On Fri, 2008-03-28 at 15:49 +0100, Ewald Beekman wrote: > We get these kinds of errors: > Mar 27 22:23:15 idefix kernel: GFS: fsid=alpha_cluster:orabck.0: fatal: invalid metadata block > Mar 27 22:23:15 idefix kernel: GFS: fsid=alpha_cluster:orabck.0: bh = 16659526 (type: exp=5, found=4) > Mar 27 22:23:15 idefix kernel: GFS: fsid=alpha_cluster:orabck.0: function = gfs_get_meta_buffer > Mar 27 22:23:15 idefix kernel: GFS: fsid=alpha_cluster:orabck.0: file = /builddir/build/BUILD/gfs-kernel-2.6.9-75/up/src/gfs/dio.c, line = 1223 > Mar 27 22:23:15 idefix kernel: GFS: fsid=alpha_cluster:orabck.0: time = 1206652995 Mar 27 22:23:15 idefix kernel: GFS: fsid=alpha_cluster:orabck.0: about to withdraw from the cluster > Mar 27 22:23:15 idefix kernel: GFS: fsid=alpha_cluster:orabck.0: waiting for outstanding I/O > Mar 27 22:23:15 idefix kernel: GFS: fsid=alpha_cluster:orabck.0: telling LM to withdraw > Mar 27 22:23:15 idefix kernel: lock_dlm: withdraw abandoned memory > and then the filesystem is gone :-( Hi Ewald, This likely means you have file system corruption of some kind. There are many ways a GFS file system can get corrupted through no fault of GFS. Please see the following entry in the FAQ: http://sources.redhat.com/cluster/wiki/FAQ/GFS#gfs_consistency At any rate, I recommend unmounting it from all nodes and running gfs_fsck (from one node). Regards, Bob Peterson Red Hat GFS -- Linux-cluster mailing list Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster
