file system error question

[Christopher McCray_1]

I have a N-class server which this morning started reporting the following errors:Jul 17 06:25:17 dmc30 vmunix: vxfs: mesg 017: vx_dirlook - /amr99 file system in
ode 69 marked bad
Jul 17 06:25:17 dmc30 vmunix: vxfs: mesg 008: vx_direrr - /amr99 file system ino
de 8 block 1566 error 6

Will unmounting this file system and running fsck help or is this suggesting something more severe has happened? Thanks.

[John Poff]

Hello,

Unmounting the filesystem and running fsck should fix it. Of course, you have a recent backup in case it doesn't, right? :)

JP

[Rita C Workman]

You may have a hardware problem....check your syslog so you can rule out hardware - and then run fsck with the full option to cover for everything.

Regards,
Rita

and as always
....hope you got a good backup 'just in case'...

[Ravi_8]

Hi,
error showing inode 69 marked bad in vmunix.
so we can conclude this is not a hardware problem. do fsck on this filesyem. if still same persist, boot from /stand/vmunix.prev kernel.

[Christopher McCray_1]

okay, I unmounted the file system and ran fsck on it; this is what I got:

# fsck -F vxfs /dev/vg04/rlvol4
log replay in progress
full file system check required, exiting ...

When I tried to re-mount it, I got this:

#mount /dev/vg04/lvol4 /amr99
vxfs mount: /dev/vg04/lvol4 is corrupted. needs checking

I assume that I am in trouble at this point and need to recover from backup at this point... unless you all have any suggestions.

[Carsten Krege · Accepted solution]

Umount and run

# fsck -F vxfs -o full /dev/vg04/rlvol4

Carsten

[MANOJ SRIVASTAVA]

Hi Christopher


You need to do the following

fsck -y /dev/vg04/rlvol4

This would run fsck with yes to all questions mode and would also fix the problem. But the issue is the source of the problem , I have a strong feeling that some disk is going bad.

Manoj Srivastava

[Deshpande Prashant]

HI
Run the fsck with full option on unmounted file system.
fsck -o full /dev/vg04/rlvol4

Good Luck.
Prashant.

[Christopher McCray_1]

I got the file system back and things look okay at this point. My dba is running another export to check it out, but I still have my backup handy just in case. Thanks to all; you were a great help... points forthcoming!