We have an Alpha 3000/800 running 4.0B which has rebooted itself
twice in three days due to advfs panics. Each time there are syslog
messages like the following. Lacking any good pointers in the
manpages, I'm guessing that each of the I/O error messages is
telling me about a bad block on the disk. If this is the case,
great, I can fix that with scu (hopefully).
I guess my question is, are the block numbers in these error
messages really just bad (or marginal) blocks on the disk?
If so, are those block numbers suitable for use with the scu
'verify' and 'reassign' commands? If not, then just what are
these messages trying to tell me?
In this particular case the errors are for blocks scattered
about rz0, it seems a bit unlikely that those distant blocks
would all decide to err at the same time. Should I be looking
for some other problem, such as a bad drive controller or
some compatibility problem between the disk and the machine?
The disk is a (CONNER CFP2107E 2.14GB 1527) which is a fast/wide
disk with a wide-to-narrow converter attached.
Thanks.
-Jeff
| Jan 28 16:17:20 hub2 vmunix: AdvFS I/O error:
| Jan 28 16:17:20 hub2 vmunix: Volume: /dev/rz0a
| Jan 28 16:17:20 hub2 vmunix: Tag: 0xfffffff7.0000
| Jan 28 16:17:20 hub2 vmunix: Page: 33
| Jan 28 16:17:20 hub2 vmunix: Block: 688
| Jan 28 16:17:20 hub2 vmunix: Block count: 96
| Jan 28 16:17:20 hub2 vmunix: Type of operation: Write
| Jan 28 16:17:20 hub2 vmunix: Error: 6
| Jan 28 16:17:20 hub2 vmunix: ADVFS EXCEPTION
| Jan 28 16:17:20 hub2 vmunix: Module = msfs_config.c, Line = 712
| Jan 28 16:17:20 hub2 vmunix: bs_osf_complete: metadata write on root failed
| Jan 28 16:17:20 hub2 vmunix: panic (cpu 0): bs_osf_complete: metadata write on root failed
| Jan 28 16:17:20 hub2 vmunix: syncing disks... AdvFS I/O error:
| Jan 28 16:17:20 hub2 vmunix: Domain#Fileset: root_domain#root
| Jan 28 16:17:20 hub2 vmunix: Mounted on: /
| Jan 28 16:17:20 hub2 vmunix: Volume: /dev/rz0a
| Jan 28 16:17:20 hub2 vmunix: Tag: 0x0000056e.8089
| Jan 28 16:17:20 hub2 vmunix: Page: 0
| Jan 28 16:17:21 hub2 vmunix: Block: 118896
| Jan 28 16:17:21 hub2 vmunix: Block count: 16
| Jan 28 16:17:21 hub2 vmunix: Type of operation: Write
| Jan 28 16:17:21 hub2 vmunix: Error: 6
| Jan 28 16:17:21 hub2 vmunix: To obtain the name of the file on which
| Jan 28 16:17:21 hub2 vmunix: the error occurred, type the command:
| Jan 28 16:17:21 hub2 vmunix: /sbin/advfs/tag2name //.tags/1390
| Jan 28 16:17:21 hub2 vmunix: AdvFS I/O error:
| Jan 28 16:17:21 hub2 vmunix: Volume: /dev/rz0g
| Jan 28 16:17:21 hub2 vmunix: Tag: 0xfffffff7.0000
| Jan 28 16:17:21 hub2 vmunix: Page: 268
| Jan 28 16:17:21 hub2 vmunix: Block: 4544
| Jan 28 16:17:21 hub2 vmunix: Block count: 16
| Jan 28 16:17:21 hub2 vmunix: Type of operation: Write
| Jan 28 16:17:21 hub2 vmunix: Error: 6
| Jan 28 16:17:21 hub2 vmunix:
| Jan 28 16:17:21 hub2 vmunix: bs_osf_complete: metadata write failed
| Jan 28 16:17:21 hub2 vmunix: AdvFS Domain Panic; Domain usr_domain Id 0x3416013e.000d6740
| Jan 28 16:17:21 hub2 vmunix: DUMP.prom: dev SCSI 0 6 0 0 0 0 FLAMG-IO, block 262144
| Jan 28 16:17:21 hub2 vmunix: DUMP.prom: dev SCSI 0 6 0 0 0 0 FLAMG-IO, block 262144
| Jan 28 16:17:21 hub2 vmunix: : 39
| Jan 28 16:17:21 hub2 vmunix: Block: 114944
| Jan 28 16:17:21 hub2 vmunix: Block count: 16
| Jan 28 16:17:21 hub2 vmunix: Type of operation: Read
| Jan 28 16:17:21 hub2 vmunix: Error: 6
| Jan 28 16:17:21 hub2 vmunix: To obtain the name of the file on which
| Jan 28 16:17:21 hub2 vmunix: the error occurred, type the command:
| Jan 28 16:17:21 hub2 vmunix: /sbin/advfs/tag2name //.tags/1391
| Jan 28 16:17:21 hub2 vmunix: AdvFS I/O error:
| Jan 28 16:17:21 hub2 vmunix: Domain#Fileset: usr_domain#usr
| Jan 28 16:17:21 hub2 vmunix: Mounted on: /usr
| Jan 28 16:17:21 hub2 vmunix: Volume: /dev/rz0g
| Jan 28 16:17:21 hub2 vmunix: Tag: 0x000025c9.8001
| Jan 28 16:17:21 hub2 vmunix: Page: 0
| Jan 28 16:17:22 hub2 vmunix: Block: 590784
| Jan 28 16:17:22 hub2 vmunix: Block count: 16
| Jan 28 16:17:22 hub2 vmunix: Type of operation: Read
| Jan 28 16:17:22 hub2 vmunix: Error: 6
| Jan 28 16:17:22 hub2 vmunix: To obtain the name of the file on which
| Jan 28 16:17:22 hub2 vmunix: the error occurred, type the command:
| Jan 28 16:17:22 hub2 vmunix: /sbin/advfs/tag2name /usr/.tags/9673
| Jan 28 16:17:22 hub2 vmunix: AdvFS I/O error:
| Jan 28 16:17:22 hub2 vmunix: Domain#Fileset: usr_domain#usr
| Jan 28 16:17:22 hub2 vmunix: Mounted on: /usr
| Jan 28 16:17:22 hub2 vmunix: Volume: /dev/rz0g
| Jan 28 16:17:22 hub2 vmunix: Tag: 0x00000552.8002
| Jan 28 16:17:22 hub2 vmunix: Page: 3
| Jan 28 16:17:22 hub2 vmunix: Block: 197712
| Jan 28 16:17:22 hub2 vmunix: Block count: 16
| Jan 28 16:17:22 hub2 vmunix: Type of operation: Read
| Jan 28 16:17:22 hub2 vmunix: Error: 6
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Jeff Thomas
WebNexus Communications http://www.webnexus.com/
jeff_at_webnexus.com http://www.jeff.com/
Received on Thu Jan 29 1998 - 02:36:44 NZDT