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OpenVMS System Messages: Companion Guide for Help 
Message Users
Part 2
Message Descriptions
This part of the manual alphabetically lists and describes some or all 
messages for the following OpenVMS facilities:
  - BACKUP
  
 - BUGCHECK
  
 - Cluster Port Driver
  
 - IOGEN
  
 - LAT
  
 - LOADER
  
 - LOGIN
  
 - MOUNT
  
 - PPPD
  
 - RBLD
  
 - READ_CONFIG
  
 - SECSRV
  
 - SHADOW
  
 - STACONFIG
  
 - STDRV
  
 - SYSBOOT
  
 - SYSGEN
  
 - SYSINIT
  
 - SYSTEM
  
 - VMB
 
For descriptions of OpenVMS messages that are not included in this 
manual, use the Help Message utility described in Part I of this 
manual. When this manual is not revised for a new release, messages 
that qualify for inclusion in this book are included in the 
OpenVMS Release Notes.
ABORT, abort
Facility: SYSGEN, System Generation Utility
Explanation: The action has been aborted.
User Action: Take action based on the accompanying 
messages.
ABORT, operator requested abort on fatal error
Facility: BACKUP, Backup Utility
Explanation: In response to a BACKUP-I-SPECIFY prompt, 
the user or operator entered the QUIT option; the Backup utility 
terminated.
User Action: None.
ACCBITMAP, failed to access bitmap file on relative volume 'volume-id'
Facility: RBLD, REBUILD Command (Mount Utility)
Explanation: The rebuild operation could not access 
the BITMAP.SYS file on the specified relative volume.
User Action: Take action based on the accompanying 
message.
ACCERR, non-blank accessibility field in volume labels on 'device-name'
Facility: MOUNT, Mount Utility
Explanation: The accessibility field on the magnetic 
tape, which is mounted on the device indicated, has a nonblank 
accessibility field. This field denies access to the tape.
User Action: Mount the magnetic tape with the 
/OVERRIDE=ACCESSIBILITY qualifier. (The user must be the owner of the 
volume or have VOLPRO privilege.)
ACCINDEXF, failed to access index file on relative volume 'volume-id'
Facility: RBLD, REBUILD Command (Mount Utility)
Explanation: The rebuild operation could not access 
the INDEXF.SYS file on the specified relative volume.
User Action: Take action based on the accompanying 
message.
ACCONFLICT, 'file-name' is open for write by another user
Facility: BACKUP, Backup Utility
Explanation: The /IGNORE=INTERLOCK qualifier was 
specified with the BACKUP command when one of the following conditions 
occurred:
  -  The Backup utility opened the specified file while another user 
  was writing the file.
  
 -  The file was modified by another user while Backup was reading the 
  file.
  
 -  The file was accessed for WRITE on the local node when Backup 
  finished reading the file.
 
User Action: None. However, the saved copy of the file 
may be inconsistent.
ACCQFILE, failed to access quota file
Facility: RBLD, REBUILD Command (Mount Utility)
Explanation: The rebuild operation could not access 
the QUOTA.SYS file for the volume set.
User Action: Take action based on the accompanying 
message.
ACNTEXC, you are at maximum allowed processes for your account name
Facility: LOGIN, Login Procedure
Explanation: No more processes can be logged in under 
this account.
User Action: Wait until another process logged in 
under this account has logged out.
ACNTEXPIR, your account has expired - contact your system manager
Facility: LOGIN, Login Procedure
Explanation: Your user account has expired. When 
creating an account, the system manager can limit it to a specific time 
period, after which the account becomes invalid.
User Action: Ask your system manager to renew your 
account.
ACPINIT, LATACP initialized
Facility: LAT, LAT Facility
Explanation: The LATACP has been initialized.
User Action: None.
ACPMBFAIL, ACP failure to read mailbox
Facility: BUGCHECK, System Bugcheck
Explanation: The OpenVMS software detected an 
irrecoverable, inconsistent condition. After all physical memory is 
written to a system dump file, the system automatically reboots if the 
BUGREBOOT system parameter is set to 1.
User Action: Use the BACKUP command with the  /IGNORE=NOBACKUP qualifier to make a backup save set of the  system dump file and the error log file active at the time of the  error. Contact a Compaq support representative and describe the conditions  leading to the error.
ACPNAME, ACP file name is too long
Facility: MOUNT, Mount Utility
Explanation: The file name specified for an ACP image 
has more than 20 characters.
User Action: Correct and reenter the command.
ACPRECURS, attempted recursion in ACP secondary operation
Facility: BUGCHECK, System Bugcheck
Explanation: The OpenVMS software detected an 
irrecoverable, inconsistent condition. After all physical memory is 
written to a system dump file, the system automatically reboots if the 
BUGREBOOT system parameter is set to 1.
User Action: Use the BACKUP command with the  /IGNORE=NOBACKUP qualifier to make a backup save set of the  system dump file and the error log file active at the time of the  error. Contact a Compaq support representative and describe the conditions  leading to the error.
ACPTIME, ACP does not respond
Facility: MOUNT, Mount Utility
Explanation: The ACP requested in the DCL command 
MOUNT cannot be initialized. Either the specified image is not an ACP, 
or a system error has occurred.
User Action: Verify that the image is an ACP. If it is 
an ACP, consult a Compaq support representative to determine what events in the system 
might prevent the ACP from starting.
ACPUNSTAK, attempted unstack in ACP primary context
Facility: BUGCHECK, System Bugcheck
Explanation: The OpenVMS software detected an 
irrecoverable, inconsistent condition. After all physical memory is 
written to a system dump file, the system automatically reboots if the 
BUGREBOOT system parameter is set to 1.
User Action: Use the BACKUP command with the  /IGNORE=NOBACKUP qualifier to make a backup save set of the  system dump file and the error log file active at the time of the  error. Contact a Compaq support representative and describe the conditions  leading to the error.
ACPVAFAIL, ACP failure to return virtual address space
Facility: BUGCHECK, System Bugcheck
Explanation: The OpenVMS software detected an 
irrecoverable, inconsistent condition. After all physical memory is 
written to a system dump file, the system automatically reboots if the 
BUGREBOOT system parameter is set to 1.
User Action: Use the BACKUP command with the  /IGNORE=NOBACKUP qualifier to make a backup save set of the  system dump file and the error log file active at the time of the  error. Contact a Compaq support representative and describe the conditions  leading to the error.
ACTERR, error activating ICBM
Facility: IOGEN
Explanation: OpenVMS was unable to activate the proper 
IOGEN Configuration Building Module during device autoconfiguration. 
Most likely, the image SYS$SHARE:SYS$ICBM.EXE is not present on your 
system disk or is not installed.
User Action: Check to see whether the image file 
exists and verify that it is installed as a known image. (For 
instructions on installing a known image, refer to the Install utility 
chapter in the OpenVMS System Management Utilities  Reference Manual.) If you still have problems, reinstall 
OpenVMS onto your system disk or contact a Compaq support representative for assistance.
ACTIVATE, activating ICBM 'file-name'
Facility: IOGEN
Explanation: This log message reports the IOGEN 
Configuration Building Module (ICBM) names.
User Action: None.
ACTIVEBCB, buffer active during reel switch
Facility: BACKUP, Backup Utility
Explanation: A software error occurred in the Backup 
utility.
User Action: Contact a Compaq support representative.
ADDERR, error adding entry to quota file
Facility: RBLD, REBUILD Command (Mount Utility)
Explanation: An error occurred while trying to access 
the quota file.
User Action: Take action based on the accompanying 
message.
ADNOTSAVED, alias directory 'file-name' and its directory tree not saved
Facility: BACKUP, Backup Utility
Explanation: The Backup utility detected an alias 
directory, which will not be processed. Also, no files, subdirectories, 
or subdirectory files will be processed for this directory.
User Action: None. This message advises the user not 
to be concerned about files that no longer appear in the listing or 
journal file.
AECREATED, created alias file entry 'dev:[directory]entry.ALIAS'
Facility: BACKUP, Backup Utility
Explanation: The specified alias file entry was 
created during a backup restore operation.
User Action: None.
AFNOTSAVED, alias file 'file-name' was not saved
Facility: BACKUP, Backup Utility
Explanation: The Backup utility detected an alias 
file, which will not be processed.
User Action: None. This message advises the user not 
to be concerned about files that no longer appear in the listing or 
journal file.
ALCPHD, allocate process header error
Facility: BUGCHECK, System Bugcheck
Explanation: The OpenVMS software detected an 
irrecoverable, inconsistent condition. After all physical memory is 
written to a system dump file, the system automatically reboots if the 
BUGREBOOT system parameter is set to 1.
User Action: Use the BACKUP command with the  /IGNORE=NOBACKUP qualifier to make a backup save set of the  system dump file and the error log file active at the time of the  error. Contact a Compaq support representative and describe the conditions  leading to the error.
ALCSMBCLR, ACP tried to allocate space already allocated
Facility: BUGCHECK, System Bugcheck
Explanation: The OpenVMS software detected an 
irrecoverable, inconsistent condition. After all physical memory is 
written to a system dump file, the system automatically reboots if the 
BUGREBOOT system parameter is set to 1.
User Action: Use the BACKUP command with the  /IGNORE=NOBACKUP qualifier to make a backup save set of the  system dump file and the error log file active at the time of the  error. Contact a Compaq support representative and describe the conditions  leading to the error.
ALHOMERR, I/O error reading alternate home block on 'device-name'
Facility: MOUNT, Mount Utility
Explanation: An I/O error occurred while attempting to 
read the alternate home block on the volume being mounted. An 
accompanying message provides additional information about the error. 
This is a warning message; the mount is allowed to proceed.
User Action: To avoid future errors, repair the named 
volume using the DCL command ANALYZE/DISK_STRUCTURE/REPAIR.
ALHOMINV, invalid alternate home block on 'device-name'
Facility: MOUNT, Mount Utility
Explanation: The alternate home block on the volume 
being mounted does not have a valid format. This is a warning message; 
the mount is allowed to proceed.
User Action: To avoid future errors, repair the named 
volume using the DCL command ANALYZE/DISK_STRUCTURE/REPAIR.
ALIASQUAL, saveset was created /NOALIAS, restore /ALIAS qualifier will 
be ignored
Facility: BACKUP, Backup Utility
Explanation: The backup restore operation could not be 
performed as specified because the save set was created ignoring alias 
entries. Therefore, there are no separate files in the save set to 
restore in place of the alias directory entries. The restore operation 
was performed by processing the alias file entries as directory entries 
instead of as separate file entries.
User Action: Examine the save set used in the backup 
restore operation to determine if it is the correct save set. If not, 
restore the correct image and incremental save sets in the recommended 
order. If the save set is the correct one, no additional action is 
required.
ALLOCFAIL, file structure allocation failure for 'device-name'
Facility: BACKUP, Backup Utility
Explanation: Insufficient contiguous space is 
available on the specified volume to allocate the files necessary to 
initialize the volume as a Files--11 structured volume. This error may 
be caused by an excessive number of bad blocks.
User Action: Retry the operation, using another volume.
ALLOCMEM, error allocating virtual memory
Facility: BACKUP, Backup Utility
Explanation: An error occurred during an attempt to 
allocate dynamic virtual memory.
User Action: Take action based on the accompanying 
message. It may be necessary to increase either the page file quota of 
the account or, on VAX systems only, the SYSGEN parameter 
VIRTUALPAGECNT.
ALLODIFF,
The ALLOCLASS parameter value for the processor on 
 SCSI bus 
'device-name', ID 'slot-number', is different from the value on this 
system. This condition creates multiple names for the same device, 
which can lead to data corruption.
Facility: STACONFIG, Standalone Configure Process
Explanation: The value of the SYSGEN disk allocation 
class parameter differs between the local node and the specified remote 
node.
User Action: Set the ALLOCLASS parameter to the same 
nonzero value on both nodes.
ALLOZERO,
This system and/or the processor on SCSI bus 
 'device-name', ID 
'slot-number', has a zero ALLOCLASS value. This condition creates 
multiple names for the same device, which can lead to data corruption.
Facility: STACONFIG, Standalone Configure Process
Explanation: The local node, remote node, or both 
nodes have the SYSGEN disk allocation class parameter set to zero.
User Action: Set the ALLOCLASS parameter to the same 
nonzero value on both nodes.
ALOHUGEPAGE, huge page memory allocation failure, status: 'status-code'
Facility: SYSBOOT, System Bootstrap Facility
Explanation: A memory allocation failure has occurred 
for the reason specified by the status code.
User Action: Take action based on the message that 
equates to the specified status code.
APTREFHIGH, inconsistent active page table reference count
Facility: BUGCHECK, System Bugcheck
Explanation: The OpenVMS software detected an 
irrecoverable, inconsistent condition. After all physical memory is 
written to a system dump file, the system automatically reboots if the 
BUGREBOOT system parameter is set to 1.
User Action: Use the BACKUP command with the  /IGNORE=NOBACKUP qualifier to make a backup save set of the  system dump file and the error log file active at the time of the  error. Contact a Compaq support representative and describe the conditions  leading to the error.
APTWRTERR, active page table swap write error
Facility: BUGCHECK, System Bugcheck
Explanation: The OpenVMS software detected an 
irrecoverable, inconsistent condition. After all physical memory is 
written to a system dump file, the system automatically reboots if the 
BUGREBOOT system parameter is set to 1.
User Action: Use the BACKUP command with the  /IGNORE=NOBACKUP qualifier to make a backup save set of the  system dump file and the error log file active at the time of the  error. Contact a Compaq support representative and describe the conditions  leading to the error.
AQBTIME, ACP queue is unstable
Facility: MOUNT, Mount Utility
Explanation: The Mount utility tried to start the 
ancillary control process (ACP) associated with the MOUNT command, but 
the ACP did not respond within the expected time frame.
User Action: Determine why the ACP cannot be started. 
For example, check whether it exists on the disk.
ARESTERR,
error restoring alias file entry 'dev:[directory]entry.alias', 
 the 
primary file entry was 'dev:[prim_dir]primary.file'
Facility: BACKUP, Backup Utility
Explanation: An error occurred when the Backup utility 
tried to restore an alias file entry. The alias file entry was not 
restored. Note that in most cases the alias file entry is eliminated 
from the directory.
User Action: Examine the primary file, the directory, 
and the alias entry directory to determine the cause of the error. 
Then, based on the data in this error message and any secondary error 
status, correct the problem and create the alias file entry using the 
DCL command SET FILE/ENTER.
As a general practice, Compaq recommends that you execute the DCL 
command ANALYZE/DISK after Backup restore operations of all save sets 
have been completed and any subsequent error corrections have been 
made, for example, using SET FILE/ENTER commands.
ASSIGNFAIL, could not assign 'device' as system disk.
Facility: BACKUP, Backup Utility
Explanation: Standalone BACKUP could not assign a 
channel to the disk from which it was booted.
User Action: Determine why the channel assign failed. 
If possible, correct the problem and retry the backup operation. 
Otherwise, contact a Compaq support representative.
ASYNCWRTER, asynchronous write memory failure
Facility: BUGCHECK, System Bugcheck
Explanation: The OpenVMS software detected an 
irrecoverable, inconsistent condition. After all physical memory is 
written to a system dump file, the system automatically reboots if the 
BUGREBOOT system parameter is set to 1.
User Action: Use the BACKUP command with the  /IGNORE=NOBACKUP qualifier to make a backup save set of the  system dump file and the error log file active at the time of the  error. Contact a Compaq support representative and describe the conditions  leading to the error.
AUTOLOGIN, account is auto-login only
Facility: LOGIN, Login Procedure
Explanation: The automatic login feature permits users 
to log in to the system without specifying a user name. An automatic 
login account cannot be accessed by a normal interactive login or by an 
explicit DECnet access control string. This message is written to the 
system accounting and security audit records; the NOTVALID message 
displays to the user.
User Action: None.
AUTOMEMCOPY, 'device-name' automatically added to the shadow set with a 
copy operation
Facility: MOUNT, Mount Utility
Explanation: The MOUNT qualifier /INCLUDE was 
specified, allowing members that were previously part of the shadow set 
to be automatically added to the set. The indicated device was 
successfully added to the shadow set. A copy operation was initiated, 
making this device a target for all blocks.
User Action: None.
AUTOMEMERGE, 'device-name' automatically added to the shadow set with a 
merge operation
Facility: MOUNT, Mount Utility
Explanation: The /INCLUDE qualifier was specified, 
allowing members that were previously part of the shadow set to be 
automatically added to the set. The named device was successfully added 
to the shadow set with merge semantics. The device is identical to the 
other members of the set except for possible incomplete write 
operations, for which the shadowing software will check.
User Action: None.
AUTOMEMSUCC, 'device-name' automatically added to the shadow set
Facility: MOUNT, Mount Utility
Explanation: The /INCLUDE qualifier was specified, 
allowing members that were previously part of the shadow set to be 
automatically added to the set. The named device was successfully added 
to the shadow set as a consistent member.
User Action: None.