topic Re: boot problem,swap error in Operating System - HP-UX

boot problem,swap error

michal baran — Thu, 05 Apr 2001 08:22:19 GMT

Hi folks,
after I boot my server, following message has appeared and system halted

swap device table (start&size given in
512 byte blocks)
entry 0 major nmber is 64,minor is 0x2;LVM:vg[0]:pvnum=0 (dev_t=0x1c015000) is POWERFAILED

what is wrong ??
rgards
thanks

Michal

Re: boot problem,swap error

melvyn burnard — Thu, 05 Apr 2001 08:34:05 GMT

the disk at teh address supplied in vg0 (root vg) is turned off or has failed or is unreachable.
Check your disc at that hardware address related to the dev_t entry

Re: boot problem,swap error

Alex Glennie — Thu, 05 Apr 2001 08:41:55 GMT

I agree with Melvin ... H/W is the most likely cause.

However we don't no much about your setup ...

is this a MC/SG cluster or just one server ?

any additional clues in syslog.log ?

Do any other luns/devices report POWERFAILS at any othertime?

What is the pvtimeout set to for each of the PV's?
The default is 30secs which in the case of arrays and a heavy I/O load, could be too short.
Values such as 60,90 or even 120secs are not uncommon.... may be worth a try before going down the h/w route ?

Re: boot problem,swap error

Vincenzo Restuccia — Thu, 05 Apr 2001 08:58:35 GMT

Verify SCSI termination.

Re: boot problem,swap error

michal baran — Thu, 05 Apr 2001 08:59:38 GMT

thanks for ideas,
problem found (of course,somewhere else)

RAID 7 has been connected to the system in wrong way (terminator and scsi cable)

Thanks for ideas anyway
regards

Michal