New Dynamic Reconfiguration Error Messages

The dynamic reconfiguration software has been enhanced in the Solaris 8 1/01 release to improve troubleshooting dynamic reconfiguration problems. The information here adds to information on troubleshooting dynamic reconfiguration problems in "Configuring Devices" in System Administration Guide, Volume 1.

If you attempt to remove a system resource, such as a swap device or a dedicated dump device, with the cfgadm command, you will see error messages displayed if the system resource is still active.

The error messages are described in the following section.

Error Message

cfgadm: Component system is busy, try again: failed to offline: device path Resource Information ------------------ -------------------------- /dev/dsk/device-name swap area

Cause

You attempted to remove or replace one or more configured swap areas.

Solution

Unconfigure the swap areas on the device that is specified and retry the cfgadm operation.

Error Message

cfgadm: Component system is busy, try again: failed to offline: device path Resource Information ------------------ -------------------------- /dev/dsk/device-name dump device (swap)

Cause

You attempted to remove or replace a dump device that is configured on a swap area.

Solution

Unconfigure the dump device that is configured on the swap area and retry the cfgadm operation.

Error Message

cfgadm: Component system is busy, try again: failed to offline: device path Resource Information ------------------ -------------------------- /dev/dsk/device-name dump device (dedicated)

Cause

You attempted to remove or replace a dedicated dump device.

Solution

Unconfigure the dump device that is dedicated and retry the cfgadm operation.

See cfgadm(1M) for more information.