FileVault stuck Decrypting - Estimating time remaining for more than a week

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FileVault stuck Decrypting - Estimating time remaining for more than a week

Last week I turned off FileVault and it said "Decrypting... Estimating time remaining"

It's been like that for more than 5 days now. I'm assumimg that it is never going to end. Ultimatly, I would like to turn FileVault back on, but there is no way to do it in it's current state. I even did a full reboot and when I go into the filevault settings, it's still the same message, "Decrypting... Estimating time remaining"

Mid-2013 Macbook Air

OS X Version 10.9.1

Processor: 2 GHz Intel Core i7

Memory: 8 GB

SSD Hard Drive

MacBook Air, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1), SSD Hard Drive

Posted on Jan 14, 2014 9:03 AM

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Answer 1

mpluto

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Jul 24, 2017 7:07 PM in response to Apark73

I don't know if this will work for anyone else (had this same issue with macOS Sierra) and found that clicking on the lock in the bottom left corner of the system preferences (that says click here to prevent further changes) and entering my password seemed to do the trick. .... Possible fix that may or may not apply to other people?

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Answer 2

sjjhr

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Sep 25, 2017 12:42 PM in response to Apark73

This may have been answered now. I had same problem on Sierra. Rebooted, unlocked the "padlock" symbol. It went from an unknown time estimate to 1 hour. I don't think there's another solution other than keep rebooting

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Answer 3

Oct 25, 2014 9:47 AM in response to Apark73

Hello, have you found a solution? I accidentally did the same on my MBA changing to Yosemite. it's 4 days it is encrypting....

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Answer 4

Oct 26, 2014 1:03 PM in response to Electro Clash

Im having the same problem, please pass on if you get a solution.

Upgraded to Yosemite, checked the FileVault option, its now stuck on Decrypting...Estimated time remaining. Ive tried resetting RAM, no success, Ive used Disk Utility, File, Turn Off Encryption, at one point I got the message to connect a power-supply, which I did and It looked like we were back on track Decrypting said 5 days, 3 days, 18 hours, did that for about a minute then is now back on ETR...

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Answer 5

Oct 27, 2014 1:18 PM in response to ssfireman66

I only see "Disk Utility, File, Turn Off Encryption" if i don't select any drive.

If i select my SSD, first or second level, i see the command in grey (non active)

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Answer 6

Nov 1, 2014 6:59 AM in response to Electro Clash

Finally I formatted everything.. restarted with cmd+alt+r, downloaded a new recovery file and now seems that all 250 gb of my ssd are usable..

I'm quite disappointed for this issue, but the important thing is that i solved and my HD seems ok and not encrypted.

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Answer 7

jber19

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Feb 21, 2015 2:04 AM in response to Apark73

Ok, so I need to repair my disk which is why I clicked on decrypt. Since last night it has been sitting on "decrypting...estimated time remaining". I know it will take a while to decrypt, however, the fact that it's not telling me how long, causes me a bit of uncertainity. Should it tell me? And how do I get it to stop so it will tell me? Any help is helpful! Thanks

11"MB air mid 2013

1.3ghz i5

4gb ddr3

10.10.2 Yosemite

250SSD

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Answer 8

Stumpley

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Mar 8, 2015 2:14 PM in response to jber19

I needed to decrypt because of a problem logging in it caused - and now it's stuck for over 2 days with no way out.

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Answer 9

jber19

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Mar 10, 2015 12:35 AM in response to jber19

UPDATE:

I called Applecare, and they had no answer. Their only answer was, shut it down, restart and decrypt again. I eventually got it to decrypt without a problem. And then was able to repair my disk.

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Answer 10

BYGONE

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Oct 1, 2015 8:44 PM in response to jber19

any thing work besides reformating the entire drive??

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Answer 11

Oct 8, 2015 8:51 AM in response to Apark73

Hi,

I have this issue as well. The status bar came to the very last end of decription but it keeps switching from %100 to %98 while saying "Estimating time remaining" for 2 days now.

I tried Command+R and the usual Disk Repair/Verify etc. Nothing changed.

What do we do?

Macbook PRO "15, 2.2GHZ i7

Early 2011

Yosemite 10.10.4

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Answer 12

Onchip

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Nov 17, 2015 4:46 AM in response to Erkal Taşkın

I had the same problem when I was trying to do Decrypting, then I have restarted my Mac then it decrypted in 20 minutes.

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Answer 13

Yorb

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Dec 20, 2015 2:45 PM in response to Apark73

Same problem here, just wanted to add some specifics.

Rebooting doesn't allow me to start the decrypt process over, it just picks up where it was—"estimating time remaining" with progress bar at about 35%, exactly where it has been almost the entire time.

Something no one else has mentioned (possibly because they aren't experiencing it) is that the computer is unusably slow while this is happening. Beachball for 20+ seconds whenever trying to open anything, even system prefs or other hard drive directories. The only way I've been able to clear up this sluggishness is booting into safe mode (holding shift during startup), which shows "Decryption paused" instead of the dreaded estimating-time-remaining message (I guess it can't decrypt while in safe mode—ok, makes sense).

One other clue is that my console is littered with "kernel: CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG […]" messages. About one every 2 seconds. A 1-minute sample:

12/20/15 5:28:33.000 PM kernel[0] CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Solid" (0C6C881B-1245-4BC1-99E2-17668B9DF20C), pv 4A180529-7835-4BD1-9212-078FE390BF2C, near LV byte offset = 43898186240.

12/20/15 5:28:36.000 PM kernel[0] CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Solid" (0C6C881B-1245-4BC1-99E2-17668B9DF20C), pv 4A180529-7835-4BD1-9212-078FE390BF2C, near LV byte offset = 43898186752.

12/20/15 5:28:38.000 PM kernel[0] CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Solid" (0C6C881B-1245-4BC1-99E2-17668B9DF20C), pv 4A180529-7835-4BD1-9212-078FE390BF2C, near LV byte offset = 43898187264.

12/20/15 5:28:40.000 PM kernel[0] CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Solid" (0C6C881B-1245-4BC1-99E2-17668B9DF20C), pv 4A180529-7835-4BD1-9212-078FE390BF2C, near LV byte offset = 43898331136.

12/20/15 5:28:40.586 PM corestoraged[245] 0x10c7b1000 resumeBackgroundConversion: background conversion started/resumed for lv F71EBD5C-1D30-4836-8612-4005795E2B6A.

12/20/15 5:28:41.000 PM kernel[0] CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Solid" (0C6C881B-1245-4BC1-99E2-17668B9DF20C), pv 4A180529-7835-4BD1-9212-078FE390BF2C, near LV byte offset = 43897585664.

12/20/15 5:28:43.000 PM kernel[0] CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Solid" (0C6C881B-1245-4BC1-99E2-17668B9DF20C), pv 4A180529-7835-4BD1-9212-078FE390BF2C, near LV byte offset = 43898175488.

12/20/15 5:28:45.000 PM kernel[0] CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Solid" (0C6C881B-1245-4BC1-99E2-17668B9DF20C), pv 4A180529-7835-4BD1-9212-078FE390BF2C, near LV byte offset = 43898176000.

12/20/15 5:28:48.000 PM kernel[0] CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Solid" (0C6C881B-1245-4BC1-99E2-17668B9DF20C), pv 4A180529-7835-4BD1-9212-078FE390BF2C, near LV byte offset = 43898176512.

12/20/15 5:28:50.000 PM kernel[0] CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Solid" (0C6C881B-1245-4BC1-99E2-17668B9DF20C), pv 4A180529-7835-4BD1-9212-078FE390BF2C, near LV byte offset = 43898177024.

12/20/15 5:28:53.000 PM kernel[0] CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Solid" (0C6C881B-1245-4BC1-99E2-17668B9DF20C), pv 4A180529-7835-4BD1-9212-078FE390BF2C, near LV byte offset = 43898177536.

12/20/15 5:28:55.000 PM kernel[0] CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Solid" (0C6C881B-1245-4BC1-99E2-17668B9DF20C), pv 4A180529-7835-4BD1-9212-078FE390BF2C, near LV byte offset = 43898178048.

12/20/15 5:28:57.000 PM kernel[0] CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Solid" (0C6C881B-1245-4BC1-99E2-17668B9DF20C), pv 4A180529-7835-4BD1-9212-078FE390BF2C, near LV byte offset = 43898178560.

12/20/15 5:28:59.000 PM kernel[0] CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Solid" (0C6C881B-1245-4BC1-99E2-17668B9DF20C), pv 4A180529-7835-4BD1-9212-078FE390BF2C, near LV byte offset = 43898179072.

12/20/15 5:29:01.000 PM kernel[0] CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Solid" (0C6C881B-1245-4BC1-99E2-17668B9DF20C), pv 4A180529-7835-4BD1-9212-078FE390BF2C, near LV byte offset = 43898183680.

12/20/15 5:29:04.000 PM kernel[0] CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Solid" (0C6C881B-1245-4BC1-99E2-17668B9DF20C), pv 4A180529-7835-4BD1-9212-078FE390BF2C, near LV byte offset = 43898184192.

12/20/15 5:29:06.000 PM kernel[0] CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Solid" (0C6C881B-1245-4BC1-99E2-17668B9DF20C), pv 4A180529-7835-4BD1-9212-078FE390BF2C, near LV byte offset = 43898184704.

12/20/15 5:29:08.000 PM kernel[0] CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Solid" (0C6C881B-1245-4BC1-99E2-17668B9DF20C), pv 4A180529-7835-4BD1-9212-078FE390BF2C, near LV byte offset = 43898185216.

12/20/15 5:29:11.000 PM kernel[0] CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Solid" (0C6C881B-1245-4BC1-99E2-17668B9DF20C), pv 4A180529-7835-4BD1-9212-078FE390BF2C, near LV byte offset = 43898185728.

12/20/15 5:29:13.000 PM kernel[0] CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Solid" (0C6C881B-1245-4BC1-99E2-17668B9DF20C), pv 4A180529-7835-4BD1-9212-078FE390BF2C, near LV byte offset = 43898186240.

12/20/15 5:29:15.000 PM kernel[0] CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Solid" (0C6C881B-1245-4BC1-99E2-17668B9DF20C), pv 4A180529-7835-4BD1-9212-078FE390BF2C, near LV byte offset = 43898186752.

12/20/15 5:29:17.000 PM kernel[0] CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Solid" (0C6C881B-1245-4BC1-99E2-17668B9DF20C), pv 4A180529-7835-4BD1-9212-078FE390BF2C, near LV byte offset = 43898187264.

12/20/15 5:29:20.000 PM kernel[0] CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Solid" (0C6C881B-1245-4BC1-99E2-17668B9DF20C), pv 4A180529-7835-4BD1-9212-078FE390BF2C, near LV byte offset = 43898331136.

12/20/15 5:29:20.367 PM corestoraged[245] 0x10c7b1000 resumeBackgroundConversion: background conversion started/resumed for lv F71EBD5C-1D30-4836-8612-4005795E2B6A.

12/20/15 5:29:20.000 PM kernel[0] CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Solid" (0C6C881B-1245-4BC1-99E2-17668B9DF20C), pv 4A180529-7835-4BD1-9212-078FE390BF2C, near LV byte offset = 43897585664.

12/20/15 5:29:23.000 PM kernel[0] CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Solid" (0C6C881B-1245-4BC1-99E2-17668B9DF20C), pv 4A180529-7835-4BD1-9212-078FE390BF2C, near LV byte offset = 43898175488.

12/20/15 5:29:25.000 PM kernel[0] CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Solid" (0C6C881B-1245-4BC1-99E2-17668B9DF20C), pv 4A180529-7835-4BD1-9212-078FE390BF2C, near LV byte offset = 43898176000.

12/20/15 5:29:27.000 PM kernel[0] CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Solid" (0C6C881B-1245-4BC1-99E2-17668B9DF20C), pv 4A180529-7835-4BD1-9212-078FE390BF2C, near LV byte offset = 43898176512.

12/20/15 5:29:29.000 PM kernel[0] CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Solid" (0C6C881B-1245-4BC1-99E2-17668B9DF20C), pv 4A180529-7835-4BD1-9212-078FE390BF2C, near LV byte offset = 43898177024.

12/20/15 5:29:31.000 PM kernel[0] CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Solid" (0C6C881B-1245-4BC1-99E2-17668B9DF20C), pv 4A180529-7835-4BD1-9212-078FE390BF2C, near LV byte offset = 43898177536.

Googling this makes me think the drive might be going bad. It's a 128GB SSD. Right now, I'm trying to decide how long to let this decrypting nonsense continue before I try to restore it from time machine, possibly to another drive.

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Answer 14

penlidis

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Jan 19, 2016 1:36 PM in response to Apark73

Mine is doing the same, and at the same time my mac freezes.

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12/20/15 5:28:33.000 PM	kernel[0]	CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Solid" (0C6C881B-1245-4BC1-99E2-17668B9DF20C), pv 4A180529-7835-4BD1-9212-078FE390BF2C, near LV byte offset = 43898186240.
12/20/15 5:28:36.000 PM	kernel[0]	CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Solid" (0C6C881B-1245-4BC1-99E2-17668B9DF20C), pv 4A180529-7835-4BD1-9212-078FE390BF2C, near LV byte offset = 43898186752.
12/20/15 5:28:38.000 PM	kernel[0]	CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Solid" (0C6C881B-1245-4BC1-99E2-17668B9DF20C), pv 4A180529-7835-4BD1-9212-078FE390BF2C, near LV byte offset = 43898187264.
12/20/15 5:28:40.000 PM	kernel[0]	CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Solid" (0C6C881B-1245-4BC1-99E2-17668B9DF20C), pv 4A180529-7835-4BD1-9212-078FE390BF2C, near LV byte offset = 43898331136.
12/20/15 5:28:40.586 PM	corestoraged[245]	0x10c7b1000 resumeBackgroundConversion: background conversion started/resumed for lv F71EBD5C-1D30-4836-8612-4005795E2B6A.
12/20/15 5:28:41.000 PM	kernel[0]	CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Solid" (0C6C881B-1245-4BC1-99E2-17668B9DF20C), pv 4A180529-7835-4BD1-9212-078FE390BF2C, near LV byte offset = 43897585664.
12/20/15 5:28:43.000 PM	kernel[0]	CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Solid" (0C6C881B-1245-4BC1-99E2-17668B9DF20C), pv 4A180529-7835-4BD1-9212-078FE390BF2C, near LV byte offset = 43898175488.
12/20/15 5:28:45.000 PM	kernel[0]	CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Solid" (0C6C881B-1245-4BC1-99E2-17668B9DF20C), pv 4A180529-7835-4BD1-9212-078FE390BF2C, near LV byte offset = 43898176000.
12/20/15 5:28:48.000 PM	kernel[0]	CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Solid" (0C6C881B-1245-4BC1-99E2-17668B9DF20C), pv 4A180529-7835-4BD1-9212-078FE390BF2C, near LV byte offset = 43898176512.
12/20/15 5:28:50.000 PM	kernel[0]	CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Solid" (0C6C881B-1245-4BC1-99E2-17668B9DF20C), pv 4A180529-7835-4BD1-9212-078FE390BF2C, near LV byte offset = 43898177024.
12/20/15 5:28:53.000 PM	kernel[0]	CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Solid" (0C6C881B-1245-4BC1-99E2-17668B9DF20C), pv 4A180529-7835-4BD1-9212-078FE390BF2C, near LV byte offset = 43898177536.
12/20/15 5:28:55.000 PM	kernel[0]	CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Solid" (0C6C881B-1245-4BC1-99E2-17668B9DF20C), pv 4A180529-7835-4BD1-9212-078FE390BF2C, near LV byte offset = 43898178048.
12/20/15 5:28:57.000 PM	kernel[0]	CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Solid" (0C6C881B-1245-4BC1-99E2-17668B9DF20C), pv 4A180529-7835-4BD1-9212-078FE390BF2C, near LV byte offset = 43898178560.
12/20/15 5:28:59.000 PM	kernel[0]	CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Solid" (0C6C881B-1245-4BC1-99E2-17668B9DF20C), pv 4A180529-7835-4BD1-9212-078FE390BF2C, near LV byte offset = 43898179072.
12/20/15 5:29:01.000 PM	kernel[0]	CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Solid" (0C6C881B-1245-4BC1-99E2-17668B9DF20C), pv 4A180529-7835-4BD1-9212-078FE390BF2C, near LV byte offset = 43898183680.
12/20/15 5:29:04.000 PM	kernel[0]	CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Solid" (0C6C881B-1245-4BC1-99E2-17668B9DF20C), pv 4A180529-7835-4BD1-9212-078FE390BF2C, near LV byte offset = 43898184192.
12/20/15 5:29:06.000 PM	kernel[0]	CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Solid" (0C6C881B-1245-4BC1-99E2-17668B9DF20C), pv 4A180529-7835-4BD1-9212-078FE390BF2C, near LV byte offset = 43898184704.
12/20/15 5:29:08.000 PM	kernel[0]	CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Solid" (0C6C881B-1245-4BC1-99E2-17668B9DF20C), pv 4A180529-7835-4BD1-9212-078FE390BF2C, near LV byte offset = 43898185216.
12/20/15 5:29:11.000 PM	kernel[0]	CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Solid" (0C6C881B-1245-4BC1-99E2-17668B9DF20C), pv 4A180529-7835-4BD1-9212-078FE390BF2C, near LV byte offset = 43898185728.
12/20/15 5:29:13.000 PM	kernel[0]	CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Solid" (0C6C881B-1245-4BC1-99E2-17668B9DF20C), pv 4A180529-7835-4BD1-9212-078FE390BF2C, near LV byte offset = 43898186240.
12/20/15 5:29:15.000 PM	kernel[0]	CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Solid" (0C6C881B-1245-4BC1-99E2-17668B9DF20C), pv 4A180529-7835-4BD1-9212-078FE390BF2C, near LV byte offset = 43898186752.
12/20/15 5:29:17.000 PM	kernel[0]	CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Solid" (0C6C881B-1245-4BC1-99E2-17668B9DF20C), pv 4A180529-7835-4BD1-9212-078FE390BF2C, near LV byte offset = 43898187264.
12/20/15 5:29:20.000 PM	kernel[0]	CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Solid" (0C6C881B-1245-4BC1-99E2-17668B9DF20C), pv 4A180529-7835-4BD1-9212-078FE390BF2C, near LV byte offset = 43898331136.
12/20/15 5:29:20.367 PM	corestoraged[245]	0x10c7b1000 resumeBackgroundConversion: background conversion started/resumed for lv F71EBD5C-1D30-4836-8612-4005795E2B6A.
12/20/15 5:29:20.000 PM	kernel[0]	CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Solid" (0C6C881B-1245-4BC1-99E2-17668B9DF20C), pv 4A180529-7835-4BD1-9212-078FE390BF2C, near LV byte offset = 43897585664.
12/20/15 5:29:23.000 PM	kernel[0]	CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Solid" (0C6C881B-1245-4BC1-99E2-17668B9DF20C), pv 4A180529-7835-4BD1-9212-078FE390BF2C, near LV byte offset = 43898175488.
12/20/15 5:29:25.000 PM	kernel[0]	CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Solid" (0C6C881B-1245-4BC1-99E2-17668B9DF20C), pv 4A180529-7835-4BD1-9212-078FE390BF2C, near LV byte offset = 43898176000.
12/20/15 5:29:27.000 PM	kernel[0]	CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Solid" (0C6C881B-1245-4BC1-99E2-17668B9DF20C), pv 4A180529-7835-4BD1-9212-078FE390BF2C, near LV byte offset = 43898176512.
12/20/15 5:29:29.000 PM	kernel[0]	CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Solid" (0C6C881B-1245-4BC1-99E2-17668B9DF20C), pv 4A180529-7835-4BD1-9212-078FE390BF2C, near LV byte offset = 43898177024.
12/20/15 5:29:31.000 PM	kernel[0]	CoreStorageGroup::completeIORequest - error 0xe00002ca detected for LVG "Solid" (0C6C881B-1245-4BC1-99E2-17668B9DF20C), pv 4A180529-7835-4BD1-9212-078FE390BF2C, near LV byte offset = 43898177536.