From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list xfs); Thu, 15 Mar 2007 08:27:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from donner.stsci.edu (donner.stsci.edu [130.167.251.65]) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.10/8.12.10/SuSE Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id l2FFRo6p021727 for ; Thu, 15 Mar 2007 08:27:50 -0700 Message-ID: <45F965F3.10902@stsci.edu> Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 11:27:47 -0400 From: Thomas Walker MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: Should xfs_repair take this long? References: <45F92D8C.3090708@stsci.edu> <20070315150422.7bc5d178@harpe.intellique.com> <45F952F2.6000008@stsci.edu> <20070315160309.652a6e0c@harpe.intellique.com> <45F96150.50001@stsci.edu> <20070315162333.72f34d58@harpe.intellique.com> In-Reply-To: <20070315162333.72f34d58@harpe.intellique.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com Errors-to: xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: xfs To: Emmanuel Florac Cc: xfs@oss.sgi.com I checked the status of the LVM before starting xfs_repair. I can't promise it's all in order, but at least the various pvdisplay, vgdisplay, lvdisplay, etc all came back normal. So... I'll just wait a few days and hope that xfs_repair comes back with something eventually. thanks for at least taking an interest, too bad that there's nothing we can really do about it. Thomas Walker Emmanuel Florac wrote: >Le Thu, 15 Mar 2007 11:08:00 -0400 >Thomas Walker écrivait: > > > >> So if I see I/O activity and cpu activity, which I do, should I >>assume that eventually the repair should return? >> >> > >The repair _MAY_ return, unfortunately... > > > >> We are thinking of >>interrupting it and trying to add more memory and restarting it. >>Maybe we should just let it go. >> >> > >Yes, let it go now... > > > >>If you think it might finish some >>time, even if it's going to be another day or two, then I'm willing >>to be patient. I'm just worried it might be going around in circles. >> >> >> > >It should finish if you're testing the right device, and the LV is >properly assembled. If it reach the end of the device and find nothing, >you should restart LVM first to check that your PV/VG/LV are correctly >set up, and retry. >If it doesn't work after that, backup will be your last friend. > > >