syslog.log grows fast

[R.M. Oosenbrug]

Our syslog.log is growing fast and the disk are running full. The log is filling with the same entry over and over again. The entry is:

Nov 13 08:37:57 wocasx vmunix: function == 0x834640, arg == 0x41EFD800, ticks ==
0xF8529A40, flags == 0x0

Does anybody knows what the problem is?

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

I may be wrong, but this could be a problem with the clock on the system board. Check out the hardware with xstm or mstm or cstm.

Maybe log a hardware call.

Write a script that does this:

cp /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log /filesystem/{todays_date}.syslog.log
> /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log

Run it as often as needed to keep the /var filesystem from filling up.

SEP

[Murat SULUHAN]

Hi

Is there any problem in ioscan -fn and /var/opt/resmon/log/resmon.log

Best Regards
Murat

[R.M. Oosenbrug]

Thanks for the replies. I wil investigate some more with the tips you gave me.

[whiteknight]

RM.

check this also /var/opt/resmon/log/event.log


WK

[R.M. Oosenbrug]

Hello again,

In /var/opt/resmon/log are three files located. They are:

api.log
client.log
registrar.log

No event.log and no resmon.log.

Greetings
RM.

[R.M. Oosenbrug]

Hello,

I performed a ioscan -fn. In the attachment you can find the results. I don't see anything strange. Do you?

Greetings,
RM

[Duncan Edmonstone]

RM,

I would go back through the syslog.log and look for where this first occurred. Were there any other more descriptive messages above that?

You should be able to determine what kernel function is generating this error by executing the following:

echo 0x834640/i | adb /stand/vmunix /dev/kmem

of course the function name might not tell us anything - probably best to get a called logged with HP.

HTH

Duncan

[R.M. Oosenbrug]

Hello again,

I think i do'nt have enough knowledge to analyse en solve this problem. I have made a servicecall. HP is investigating the problem.

Thanks for your efforts!

Greetings
RM.

[Murat SULUHAN]

Hi again

Sorry it's must be event.log as whiteknight sayed.

What is the output of Duncan's recommendation?
echo 0x834640/i | adb /stand/vmunix /dev/kmem

Could you submit complete syslog.log

Best Regards
Murat

[Andrew Merritt_2]

Hi,
Is there a message right at the start of these entries saying something like:

vmunix: Timeout called with negative time.


If so, it sounds like a known problem with the U320 SCSI HBA software. If you are running 11.11, a version including the fix is available here - https://h20293.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/try.do?productNumber=A7173A

For other versions of HP-UX, the current versions should also have the fix.

Andrew