Error Code details
V-5-1-503
Severity: Error 
Component: Volume Manager 
Message:
Could not determine usage type for object %s
Description:

While bringing a plex out of the offline state which is not associated with a volume, this error message is displayed.

 

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Solution 1 Vote: [Useful] [Not useful]
Last Modified: 2015-08-12 01:41:23
Platform: Generic
Release: Generic
Content:

Only those plexes which are associated with a volume can be brought out of the offline state by entering the following on the command line:
 

# vxmend -g disk_group_name on plex_name


Sample output:

# vxprint -g testdg testvol
TY NAME         ASSOC        KSTATE   LENGTH   PLOFFS   STATE    TUTIL0  PUTIL0
v   testvol         fsgen           ENABLED  20480     -                 ACTIVE   -             -
pl  testvol-01   testvol         DISABLED 20480      -                 OFFLINE  -           -
sd disk_12-01   testvol-01   ENABLED  20480    0                -                 -           -
 
# vxmend -g testdg on testvol-01

# vxprint -g testdg testvol
TY NAME         ASSOC        KSTATE   LENGTH   PLOFFS   STATE    TUTIL0  PUTIL0
v   testvol          fsgen           ENABLED  20480     -                ACTIVE   -              -
pl  testvol-01   testvol          DISABLED 20480      -         STALE    -       -
sd disk_12-01   testvol-01   ENABLED  20480      0        -        -