Server Not booting, file system I/O error

[Kaps_2]

Hello,

Our HP-UX server went down and its given error.

INIT: Command is respawning too rapidly.
Will try again in 5 minutes.
Check for possible errors.

When I further investigated the logs I found that some file systems are given I/O error.

vxfs fsck: V-3-20005: /dev/vg00/lvol8:read of super-block on /dev/vg00/lvol8 failed: I/O error
/dev/vg00/lvol8:file system check failure, aborting ...

When tried to run fsck manually in single user mode fsck is not working.

Please let us knw the issue

[Horia Chirculescu]

Hello,

>When tried to run fsck manually in single user mode fsck is not working.

What error message did you get?

Best regards,
Horia.

[Kaps_2]

the same error:

vxfs fsck: V-3-20005: /dev/vg00/lvol8:read of super-block on /dev/vg00/lvol8 failed: I/O error
/dev/vg00/lvol8:file system check failure, aborting .

[Horia Chirculescu]

>vxfs fsck: V-3-20005: /dev/vg00/lvol8:read of super-block on /dev/vg00/lvol8 failed: I/O error
/dev/vg00/lvol8:file system check failure, aborting .


use fsck -F vxfs -o full /dev/vg00/rlvol8

Notice the "r" in front of lvol8

Horia.

[Kaps_2]

No difference its still the same:

# fsck -F vxfs -o full /dev/vg00/rlvol8
vxfs fsck: V-3-20005: read of super-block on /dev/vg00/rlvol8 failed: I/O error
file system check failure, aborting ...

[sujit kumar singh]

there is an IO failure on the filesystem, boot the system in single user mode, fsck and mount all other filesystems, recreate that filesystem and from a valid backup restore data on to that.

regards
sujit

[Kaps_2]

yeah i know that however I have couple of other file systems which too are given the same error messages, those were mounted as /var,/usr,/tmp & /usr , this means there can be issue with the hardisk and I will have to change the faulty disk with a new one and then again re-install the OS ?

[Horia Chirculescu]

> I will have to change the faulty disk with a new one and then again re-install the OS ?

You should have an ignite backup. If not, you will have to go through setup again.

Horia.

[Kaps_2]

no ignite backup :-(

[Horia Chirculescu]

If this is a production server, you have a big problem.

Maybe you should look for specialized help from someone from HP in your country in order to minimize downtime.

Horia.