My SUSE support rep sent this link that describes the problem https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc/?id=7021379
Aria -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark Pace Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2018 2:38 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Bug with XFS and SLES 12SP3 kernel-default-4.4.131-94.29-default After a long process I have the filesystem converted to EXT3 and the new kernel running. On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 1:59 PM, Mike Walter <[email protected] > wrote: > I'm just supposing here, that you put and it's on a test bed server first, > at which point you would have found the problem with the xfs file system > and been able to back it out. Only after maintenance has been thoroughly > vetted on the test bed server wood shove it down the throats of the other > servers. > > But, I never was responsible for Linux on Z systems servers, so I may have > missed out on all the fun. > > Mike Walter > -Retired- > ________________________________ > From: Linux on 390 Port <[email protected]> on behalf of Marcy > Cortes <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2018 11:00:12 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Bug with XFS and SLES 12SP3 kernel-default-4.4.131-94.29- > default > > Nice idea, but when you have a thousand servers, that isn't very > practical. And one your server has been up a few minutes its data has > changed and regressing it that way may be a problem. The multi kernel > support works well for things like backing out the kernel. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port <[email protected]> On Behalf Of John McKown > Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2018 7:51 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] Bug with XFS and SLES 12SP3 > kernel-default-4.4.131-94.29-default > > On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 9:29 AM Mike Walter <walterthepennyless@hotmail. > com> > wrote: > > > When I was a young man learning the art of systems programming sooo > > long ago, I was taught that the first step of applying maintenance is > > to make a physical backup of the target volumes. That way you have a > > validated source with which to return if/when the maintenance fails. > Just sayin'. > > :-) > > > > Total agreement. I'm having a problem with a sandox system right now with > some maintenance (but it's z/OS, not Linux). But that's what I did -- > physical back of all the volumes before doing _anything_. I do the same > sort of thing when I install a never version of a product. I do a "tar" > backup of the various files (it they're in /etc or /var or ...) & > filesystems. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url= > http%3A%2F%2Fwww.marist.edu%2Fhtbin%2Fwlvindex%3FLINUX- > 390&data=02%7C01%7C%7C74815a2d96a04a6abef508d5c18fc160% > 7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636627745517533603&sdata= > T6se4MfGCrQKhEoLAl1GSZdahtAXs2ZZd4gZiuAwgjU%3D&reserved=0 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For more information on Linux on System z, visit > https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url= > http%3A%2F%2Fwiki.linuxvm.org%2F&data=02%7C01%7C% > 7C74815a2d96a04a6abef508d5c18fc160%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaa > aaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636627745517533603&sdata=84ePrZlYwZTFJpCrEaMBxk9u2g% > 2FiN1kja9rARzKuHl0%3D&reserved=0 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For more information on Linux on System z, visit > http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ > -- The postings on this site are my own and don’t necessarily represent Mainline’s positions or opinions Mark D Pace Senior Systems Engineer Mainline Information Systems ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
