PRIMEQUEST System Disk Mirror for Windows User's Guide V1.0

B.3 Command Messages

This section describes command messages and explains what to do in response to the messages.

 

Message output and viewing

Command messages are output to the standard output and to the standard error output. (When the command prompt is used to execute commands, messages of the commands are displayed in the command prompt window.) Some messages are also output to the Windows event log.

The event log can be viewed in Windows Event Viewer.

To open Event Viewer, select [start]-[Control Panel]-[Administrative Tools]-[Event Viewer].

 

Output format

The command message output formats vary depending on the output destinations.

command is the command name, number is the message number, severity is the severity level, and message is message text.

For messages output to the standard/standard error output

SDX: command: number: severity: message

For messages output to the event log

command: message

 

Variable description

Italic texts in the messages denote variables and vary depending on the situations where the messages are output. The following table shows variables and the descriptions.

[Table B_5: Variable description]

Variable name	Description
arg	Command operand
attribute	Attribute name
details	Detailed information
device(s)	Disk number
disk(s)	Mirror disk name
group	Mirror group name
item	sdxinfo command output item name
option	Command option
seconds	Time in seconds
value	Attribute value

 

Severity

Command messages are categorized into the following four types listed from higher to lower severity.

[Table B_6: Severity]

Message number	Severity	Description
60XXX	ERROR	This type of message is output to explain the cause of the failure when the command ends abnormally.
62XXX	WARNING	This type of message is output to give warning when an error that does not cause the command to end abnormally was detected.
64XXX	INFO	This type of message is output to provide information about command activities.
65XXX	HELP	This type of message is output to provide helpful information explaining corrective actions for proper command use. Generally, the command syntax is displayed.

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B.3.1 Command Error Messages (60XXX)

B.3.2 Command Warning Messages (62XXX)

B.3.3 Command Information Messages (64XXX)

B.3.4 Command Help Messages (65XXX)