, new SIMs cannot occur, even if a pool

is blocked again. For more information, see

Completing

pool-related SIMs

.

Pool usage rate exceeds the threshold.

Causes:

Too much snapshot data is stored in the pool.

Pool capacity is too small.

Pool threshold is too small.

Solutions:

Delete snapshot data that is less important or delete old

snapshot data to decrease the pool usage rate. See

Restoring

Snapshot XP pairs

.

Add some pool volumes to increase the pool capacity. See

Creating new pools

.

Set the pool threshold to a larger value. See

Changing pool

information

.

In addition, after the problem is solved, you must complete the

SIMs. If you do not, new SIMs cannot occur, even if the usage

rate exceeds the threshold again. For more information, see

Completing pool-related SIMs

.

NOTE:

You need unused volumes to add pool volumes. If there

are no unused volumes, create new volumes or contact

your HP account support representative to add hard disks.

Therefore, it might take time to solve the problem.

Cannot add pool-VOLs.

Causes:

1,024 pool-VOLS are already set in the pool.

Available pool management block in the V-VOL management

area (which is in shared memory) is insufficient.

Solutions:

Add pool-VOLs to another pool. See

Creating new pools

.

Initialize the V-VOL management area. See

Initializing V-VOL

management areas

.

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