Thanks to:
Niels Kokholm
Joe Fletcher
John James
While I haven't sorted the problem......the following all help - looks like I've got some weekend work coming up!!
READ ON.......
I have seen this myself. As I understand it, it means the advfs is running
short on some resources allocated at file domain creation (BMT = bitfile
metadata table). I think your system might panic if the resource is really
emptied.
The remedy seems to be to recreate the domain (on a spare disk or via a
tape backup/restore) - this time with more space for BMT using the -x
and/or -p flags to mkfdmn:
-x num_pages
Sets the number of pages by which the bitfile metadata table (BMT)
extent size grows. The default is 128 pages.
-p num_pages
Sets the number of pages to preallocate for the bitfile metadata
table
(BMT). The default is 0 (zero) pages.
The on-line manual at "Digital":
http://www.UNIX.digital.com/faqs/publications/base_doc/DOCUMENTATION/HTML/ADVFS_html/figures/admin-chap2.html#TofC51
gives advice on which values to choose. I think advfs created under 5.0
does not have this problem.
Potentially yes it is serious. Solutions are to defragment the domain.
If that doesn't work the recommended treatment is to back up the contents,
trash the domain and recreate it with larger metadata tables and extents.
See man mkfdmn for details and look at the -x switch. The problem goes away
in later versions of Tru64. Recommend if possible you go to 4.0F.
Cheers
Joe
This might help it may not.
umount /usr2
/sbin/advfs/verify -f usr2_dmn
verfiy checks the integrate of advfs volumes and the -f switch fixes
problems.
good luck
John R. James Jr.
IT LOOKS LIKE I'VE GOT REMOVE AND RE-CREATE THE FILE DOMAIN - Defrag is fine and VERIFY can only be run while system s down. Roll on the weekend!!
Thanks again
Andrew
>>> Andrew Tolmie <Andrew.Tolmie_at_carltontv.co.uk> 11/07/00 12:42:33 >>>
Dear All,
I ran a sys_check on one of my AS4100's (4.0d PK3) and in the error messages in came up with this.......
Note: BMT pageCnt is decreasing on AdvFS usr2_dmn domain.
Check the domain immediately.
Can anybody tell me what it means, is it serious?
TIA
Andy
Received on Wed Jul 12 2000 - 13:14:46 NZST