Thank you Mark
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-Craig
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> On Dec 8, 2016, at 7:59 PM, Mark Ranft <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Below are two commands to review the system logs for disk errors.
> Sign on as Manager.SYS. Do a LISTF LOG####,2 to find the start and ending Log files. Alter the log file number range in the commands and enter the commands in LOGTOOL.
>
> list log=3404/3477 type=111 "device class"="hard disc",da,ca,"bus converter" out=LogOut1
> list log=3404/3477 TYPE=111;'MGR CODE'= 241,242,900,901,951 out=LogOut2
>
> The results are written to two files LOGOUT1 and LOGOUT2.
>
> I had this setup to run weekly on my systems. And if the files had errors in them the job would email the results to me for review.
>
> Note that you will see errors due to SCSI or FC resets on every boot, so check the time stamps to tell if the boot caused the error.
>
> Mark Ranft
>
>>> On Dec 8, 2016, at 9:34 PM, James B. Byrne <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Thu, December 8, 2016 17:35, Mark Ranft wrote:
>>> It depends on why you were running FSCHECK in the first place. Can
>>> you please give us a little background?
>>>
>>>
>>
>> We experienced a system halt on Monday morning, as previously reported
>> to the list. The cause of the halt is still under investigation. One
>> of the consequences of the halt, which occurred in the middle of our
>> weekly full backup, seems to have been a broken backwards chain in our
>> accounting database.
>>
>> We recovered the system and went back online until the broken chain
>> evidenced itself. We removed the users from the system and used
>> Adager to repair the damage. Then did a backup. Then returned the
>> system to use.
>>
>> During the Agager repair an infrequently occurring high-pitched but
>> low volume sound was noted. This appeared to emanate from the HP3000.
>> We have not heard it since the Adager repair completed.
>>
>> Nonetheless, a suspicion arose that we might have a HDD about to lose
>> a bearing. The inference being that an incipient HDD failure may also
>> have been somehow related to the system halt.
>>
>> I am simply trying to find out if there is any way of examining
>> whether or not we actually have a failing drive. We have spares but
>> if there really is no need then I would rather not take the system
>> down again after such a short interval. It has been a bad fall for
>> our poor old 918. The system HDD was toasted by a whipsaw set of
>> power outages on October 11 and now our data disc is suspected of
>> being ready to let go as well.
>>
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