Multiple error messages might be displayed during the first boot after the restoration of a client with ZFS storage pools
During the first boot after the restoration of a client with ZFS storage pools, multiple error messages might be displayed. The following is an example:
SUNW-MSG-ID: ZFS-8000-D3, TYPE: Fault, VER: 1, SEVERITY: Major EVENT-TIME: Mon May 23 13:10:09 CDT 2011 PLATFORM: SUNW,Sun-Fire-V215, CSN: -, HOSTNAME: bmrsol101.vxindia.veritas.com SOURCE: zfs-diagnosis, REV: 1.0 EVENT-ID: c257eb38-495e-cdb6-9a52-a4d9c2ae38be DESC: A ZFS device failed. Refer to http://sun.com/msg/ZFS-8000-D3 for more information. AUTO-RESPONSE: No automated response will occur. IMPACT: Fault tolerance of the pool may be compromised. REC-ACTION: Run 'zpool status -x' and replace the bad device.
For each disk in the computer you may see the error message. However, when you log on and run the zpool status -x command, you see the following message:
all pools are healthy
That is because of the ZFS import operation that is done during the first boot sequence. Bare Metal Restore (BMR) restores storage pools and contents in the BMR restoration environment and later imports to the client environment during first boot. That can cause an error message or a warning message during the first boot operation.
These messages only occur during the first boot operation and you can safely ignore them.