From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from cuda.sgi.com (cuda2.sgi.com [192.48.176.25]) by oss.sgi.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/SuSE Linux 0.8) with ESMTP id q1S1mYM8141674 for ; Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:48:34 -0600 Received: from ipmail04.adl6.internode.on.net (ipmail04.adl6.internode.on.net [150.101.137.141]) by cuda.sgi.com with ESMTP id y5ub9xn5ZoDPhZeb for ; Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:48:15 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 12:48:13 +1100 From: Dave Chinner Subject: Re: mount: Structure needs cleaning Message-ID: <20120228014813.GU3592@dastard> References: <33393100.post@talk.nabble.com> <4F49B693.4080309@hardwarefreak.com> <33393429.post@talk.nabble.com> <20120227004902.GQ3592@dastard> <33397518.post@talk.nabble.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <33397518.post@talk.nabble.com> List-Id: XFS Filesystem from SGI List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: xfs-bounces@oss.sgi.com Errors-To: xfs-bounces@oss.sgi.com To: MikeJeezy Cc: xfs@oss.sgi.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. -- Dave Chinner david@fromorbit.com _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@oss.sgi.com http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs