Cisco Active Network Abstraction Error Messages, 3.6.3
System Error and Event Messages

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System Error and Event Messages

Error and Event Messages

Glossary


System Error and Event Messages


This chapter details the system and event messages in Cisco ANA. The Glossary explains terms used in the messages.

Error and Event Messages

This document provides a list of system-detected errors and events supported by Cisco ANA and viewable in Cisco ANA EventVision in the System tab.

Table 1-1 System-Detected Error and Event Messages 

Source OID
Short Description
Severity
Cause
Action
Category: MCReachability

IMC

Agent <vne name>, <agent ip> is reachable: DNA Unit = <mc ip> AVM = <avmid>

CLEARED

The VNE is reachable.

None needed.

IMC

Agent <vne name>, <agent ip> is unreachable: DNA Unit = <mc ip> AVM = <avmid>

MINOR

Various causes; system or network failure.

Contact Cisco Support.

IAvm

AVM <ip>:<avmid> (<avmkey>) is reachable

CLEARED

The AVM is reachable.

None needed.

IAvm

AVM <ip>:<avmid> (<avmkey>) is unreachable

MINOR

Network or machine failure.

Contact Cisco Support.

IMC

Unit <ip> reachable

CLEARED

The MC is reachable.

None needed.

IMC

Unit <ip> unreachable

MINOR

System, network, or machine failure.

Contact Cisco Support.

Category: alarm threshold

IAvm

Violet threshold reached, alarms must be deleted!!

CRITICAL

There are too many alarms open in the system.

Remove alarms.

IAvm

Red threshold reached, deleting alarms!!!

CRITICAL

There are too many alarms open in the system and the user has not removed them.

The system is deleting some of the alarms.

Category: backup

IAvm

Unable to backup the database because the database is not in archive mode

MAJOR

The database is not configured to work in archive log mode so the database cannot be backed up.

Change the archive mode of the database to archive log.

IAvm

Unable to delete directory:<path>

MAJOR

Permission problems.

Check the file permissions.

IAvm

Unable to delete file:<name>

MAJOR

Permission problems.

Check the directory permissions.

IAvm

Error deleting files from:<path>

MAJOR

Permission problems.

Check the permissions of the directory containing the files and the permissions of the files.

IAvm

Error deleting files from:<path>

MAJOR

Permission problems.

Check file permissions.

Category: bad alarms

IAvm

Found alarms that don't refer to any network element in the system. Deleting <count> alarms!!

MINOR

Elements removed without first removing its alarms.

The system is removing the relevant alarms.

Category: bad oid

IAvm

<count> bad oids found in table businessObject

CRITICAL

Bad businessObjects were inserted into the database.

The system is removing them.

Category: bos misconfiguration

IElementManagement

<duplicate value> is configured as <existing element> in Unit <mc ip> AVM <avm id> and also as <new element> in Unit <new mc ip> AVM <new avm id>

MAJOR

.xml files edited incorrectly manually.

Note: The existing element is a VNE; the duplicate value is either the VNE's name or its IP address.

Fix .xml file. Remove conflicting entry.

Category: drop affected

IAvm

Dropping affected Message of size:<size> the total affected waiting to be saved is:<count>

CRITICAL

The system was shut down while removing affected.

The system removes the remaining affected.

Category: event-rate-limiter

IAvm

<title>

Long Description

<details>

CRITICAL

There is an event burst in the network and the number of events received has exceeded the ANA threshold. Excess events were dropped by ANA.

Check the network for the root cause of the event burst.

IAvm

<details>

CLEARED

The rate of events received by ANA has now dropped below the threshold and is now normal.

None needed.

IAvm

<details>

WARNING

The rate of events received to ANA is now very close to the defined threshold value. There may be a possible event burst in the network.

Check the network for the root cause of the event burst.

Category: free space

IAvm

No room for tablespace <tablespace name> on the disk

CRITICAL

There is no free space on the disk partition of the database.

Free up some disk space on the disk partition.

IAvm

No room for <object name> in tablespace <tablespace name>

MINOR

No more free space for the table growth in the table space.

The system will increase the table space when the table needs to grow.

Category: no stacktrace

IAvm

Session discard a msg due to an exception <exception msg>

MAJOR

An exception occurred while handling an internal message.

If this event recurs frequently, check the logs for the exception type.

Category: partitioning

IAvm

Unable to split partition <partition name> on <table name> because it contains data!

CRITICAL

The system didn't split the partition before the system started inserting data into it.

Contact Cisco Support.

Category: queue-size-limiter

IAvm

Queue Size Limiter Report

CRITICAL

There is an event burst in the network and the number of events received has exceeded the ANA threshold. Excess events were dropped by ANA.

Check the network for the root cause of the event burst.

Category: session timeout

IAvm

Session creator <creator> has timed out (session XID=<session xid>)

MINOR

Error in the system.

Notify Cisco Support (low priority).

Category: severity

IAvm

Found Integrity problem on <problems> elements!!

CRITICAL

Problem calculating the severity.

The system will fix the inaccuracy.

Category: tickets capacity

IAvm

Tickets capacity back to normal.

CLEARED

Number of tickets getting generated has dropped below the defined threshold value.

None needed.

IAvm

Tickets capacity overflow, red threshold reached.

CRITICAL

Number of new tickets being generated by ANA has reached the defined threshold value.

Check the network for the root cause of the event burst.

Category: user disabled

IAvm

Too many failed login, user disabled <username>

MINOR

User property was changed to disable.

None needed.

Category: Device System Events

IElementManagement

Agent <agent ip> is not loading because of incorrect polling group. BOS Unit = <unit ip> AVM = <avm id>

Long Description

Agent <agent ip> is not loading because of incorrect polling group. BOS Unit = <unit ip> AVM = <avm id>

MINOR

The pooling group defined while adding the agent does not exist or is corrupted.

Verify the pooling group definition and specify the correct pooling group.

IElementManagement

Configuration Error - Duplicate IP [<existing da ip>]. Will unload device.

Long Description

Configuration Error - Duplicate IP [<existing da ip>]. Will unload device.

CRITICAL

Duplicate agent IP found. Two devices with the same management interface IP address are found.

Remove the agent with the duplicate IP, rectify that on the device, and then add the agent again.

IElementManagement

Configuration Error - Duplicate Key [<existing da key>]. Will unload device.

Long Description

Configuration Error - Duplicate Key [<existing da key>]. Will unload device.

CRITICAL

A duplicate device key is detected. This device will be unloaded.

Assign a unique key to the device, and then reload it.

IElementManagement

Agent <agent ip> is starting. BOS Unit = <unit ip> AVM = <avm id>

Long Description

Agent <agent ip> is starting. BOS Unit = <unit ip> AVM = <avm id>

MINOR

Administrator, VNE starting.

None needed.

IElementManagement

Agent <agent ip> is shutting down. BOS Unit = <unit ip> AVM = <avm id>

Long Description

Agent <agent ip> is shutting down. BOS Unit = <unit ip> AVM = <avm id>

MINOR

Administrator, VNE shutting down.

None needed.

IElementManagement

Agent <agent ip> not responding: BOS Unit = <unit ip> AVM = <avm id>

Long Description

Agent <agent ip> not responding: BOS Unit = <unit ip> AVM = <avm id>

MAJOR

VNE not responding.

Check AVM logs for any errors and memory issues.

IElementManagement

Agent <agent ip> suppressed: BOS Unit = <unit ip> AVM = <avm id>

Long Description

Agent <agent ip> suppressed: BOS Unit = <unit ip> AVM = <avm id>

MAJOR

VNE not responding and ANA's efforts to restart the VNE has failed so the VNE is now suppressed by ANA.

Check VNE and restart manually.

IElementManagement

Out of Memory

Long Description

Out of Memory

CRITICAL

The AVM memory insufficient.

Increase the amount of memory allocated to the AVM.

Category: AVM System Events

IAvm

AVM <AVM id> is starting. BOS Unit = <Unit IP Address>

Long Description

AVM <AVM id> is starting. BOS Unit = <Unit IP Address>

MINOR

Administrator, AVM is starting.

None needed.

IAvm

AVM <AVM id> is shutting down.BOS Unit = <Unit IP Address>

Long Description

AVM <AVM id> is shutting down.BOS Unit = <Unit IP Address>

MINOR

Administrator, AVM is shutting down.

None needed.

IAvm

AVM <avm id> suppressed: BOS Unit = <unit ip> AVM = <avm id>

Long Description

Avm <avm id> suppressed: BOS Unit = <unit ip> AVM = <avm id>

MINOR

ANA's efforts to restart a non-responding AVM have failed multiple times and ANA is now permanently suppressing the AVM.

Check AVM logs for any evident errors, rectify those errors, and restart manually.

IAvm

AVM <avm id> not responding: BOS Unit = <unit ip> AVM = <avm id>

Long Description

Avm <avm id> not responding: BOS Unit = <unit ip> AVM = <avm id>

MAJOR

AVM is not responding.

Check AVM logs for any evident errors, rectify those errors, and restart manually.

IAvm

Memory usage normal

Long Description

Memory usage normal

CLEARED

Amount of memory consumed by the AVM returned to normal - occurs only after usage was set to HIGH.

None needed.

IAvm

Memory usage high

Long Description

Memory usage high

WARNING

Amount of memory consumed by the AVM exceeded the HIGH threshold (set in percentage of total memory, default 85%).

Consider increasing the amount of memory for this AVM.

IAvm

AVM <avm id> started. BOS Unit = <unit ip address>

Long Description

AVM <avm id> started. BOS Unit = <unit ip address>

MINOR

Administrator, AVM is started.

None needed.

IAvm

AVM <avm id> shut down.BOS Unit = <unit ip address>

Long Description

AVM <avm id> shut down. BOS Unit = <unit ip address>

MINOR

Administrator, AVM is shut down.

None needed.

IAvm

An outgoing <frame type> frame to <port peer description> was dropped

Long Description

An outgoing <frame type> frame to <port peer description> was dropped

MAJOR

Insufficient buffer space for outgoing transport frames.

Contact Cisco Support. Note machine's CPU usage.

IAvm

An incoming <frame type> frame from <port peer description> was dropped

Long Description

An incoming <frame type> frame from <port peer description> was dropped

MAJOR

Insufficient buffer space for incoming transport frames.

Contact Cisco Support. Note machine's CPU usage.

IAvm

<repeat count> frames were dropped in the last <time> seconds - for example an outgoing <frame type> frame to <port peer description>

Long Description

<repeat count> frames were dropped in the last <time> seconds - for example an outgoing <frame type> frame to <port peer description>

MAJOR

Insufficient buffer space, repeated events suppressed to avoid an event storm.

Contact Cisco Support. Note machine's CPU usage.

IAvm

A deserialization error occurred: class version error while deserializing a <frame type name> frame from <transport string> to <transport string>: <class name>

Long Description

A deserialization error occurred: class version error while deserializing a <frame type name> frame from <transport string> to <transport string>: <class name>

MAJOR

Code incompatibility between the source's AVM and the target's AVM.

Contact Cisco Support.

IAvm

<deserialization error repeat count> deserialization errors occurred in the last <time> seconds - for example: class version error while deserializing a <frame type name> frame from <transport string> to <transport string>: <class name>

Long Description

<deserialization error repeat count> deserialization errors occurred in the last <time> seconds - for example: class version error while deserializing a <frame type name> frame from <transport string> to <transport string>: <class name>

MAJOR

Code incompatibility, repeated events suppressed.

Contact Cisco Support.

Category: Unit System Events

IMC

Server <mcIp> manual failover initiated. Raising Redundant machine = <redundentIp>

Long Description

Server <mcIp> manual failover initiated Raising Redundant machine = <redundentIp>

MAJOR

A manual failover was requested for unit <DNA unit IP>. <redundant machine IP> is being raised.

None needed.

IMC

Server <mcIp> not responding. Raising Redundant machine = <redundentIp>

Long Description

Server <mcIp> not responding. Raising Redundant machine = <redundentIp>

MAJOR

A manual failover was requested for unit <DNA unit IP>. <redundant machine IP> is being raised.

None needed.

IMC

Server <mcIp> manual failover initiated. No Redundant machine available.

Long Description

Server <mcIp> manual failover initiated. No Redundant machine available.

MAJOR

HA detected that <DNA unit IP> stopped responding. <redundant machine IP> is being raised.

Assign a machine to serve as a standby unit.

IMC

Server <mcIp> not responding. No Redundant machine available.

Long Description

Server <mcIp> not responding. No Redundant machine available.

MAJOR

HA detected that <DNA unit IP> stopped responding. No available machine can replace it.

Assign a machine to serve as a standby unit.

IMC

Registry Possibly out of Sync.

Long Description

Registry Possibly out of Sync.

WARNING

Registry service has detected that the registry of <DNA unit IP> is not synchronized with the golden source.

Reload the unit.

IMC

BOS Unit <unit ip> is starting.

Long Description

BOS Unit <unit ip> is starting.

MINOR

Administration, Unit starting.

None needed.

IMC

BOS Unit <unit ip> is shutting down.

Long Description

BOS Unit <unit ip> is shutting down.

MINOR

Administration, Unit shutting down.

None needed.

IMC

Uplink to <peer host address>/<peer AVM id> disabled

Long Description

Uplink to <peer host address>/<peer AVM id> disabled

MINOR

Uplink disabled by administrator action.

None needed.

IMC

Uplink to <peer host address>/<peer AVM id> enabled

Long Description

Uplink to <peer host address>/<peer AVM id> enabled

MINOR

Uplink enabled by administrator action.

None needed.

IMC

Uplink to <peer host address>/<peer AVM id> connected

Long Description

Uplink to <peer host address>/<peer AVM id> connected

MINOR

Connection established with the other switch.

None needed.

IMC

Uplink to <peer host address>/<peer AVM id> down

Long Description

Uplink to <peer host address>/<peer AVM id> down

MINOR

Connection lost.

Look for IP connectivity problems.

Category: Others

IManagedElement

VNE definitions did not load properly

Long Description

VNE definitions did not load properly. Reason: <reason>

CRITICAL

Unable to load VNE.

Check AVM logs for any evident errors, rectify those errors, and restart manually.


Table 1-2 Error and Event Messages 

Description
Cause
Action

The key of AVM <ip>:<avmid> (<avmeap>) was changed to <newkey>

Administrator

None needed.

Full GC max time exceeded (reached <seconds> seconds)

The system moved some of the heap to the swap.

Increase the amount of physical memory or reduce the amount of memory allocated to the AVM.

AVM not responding, DNA Unit: <DNA unit IP>, AVM: <avm ID>

HA service determined that the AVM <avm ID> on unit <DNA unit IP> is not responding.

None needed.

AVM suppressed, DNA Unit: <DNA unit IP>, AVM: <avm ID>

HA has suppressed AVM <avm ID> on unit <DNA unit IP>. This means that the AVM will not be started again automatically.

Resolve the problem that caused the suppression, then restart the AVM manually.

Out Of Memory, DNA Unit: <DNA unit IP>, AVM: <avm ID>

AVM exceeded its allocated memory.

Assign more memory to the AVM, then restart the AVM.

A message was dropped from <VNE XID>'s mailbox: <message class> from <XID> to <XID>

Insufficient buffer space in an VNE's message queue.

Contact Cisco Support.

<number> messages were dropped in the last <number> seconds - for example this message from <VNE XID>'s mailbox: <message class> from <XID> to <XID>

Insufficient buffer space, repeated events suppressed.

Contact Cisco Support.

Dropped events report:
<event type>:number
<event type>:number

The event type reached its rate limit and events of this type were dropped.

Contact Cisco Support.

<period in seconds> sec period limiter for <event type> event type reached WARNING threshold

The event type reached its warning threshold.

Contact Cisco Support.

<period in seconds> sec period limiter for <event type> event type reached CLEARED threshold

The event type reached its cleared threshold.

None needed.


Glossary

Term
Definition

AVM

Autonomous Virtual Machine

avmid

Autonomous Virtual Machine identifier

avmkey

Autonomous Virtual Machine key

BOS

ANA

DNA

ANA

MC

Metro Central

VNE

Virtual Network Element