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0xC038003B: ERROR_VOLMGR_PLEX_LAST_ACTIVE

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Paste the number from an error dialog, event log, script or setup log: 0x80070005, 80070005, -2147024891, 1603, 0xC0000005, a stop code like 0x7E, a name like E_ACCESSDENIED, or a few words. You get every way Windows could mean that number (an HRESULT often wraps a Win32 error, so 0x80070005 is "Access is denied" too), its parts decoded, and what to check for the common ones. Names and messages come from the Windows SDK headers and Windows' own message tables; see Microsoft's System Error Codes and [MS-ERREF] for the full references.

Try: 0x80070005, 1603, 0xC0000005, 0x800F081F, 0x8024402C, 0x7E, access denied

0xC038003B = 3,224,895,547 = -1070071749

HRESULT 0xC038003B

ERROR_VOLMGR_PLEX_LAST_ACTIVE

The specified plex is the last active plex in the volume. The plex cannot be removed or else the volume will go offline.

Severity (bit 31)1: failure
Customer (bit 29)0: Microsoft
NTSTATUS inside (bit 28)0
Facility56 (0x038) USERMODE_VOLMGR
Code59 (0x003B)

NTSTATUS 0xC038003B

STATUS_VOLMGR_PLEX_LAST_ACTIVE

The specified plex is the last active plex in the volume. The plex cannot be removed or else the volume will go offline.

Becomes the Win32 error: 3224895547

Severity (bits 30-31)3: Error
Customer (bit 29)0: Microsoft
Facility56 (0x038) VOLMGR
Code59 (0x003B)