Hi - I have an older machine with a 4.5TB JFS partition that will not fsck after an unclean shutdown.
Here is the attempted fsck output: root@backup# fsck.jfs -fav /dev/sda1 fsck.jfs version 1.1.15, 04-Mar-2011 processing started: 8/24/2011 12:51:03 The current device is: /dev/sda1 Open(...READ/WRITE EXCLUSIVE...) returned rc = 0 Primary superblock is valid. The type of file system for the device is JFS. Block size in bytes: 4096 Filesystem size in blocks: 1098616311 **Phase 0 - Replay Journal Log LOGREDO: Unrecognized log record type at 0x0fb4b8c. log redo failed (rc=-269). fsck continuing. **Phase 1 - Check Blocks, Files/Directories, and Directory Entries Insufficient dynamic storage available for required workspace (1,6). CANNOT CONTINUE processing terminated: 8/24/2011 15:24:48 with return code: -10097 exit code: 8. It appears the problem we are experiencing is very similar to this one: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg00255.html The hardware in question is an 8 disk 3ware array in RAID5+1. The computer is an old Celeron with 1GB of ram, though it does have plenty of swap. root@backup:~# uname -a Linux backup 2.6.37.6-smp #2 SMP Sat Apr 9 23:39:07 CDT 2011 i686 Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.60GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux root@backup:~# free -m total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 995 41 954 0 3 11 -/+ buffers/cache: 26 969 Swap: 11889 6 11882 During the fsck the swap usage cranked up past 2.5Gig... I didn't watch the whole time, so I'm unsure where it peaked.. but am assuming it likely used the full 3 (or is it 4GB?) that is available to a process on a 32bit machine. Please let me know if you have any thoughts or suggestions on how to get past this or what to try next! I may try temporarily moving the array to a 64bit machine with more memory tomorrow just to see if I can get it past the fsck and running again... but that doesn't really seem like a long term solution. I know this computer is old and underpowered, but it is just a backup server that runs nightly syncs. Thanks for any help or suggestions! Eric [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EMC VNX: the world's simplest storage, starting under $10K The only unified storage solution that offers unified management Up to 160% more powerful than alternatives and 25% more efficient. Guaranteed. http://p.sf.net/sfu/emc-vnx-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Jfs-discussion mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jfs-discussion
