Inode Error message into syslog

[Filosofo]

Hi,
I recived in my syslog files these errors:

Jan 30 15:34:45 myhost vmunix: vxfs: mesg 009: vx_direrr - /opt file system inode 3 immediate directory error 20
Jan 30 15:34:45 myhost vmunix: vxfs: mesg 016: vx_ilisterr - /opt file system error reading inode 7281
Jan 30 15:34:45 myhost vmunix: vxfs: mesg 009: vx_direrr - /opt file system inode 3 immediate directory error 6
Jan 30 15:43:18 myhost vmunix: vxfs: mesg 009: vx_direrr - /opt file system inode 3 immediate directory error 20
Jan 30 15:43:18 myhost vmunix: vxfs: mesg 016: vx_ilisterr - /opt file system error reading inode 7281
Jan 30 15:43:18 myhost vmunix: vxfs: mesg 009: vx_direrr - /opt file system inode 3 immediate directory error 6
Jan 30 15:44:17 myhost vmunix: vxfs: mesg 009: vx_direrr - /opt file system inode 3 immediate directory error 20
Jan 30 15:44:17 myhost vmunix: vxfs: mesg 016: vx_ilisterr - /opt file system error reading inode 7281
Jan 30 15:44:17 myhost vmunix: vxfs: mesg 009: vx_direrr - /opt file system inode 3 immediate directory error 6


I try to find inode with find / -inum 3 and I recived this output:

find / -inum 3
/lost+found
/stand/lost+found
/home/lost+found
/opt/lost+found
find: cannot stat /opt/lost+found/5916
find: cannot stat /opt/lost+found/7281
/tmp/lost+found
/usr/lost+found
/usr/ecc/lost+found
/var/lost+found



Nobody has modify the lvol size recently.

Please help me

Thanks

[Steven E. Protter]

This filesystem may be sitting on a bad disk.

Or it could just need fsck

$1 is the name of the logical volume.

fsck -F vxfs -o full -y $1

I think a quick backup is called for followed by a bad sector/bad disk investigation. I'm attching my script for checking disk status.

SEP

[Fabio Ettore]

Ciao Filosofo,

just 2 possible solutions:
- fsck (as SEP said);
- substitution of disk.

Of course the last suggestion is critical, I hope the first one solves your problem.

Best regards,
Ettore

[Sridhar Bhaskarla]

Hi,

YOu could also try 'ncheck /dev/vg00/lvol5' to dump the inode and the corresponding path names.

I guess your disk may be bad. If /opt/ is sitting in vg00, then I suggest you create couple of make_tape_recovery tapes asap and also some backups.

A full 'fsck' may fix the problem after rebooting the system into single-user mode. But if the disk is bad physically, then there isn't much you can do other than replacing the disk.

Don't you have mirror setup?.

-Sri

[Filosofo]

Hi,
thanks for all helps....
Another information about my problem....
From bdf I see a false percentage utilization of my file sytem..
Realy I use more the 70% and from bdf I see 33%
Why?

Thanks

Filosofo

[Fabio Ettore]

Check this thread:

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=383388

Best regards,
Ettore

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Filo,

Check this doc,

http://www5.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docLocale=en_US&docId=200000065774271

Document description: Filesystem corruption - vx_dirlook and error 6
Document id: UFSKBRC00011217

Regards,

Robert-Jan