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From: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
To: MikeJeezy <forums@mgaccess.net>
Cc: xfs@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Re: mount: Structure needs cleaning
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 12:48:13 +1100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120228014813.GU3592@dastard> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <33397518.post@talk.nabble.com>

On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 07:11:58PM -0800, MikeJeezy wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> >The only reason for running xfs-repair -L is if you cannot mount the
> >filesystem to replay the log. i.e. on a shutdown like this, the
> >usual process is:
> 
> Right, when I tried to mount the volume it said "Structure needs cleaning"

OK, so you've done the right thing. I always like to check first ;)

> >You can only find out by looking at what the output of xfs_repair
> >told you about trashing inodes/directories.
> 
> Is this only output to the screen or to a log somewhere?

Only to stdout.

> > On 02/26/2012 11:07am, Stan Hoeppner wrote: 
> >Are those other VMs using XFS filesystems? 
> 
> What kernel version are you running?  
> 
> 2.6.18-274.18.1.el5

If you are running RHEL, you should really report problems through
the support channel.

> >Does your SAN array have battery backed write cache?  
> 
> This one does not currently, but I have ordered BBWC for it.
> 
> >Are the individual drive caches in the underlying array disabled? 
> 
> Write cache: enabled

There's your problem. You should read all the relevant sections on
write caches in the XFS FAQ. e.g:

http://xfs.org/index.php/XFS_FAQ#Q._Which_settings_does_my_RAID_controller_need_.3F

Cheers,

Dave.

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Dave Chinner
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-02-28  1:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-02-26  3:15 mount: Structure needs cleaning MikeJeezy
2012-02-26  4:35 ` Stan Hoeppner
2012-02-26  7:22   ` MikeJeezy
2012-02-26 17:07     ` Stan Hoeppner
2012-02-27  0:49     ` Dave Chinner
2012-02-27  3:11       ` MikeJeezy
2012-02-27  6:28         ` Stan Hoeppner
2012-02-27 18:32           ` MikeJeezy
2012-02-28  1:48         ` Dave Chinner [this message]
2012-02-28  9:14           ` Brian Candler
2012-02-29  3:50             ` Dave Chinner
2012-02-29  7:40               ` Brian Candler
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2014-10-12  8:43 Mount: " tommason
2014-10-12 14:20 ` Brian Foster
2014-10-12 22:39   ` tom mason
2014-10-12 22:48     ` tom mason
2014-10-12 22:51       ` tom mason
2014-10-12 23:10       ` Dave Chinner
2014-10-13 10:05         ` Tom Mason
2014-10-13 10:19           ` Emmanuel Florac
2014-10-13 10:40             ` Tom Mason
2014-10-13  9:26       ` Emmanuel Florac
2014-10-13 20:33 Tom Mason
2014-10-13 22:09 ` Dave Chinner
2014-10-13 22:25   ` Tom Mason
2014-10-13 23:44     ` Dave Chinner
2014-10-13 22:38   ` Tom Mason
2014-10-13 23:47     ` Dave Chinner
2014-10-14 10:55     ` Emmanuel Florac
2014-10-14 15:46       ` Tom Mason
2014-10-14 16:38         ` Emmanuel Florac
2014-10-14 16:43           ` Tom Mason
2014-10-21 20:44           ` Tom Mason

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