Error Code details
V-5-3-1160
Severity: Warning 
Component: Volume Manager 
Message:
vol_disk_change_iopolicy: TIMEOUT timeout = %llx
Description:

While changing the I/O policy for the disk, Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) waits for certain time to allow all the outstanding I/Os for the disk to be drained. This message is displayed when all I/Os for the disk are not drained even after timeout. As a result, changing of the I/O policy for the disk also fails with timeout error.

 

Veritas solutions
Solution 1 Vote: [Useful] [Not useful]
Last Modified: 2013-03-04 07:29:38
Platform: Generic
Release: Generic
Content:

To solve the issue, do the following:

 

  1. Reduce the I/O load, then retry changing the disk I/O policy.
     
  2. If step 1 doesn’t work, try replacing the disk.