| Title: | DIGITAL UNIX (FORMERLY KNOWN AS DEC OSF/1) |
| Notice: | Welcome to the Digital UNIX Conference |
| Moderator: | SMURF::DENHAM |
| Created: | Thu Mar 16 1995 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 10068 |
| Total number of notes: | 35879 |
Hello,
We encountered the following problems during the installation of two
AlphaServer's 4100 with Digital UNIX 3.2G
We always get the message: Error reading syserr file.
when trying to read the errorlog file using uerf
We already created new errlog ( /var/adm/binary.errlog ) by removing
the original file and forcing binlogd to reread the default config
file.
Also rebooting the system after removing the original file forces the
creation of a new errlog file.
In both cases the file stays corrupt ???
Important to mention is that reading the file with dia will skip the
corrupt part apparantly:
snm011 # dia
Event record: 0 of file: /usr/adm/binary.errlog is corrupted.
Recovering...
Event record: 5 of file: /usr/adm/binary.errlog is corrupted.
Recovering...
Event record: 12 of file: /usr/adm/binary.errlog is corrupted.
Recovering...
Event record: 47 of file: /usr/adm/binary.errlog is corrupted.
Recovering...
DECevent V2.2
Also common on both systems is the that we get the error in the
original errlog file at the end of a system boot:
uerf -R
********************************* ENTRY 1.
*********************************
----- EVENT INFORMATION -----
EVENT CLASS OPERATIONAL EVENT
OS EVENT TYPE 300. SYSTEM STARTUP
SEQUENCE NUMBER 1.
OPERATING SYSTEM DEC OSF/1
OCCURRED/LOGGED ON Tue Feb 11 13:03:15 1997
OCCURRED ON SYSTEM snm011
SYSTEM ID x00050016
SYSTYPE x00000000
MESSAGE PCXAL keyboard, language
English
_(American)
Alpha boot: available memory from
_0xfa2000 to 0x1fffc000
Digital UNIX V3.2G (Rev. 62);Tue Feb
_11 10:17:39 MET 1997
physical memory = 512.00 megabytes.
available memory = 496.35 megabytes.
using 1958 buffers containing 15.29
_megabytes of memory
Firmware revision: 3.0
PALcode: Digital-UNIX/OSF version 1.21
AlphaServer 4100 5/300 2MB
pci1 at mcbus0 slot 5
psiop0 at pci1 slot 1
Loading SIOP: script c0000900, reg
_4111100, data c000c8b8
scsi0 at psiop0 slot 0
rz5 at scsi0 bus 0 target 5 lun0 (DEC
_ RRD45 (C) DEC 0436)
tu0: DECchip 21140-AA: Revision: 1.2
tu0 at pci1 slot 2
tu0: DEC Fast Ethernet Interface,
_hardware address: 00-00-F8-31-1E-09
tu0: console mode: selecting 10BaseT
_(UTP) port: half duplex
pci2001 at pci1 slot 3
isp0 at pci2001 slot 0
isp0: QLOGIC ISP1020A
isp0: Firmware revision 2.10 (loaded
_by console)
scsi1 at isp0 slot 0
rz8 at scsi1 bus 1 target 0 lun
0 (DEC
_ RZ29B (C) DEC 0016)
rz9 at scsi1 bus 1 target 1 lun
0 (DEC
_ RZ29B (C) DEC 0016)
tz12 at scsi1 bus 1 target 4
lun 0
_(DEC TZ88 (C) DEC
CC34)
tz13 at scsi1 bus 1 target 5
lun 0
_(DEC TLZ09 (C)DEC
0165)
pza0 at pci1 slot 4
pza0 firmware version: DEC P01
A10
_
scsi6 at pza0 slot 0
rz49 at scsi6 bus 6 target 1
lun 0
_(DEC HSZ50
V50Z)
rz49 at scsi6 bus 6 target 1
lun 1
_(DEC HSZ50
V50Z)
rz49 at scsi6 bus 6 target 1
lun 2
_(DEC HSZ50
V50Z)
rz49 at scsi6 bus 6 target 1
lun 3
_(DEC HSZ50
V50Z)
rz50 at scsi6 bus 6 target 2
lun 1
_(DEC HSZ50
V50Z)
gpc0 at eisa0
pci0 at mcbus0 slot 4
eisa0 at pci0
ace0 at eisa0
ace1 at eisa0
lp0 at eisa0
fdi0 at eisa0
fd0 at fdi0 unit 0
vga0 at pci0 slot 2
1024x768 (S3TRIO )
pci2000 at pci0 slot 3
isp1 at pci2000 slot 0
isp1: QLOGIC ISP1020A
isp1: Firmware revision 2.10
(loaded
_by console)
scsi2 at isp1 slot 0
rz16 at scsi2 bus 2 target 0
lun 0
_(DEC RZ29B (C) DEC
0016)
rz17 at scsi2 bus 2 target 1
lun 0
_(DEC RZ29B (C) DEC
0016)
pza1 at pci0 slot 4
pza1 firmware version: DEC P01
A10
_
scsi7 at pza1 slot 0
rz57 at scsi7 bus 7 target 1
lun 0
_(DEC HSZ50
V50Z)
rz57 at scsi7 bus 7 target 1
lun 1
_(DEC HSZ50
V50Z)
rz57 at scsi7 bus 7 target 1
lun 2
_(DEC HSZ50
V50Z)
rz57 at scsi7 bus 7 target 1
lun 3
_(DEC HSZ50
V50Z)
Created FRU table configuration
binary
_log packet
dli: configured
SuperLAT. Copyright 1993
Meridian
_Technology Corp. All rights
_reserved.
Error reading syserr file.
**************************************
Both systems are installed with with KZPDA local SCSI controllers for
sys & swap and KZPSA & HSZ50 for the data disks ( we will build an ASE
configuration ).
This problem is also very nasty in such that the the Polycenter
Watchdog agent monitoring the CPU ( psw_sensor_syswd ) is using 100%
of the cpu trying to read the errlog file.
I found that this kind of problem ( with HSZ40 ) was already QAR'd in
July '94. ( HSZ40 conference note 36.1 )
and in the Digital UNIX conference note 7908 there is mention of
possible bugs in possible device(s) trying to write to the errlog file.
Any ideas ?
Philippe VANDENBRANDEN / OMS Brussels.
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