Document revision date: 30 March 2001

## OpenVMS System Messages: Companion Guide for Help Message Users

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> WACKQEMPTY, NETACP - ack wait queue empty

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.

> WAITDEVRDY, Waiting for device 'device-name' to become ready

Facility: MOUNT, Mount Utility
Explanation: The Mount utility is waiting for the stacker/loader to load the next tape.
User Action: None. When the next tape becomes available, the mount operation will complete.

If you wish to terminate the mount procedure, enter Ctrl/Y when this message displays.

> WAITIDLEBCB, attempted wait on idle buffer

Facility: BACKUP, Backup Utility
Explanation: A software error occurred in the Backup utility.
User Action: Contact a Compaq support representative.

> WCBFCBMNG, WCB/FCB correspondence broken

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.

> WCSCORR, WCS error correction failed

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.

> WRITEACT, ACTIVE system parameters modified by process ID 'pid'

Facility: SYSGEN, System Generation Utility
Explanation: This message is written to the operator's console when a WRITE ACTIVE operation is done from SYSGEN. This message is a monitoring aid for the system manager.
User Action: None.

> WRITEATTR, error writing attributes for 'file-spec'

Facility: BACKUP, Backup Utility
Explanation: The Backup utility encountered an error during an attempt to write the file attributes of the specified file.
User Action: Take action based on the accompanying message.

> WRITEBACK, error writing backup date for 'device-name' file ID ('file-id')

Facility: BACKUP, Backup Utility
Explanation: The Backup utility encountered an error during an attempt to update the backup date of the specified file. If other file activity is occurring on the volume, the error may be caused by another user who may have deleted the file during the backup procedure.
User Action: Take action based on the accompanying message.

> WRITEBLOCK, error writing block 'n' of 'file-spec'

Facility: BACKUP, Backup Utility
Explanation: The Backup utility encountered an error during an attempt to write the specified block of the specified file.
User Action: Examine the file for corruption; reconstruct the file as necessary.

> WRITECUR, CURRENT system parameters modified by process ID 'pid' into file 'file-spec'

Facility: SYSGEN, System Generation Utility
Explanation: This message is written to the operator's console when a WRITE CURRENT operation is done from SYSGEN. This message is a monitoring aid for the system manager.
User Action: None.

> WRITEERR, error writing 'file-name'

Facility: BACKUP, Backup Utility
Explanation: An error occurred while writing the file the Backup utility is trying to restore.
User Action: Take action based on the accompanying message.

> WRITEHDR, I/O error writing file header 'file-header' on relative volume 'volume-id'

Facility: RBLD, REBUILD Command (Mount Utility)
Explanation: The rebuild operation was unable to write the specified file header to the specified volume.
User Action: Take action based on the accompanying message.

> WRITEJNLACE, error writing journal ACE for 'file-spec' file ID 'file-id'

Facility: BACKUP, Backup Utility
Explanation: The Backup utility cannot write the journal access control entry (ACE) for the specified file. This could be due to a corrupt ACL or some other hardware or software error.
User Action: Determine why the ACE cannot be written. Correct the problem if possible and retry the backup operation.

> WRITELOCK, volume is write locked

Facility: MOUNT, Mount Utility
Explanation: This message indicates that the DCL command MOUNT found the volume to be write-locked.
User Action: None, unless you wish to write on the volume. In that case, you must write-enable the drive, and dismount and mount the volume.

> WRITENABLE, write enable volume 'n' on 'device-name'. Enter "YES" when ready:

Facility: BACKUP, Backup Utility
Explanation: The Backup utility requires that the specified volume of an output save set be write-enabled.
User Action: None; however, note that the Backup utility will write on the volume, ensure that a suitable volume has been mounted, and write-enable the volume. If the utility is executing as an interactive job, reply YES to the prompt on SYS$COMMAND. If the utility is executing as a batch job, use the DCL command REPLY to signal completion.

> WRITERRS, excessive error rate writing 'save-set-spec'

Facility: BACKUP, Backup Utility
Explanation: The Backup utility encountered numerous write errors in the specified save set. The save-set media is probably unusable.
User Action: Retire the save-set media.

> WRITESCB, I/O error writing storage control block on relative volume 'volume-id'

Facility: RBLD, REBUILD Command (Mount Utility)
Explanation: The rebuild operation encountered an error writing the storage control block.
User Action: Take action based on the accompanying message.

> WRITESCB, write error on storage control block; volume write locked

Facility: MOUNT, Mount Utility
Explanation: An I/O error occurred while the volume was being mounted; the volume has been write-locked to protect its integrity.
User Action: Check the hardware and retry the program.

> WRONGVOL, device 'device-name' contains the wrong volume

Facility: MOUNT, Mount Utility
Explanation: The specified volume does not match the volume in the drive.
User Action: If the specified volume name was incorrect, enter Ctrl/Y to cancel the mount; then retry the operation using the correct label. If the wrong volume is mounted on the drive, the operator must mount the correct volume on the drive or mount the volume on another drive and redirect the mount using this command:

`REPLY/TO=identification-number "SUBSTITUTE device-name"`

> WRONGVOL, 'save-set-spec' is not the next volume in the set

Facility: BACKUP, Backup Utility
Explanation: The volume mounted as a continuation volume of a multivolume save set is not the successor of the previous volume of the save set. Volumes must be processed in the order of their creation.
User Action: Locate and mount the correct continuation volume.

> WRONGVU, device is already a member of another virtual unit

Facility: MOUNT, Mount Utility
Explanation: This message can occur under any of the following conditions:

- A shadow set member (identified in an accompanying SHADOWFAIL message) is already mounted on another node in the cluster as a member of a different shadow set.
- The device is the target of a shadow set copy operation, and the copy operation has not yet started. In this case, the storage control block (SCB) of the copy target is not in the same location as it is on the master node. This causes MOUNT to read the wrong SCB and fail with this error.
- The target of the shadow set copy operation is a new, uninitialized disk. This failure is commonly seen when a MOUNT/CLUSTER command is issued and one or more of the members is a new disk. The set is mounted successfully on the local node, but all of the remote nodes report a WRONGVU error.

User Action:

- For the first condition, specify a different member for the shadow set you are mounting, or specify the correct virtual unit for the member that is already mounted elsewhere.
- For the second condition, wait for the copy operation to proceed before attempting to remount this device, or initialize the copy target disk so that the SCB is in the same location as it is on the master member.
- For the third condition, OpenVMS recommends that all new disks be initialized prior to mounting them into a shadow set.

> WRTBITMAP, I/O error writing storage bitmap on relative volume 'volume-id'

Facility: RBLD, REBUILD Command (Mount Utility)
Explanation: The rebuild operation encountered an error while writing the bitmap file on the specified relative volume.
User Action: Take action based on the accompanying message.

> WRTHOMBLK, I/O error rewriting home block

Facility: MOUNT, Mount Utility
Explanation: An I/O error occurred while writing the home block of a volume during the MOUNT/BIND operation.
User Action: Check that the hardware is functioning properly. Reinitialize the disks and retry the operation.

> WRTIBMAP, I/O error writing index file bitmap on relative volume 'volume-id'

Facility: RBLD, REBUILD Command (Mount Utility)
Explanation: The rebuild operation encountered an error while writing the index file to the specified relative volume.
User Action: Take action based on the accompanying message.

> WRTINVBUF, ACP attempted to write an invalid buffer

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.

> WRTINVHDR, ACP attempted to write an invalid file header

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.

> WRTPGSBAK, write pages back - inconsistent data base

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.

WS default and quota raised to PHD +MINWSCNT
Facility: SYSBOOT, System Bootstrap Facility
Explanation: The default size of the working set has been increased to equal the sum of the working set count (the count of fluid working set pages) plus the process header.
User Action: None.

> WSLENOVAL, working set list entry not valid

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.

> WSLPAGCNT, working set list page count 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.

> WSLVANVAL, working set list virtual adr has non-valid PTE

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.

> WSLXVANMAT, working set list entry does not match VA

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.

> WSSIZEERR, working set size less than pages in use

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.

> XORERRS, 'n' errors recovered by redundancy group in 'save-set-spec'

Facility: BACKUP, Backup Utility
Explanation: The Backup utility successfully recovered from uncorrectable read errors in the specified save set the specified number of times by using the redundancy information.
User Action: None. However, if the number of errors is excessive, consider retiring the save-set media at a convenient time.

> XQPERR, Error detected by file system XQP

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.

> XSMBRS, maximum number of shadow members exceeded

Facility: MOUNT, Mount Utility
Explanation: You have specified too many members for a shadow set. This condition can occur if you try to add more members to a shadow set that is already mounted or if you specify the /INCLUDE qualifier, causing other members to be located.
User Action: Omit one or more members from the MOUNT command so that the resulting shadow set has three or fewer members.

> ZEROPAGE, Zero page table entry from swap map

Facility: BUGCHECK, System Bugcheck
Explanation: The OpenVMS software detected an irrecoverable, inconsistent condition. After all of 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.

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