Why am I getting log messages "size X limited to end of disk"?

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Issue

Getting messages similar to the following in /var/log/messages:

May 12 10:06:05 mzcz1prd kernel: emcpowera: p3 size 356643000 limited to end of disk
May 12 10:06:05 mzcz1prd kernel: emcpowera: p8 size 356643000 limited to end of disk
May 12 10:06:05 mzcz1prd kernel:  VxDMP22: p3 p8
May 12 10:06:05 mzcz1prd kernel: VxDMP22: p3 size 356643000 limited to end of disk
May 12 10:06:05 mzcz1prd kernel: VxDMP22: p8 size 356643000 limited to end of disk

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4

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