FSCK inode issue aix 5.2

[nomad1945]

Hello:

I have an AIX 5.2 system, that when fsck is run on /usr an Inode issue which I am unable to clear.

Checking /dev/hd2 (/usr) MOUNTED FILE SYSTEM; WRITING SUPPRESSED;
Checking a mounted filesystem does not produce dependable results.
** Phase 1 - Check Blocks and Sizes
Unknown file type I=370816 owner=1405974830 mode=37671662540
size=-1150921265 mtime=Jul 20 02:23 2008 (NOT CLEARED) (TERMINATED)

I have booted to maintenance mode / recovery and ran fsck on /usr as it was umounted however it does not find anything to correct. So I am un clear as to why I see this.

I have came across something as a possible fix, using the “fsdb” but I have never seen this issue so I am un-clear if this will fix or is a fix. Has anyone seen or encountered this and corrected before?
Thanks
Scott

 

[mrn]

Have you checked out what the offending file is?

Use find with the inode option on 370816.

The mtime date of 2008 is a little wierd.

Mike

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[nomad1945]

yes i have tried it, and the system does not find it.

so i assume its an inode of a deleted file? On other flavors of Unix normally this is easy to correct.

 

[p5wizard]

If in maint mode, with /usr unmounted, there's no error, then I shouldn't worry about it.

Checking /dev/hd2 (/usr) MOUNTED FILE SYSTEM; WRITING SUPPRESSED;
Checking a mounted filesystem does not produce dependable results.

HTH,

p5wizard

 

[nomad1945]

Well, what lead to all this, was a few weeks ago, a system
hang message and reboot in the errpt log. There was some message of a JFS issue, in which lead to an fsck being done.

So, we got hung up on this item we seen so to speak, and its an odd error i have not seen before where you cant clean it.

 

[p5wizard]

Well, on a mounted JFS, fsck wouldn't be able to *fix* anything. (MOUNTED FILE SYSTEM; WRITING SUPPRESSED).

What was the exact error message in the errpt?


HTH,

p5wizard

 

[mrn]

Also how did you do the maint mode fsck?

you should use "getrootfs hdisk0 sh" instead of "getrootfs hdisk0" and fsck on the dev E.g. fsck /dev/hd2

Mike

"A foolproof method for sculpting an elephant: first, get a huge block of marble, then you chip away everything that doesn't look like an elephant."

http://www.airport-parking-site.co.uk/

 

[nomad1945]

I got into Maint mode by booting off the cd, and doing mait/mode for recover, and the option to access root vg, before mouting all the file systems, then ran it so it was unmounted.

I cant recall the exact error, was some type of JFS error, file system halt, reboot, because the system actually rebooted itself, and this is how this all gotten started.
thanks

 

[p5wizard]

Are the errlog entries still available? Or has the errlog been errclear-ed since then?


HTH,

p5wizard