ADSM-L

Re: [ADSM-L] GPFS file system backup problem

2008-01-30 10:26:40
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] GPFS file system backup problem
From: "Allen S. Rout" <asr AT UFL DOT EDU>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:22:49 -0500
>> On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:03:48 -0500, Richard Sims <rbs AT BU DOT EDU> said:

>> 01/30/08   00:42:53 TransErrno: Unexpected error from
>> gpfs_fgetattrs, errno = 22
>> 01/30/08   00:42:53 PrivIncrFileSpace: Received rc=131 from
>> fioGetDirEntries:  /srv  /projects
>> ...

Aha.


> Well, that's TSM relating the specifics of the problem.
> I would go to www.ibm.com and enter the search operands:
> +gpfs_fgetattrs +errno +22
> for known causes.

And also cd /srv/projects and

ls -ld
ls -l
ls -lR  (if there's not too much nonsense underneath it)

and look for irregularities in the metadata.  Here are some I've seen:

mtimes > year 30000 are problems.

This

---------- 65535 cyrus mail 1614914486656 Dec 30 14:05 cyrus.index

is a problem.

This

glmail08 # ls -l Junk
ls: cannot access Junk/cyrus.index: Input/output error
ls: cannot access Junk/cyrus.cache: Input/output error
total 4
-????????? ? ?     ?      ?            ? cyrus.cache
-rw------- 1 cyrus mail 186 Aug  2 10:40 cyrus.header
-????????? ? ?     ?      ?            ? cyrus.index


is a problem. :)



- Allen S. Rout