All, First let me thank you for all your input. I have learned a lot and now have a few more tools I can use in the future...even though I really don't want to have to use them.
Our NA happened to look in the right log file at the right time and it appears we have a controller on the fritz. It works sometimes and doesn't work other times. It failed on Sunday, but says it's fine now. I sort of feel better knowing/hoping that this is what has been causing two weeks worth of stress and file fixing. Thanks again, Pat Watson College of the Redwoods [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Watson, Pat > Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2008 3:46 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [U2] Rash of Damaged Unidata Files > > We are HP 9000, HPUX 11.11, Unidata 6.1 (I know it's old, I'm working > on getting it upgraded). > > Lately, we have experienced a rash of Unidata files reported, by a > program that emulates or maybe even uses "guide", as damaged. It is > not always the same files or even the same number of files. > > This has become a daily occurrence and so far our NA has found no > entries in whatever logs he has been looking at that indicate problems > with our RAID array or anything else hardware-wise. That doesn't mean > it isn't hardware, but we haven't found the smoking gun. > > Anyway, I can use "fixfile" to repair the damage but it just keeps > happening. > > Below is what fixfile has to say when it fixed the latest victim (it > looks pretty much the same for any damaged file). > It doesn't mean much to me and I don't know if it would help diagnose > the problem, but I send it to you experts in hopes you might have some > ideas... > Sat Nov 8 06:39:51 1:Grpno error. blkbuf->group=0, U_groupno=28459, > error in U_blkread for file '/<snip>/STUDENT.ACAD.CRED', key '', > number=28459 Sat Nov 8 > 06:39:51 1:Grpno error. blkbuf->group=0, U_groupno=28459, error in > U_blkread for file '/<snip>/STUDENT.ACAD.CRED', key '', number=28459 > 1:Grpno error. blkbuf->group=0, U_groupno=28459, error in U_blkread > for file'/<snip>/STUDENT.ACAD.CRED', key '', number=28459 Sat Nov > 8 06:39:51 1:blkread error in U_read_group for > file'/<snip>/STUDENT.ACAD.CRED', key '', number=28459 Sat Nov > 8 06:39:51 1:blkread error in U_read_group for > file'/<snip>/STUDENT.ACAD.CRED', key '', number=28459 1:blkread error > in U_read_group for file '/<snip>/STUDENT.ACAD.CRED', key '', > number=28459 > Sat Nov 8 06:39:51 1:U_read_group error in dumpgroup for > file'/<snip>/STUDENT.ACAD.CRED', key '', number=0 Sat Nov 8 > 06:39:51 1:U_read_group error in dumpgroup for > file'/<snip>/STUDENT.ACAD.CRED', key '', number=0 1:U_read_group error > in dumpgroup for file '/<snip>/STUDENT.ACAD.CRED', key '', number=0 > 1 block (including the group header) in group 28459 of > /<snip>/STUDENT.ACAD.CRED made empty. > 0 record written to group 28459 of file /<snip>/STUDENT.ACAD.CRED . > > Any and all suggestions gratefully accepted, Pat Watson College of the > Redwoods [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------- > u2-users mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
