Troubleshooting the client logical partition

Find information and procedures for troubleshooting the client partitions.

If your client partition is using virtual I/O resources, check the Service Focal Point and Virtual I/O Server first to ensure that the problem is not on the server.

On client partitions running the current level of AIX®, when a hardware error is logged on the server and a corresponding error is logged on the client partition, the Virtual I/O Server provides a correlation error message in the error report.

Run the following command to gather an error report:

errpt -a

Running the errpt command returns results similar to the following:

LABEL:          VSCSI_ERR2
IDENTIFIER:     857033C6

Date/Time:       Tue Feb 15 09:18:11 2005
Sequence Number: 50
Machine Id:      00C25EEE4C00
Node Id:         vio_client53A
Class:           S
Type:            TEMP
Resource Name:   vscsi2

Description
Underlying transport error

Probable Causes
PROCESSOR

Failure Causes
PROCESSOR

        Recommended Actions
        PERFORM PROBLEM DETERMINATION PROCEDURES
Detail Data
Error Log Type
01
Reserve
00
Error Number
0006 
RC
0000 0002 
VSCSI Pointer

Compare the LABEL, IDENTIFIER, and Error Number values from your error report to the values in the following table to help identify the problem and determine a resolution:

Table 1. Labels, identifiers, error numbers, problem descriptions, and resolutions of common Virtual SCSI client partition problems
Label	Identifier	Error Number	Problem	Resolution
VSCSI_ERR2	857033C6	0006 RC 0000 0002	The Virtual SCSI server adapter on the Virtual I/O Server partition is not open.	Make the server adapter on the Virtual I/O Server partition available for use.
VSCSI_ERR2	857033C6	001C RC 0000 0000	The Virtual SCSI server adapter on the Virtual I/O Server partition has been closed abruptly.	Determine why the server adapter in the Virtual I/O Server partition was closed.
VSCSI_ERR3	ED995F18	000D RC FFFF FFF0	The Virtual SCSI server adapter on the Virtual I/O Server partition is being used by another client.	Terminate the client partition that is using the server adapter.
VSCSI_ERR3	ED995F18	000D RC FFFF FFF9	The Virtual SCSI server adapter (partition number and slot number) specified in the client adapter definition does not exist.	On the HMC, correct the client adapter definition to associate it with a valid server adapter.