fsck with invalid device config entry found

[emily_3]

I tried to change lvol12 to larger fs.

# fsadm -o largefiles /dev/vg00/rlvol12
vxfs fsadm: file system dirty, run fsck first

So I did # fsck -y -F vxfs -o full /dev/vg00/rlvol12
vxfs fsck: invalid device config entry found
log replay in progress

Can someone tell me how to slove this problem?
Thanks.

[Michael Steele_2]

You may have a syntax issue. Try:

# fsck -F vxfs -V -y -o full /dev/vg00/rlvol12

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[emily_3]

I tried the following command, and seems the same result.

# fsck -F vxfs -V -y -o full /dev/vg00/rlvol12
fsck -F vxfs -y -o full /dev/vg00/rlvol12

# fsck -F vxfs -y -o full /dev/vg00/rlvol12
vxfs fsck: invalid device config entry found
log replay in progress

[Norman_21 · Accepted solution]

Emily,

Try this, and if it didn't work then you might need the latest vxfs/fsck
patches to be installed:

fsck -F vxfs -o full,nolog -y /dev/vg00/lvol12


In fact when you reboot your sever, fsck will run automatically to check and fix the filesystems, in some cases, it might prompt you for an action!

Good luck

[emily_3]

It does work! Thanks.
But I would like to know what's the meaning of "nolog"?
And where could I find the option information:
#fsck -o "option"

[Norman_21]

Emily,

Since I don't have fsadm installed in my server so I would advise you to unmoun the file system prior to running fsck.
Here are the options:

-F file system type
-n assumes a NO answer for fsck questions
-y assumes a YES answer for fsck questions
-b this is for hfs filesystems only which tells fsck to use superblock, look at the file /var/adm/sbtab.
-f forces fsck to run on a mounted file system(HFS only)
-o full Forces fsck to make a full check of the metadata instead of just replying the intent log(JFS only)
-o nolog Prevents intent log reply (JFS only)

Also, all above options can be found on the man page
# man fsck

Please consider assinging points.

[emily_3]

I know use "#man fsck" to see all the option, but I didn't find the suboption under -o. here is the description of the "-o"
Do you know where could I find the file-system-specific manual? Thanks.

-o FSspecific-options
Specify options specific to each file system type.FSspecific-options is a list of suboptions and/or keyword/attribute pairs intended for a file-system-specific version of the command. See the file-system-specific manual entries for a description of the specific_options supported, if any.

[Norman_21]

-F vxfs (for JFS filesystems)
-F hfs (for HFS filesystems)

Although, you didn't mention what version are you running, but for 10.20 and higher
the /stand file system is the only HFS file system, others are vxfs file systems.
# mount -v (will tell you what type of file systems you have).

Take care and good luck

[T G Manikandan]

man fsck_vxfs

[Norman_21]

and man fsck_hfs for hfs file systems!