Veritas File System 4.1 Administrator's Guide (HP-UX 11i v3, February 2007)

Kernel Messages

Appendix B 205

036 WARNING: msgcnt x: mesg 036: V-2-36: vx_lctbad - mount_point file system link

count table lctnumber bad

• Description

Update to the link count table (LCT) failed.

For a Version 2 and above disk layout, the LCT contains the link count for all the

structural inodes. The VX_FULLFSCK flag is set in the super-block. If the

super-block can’t be written, the file system is disabled.

•Action

Unmount the file system and use fsck to run a full structural check.

037 WARNING: msgcnt x: mesg 037: V-2-37: vx_metaioerr - file system metadata error

• Description

A read or a write error occurred while accessing file system metadata. The full fsck

flag on the file system was set. The message specifies whether the disk I/O that failed

was a read or a write.

File system metadata includes inodes, directory blocks, and the file system log. If the

error was a write error, it is likely that some data was lost. This message should be

accompanied by another file system message describing the particular file system

metadata affected, as well as a message from the disk driver containing information

about the disk I/O error.

•Action

Resolve the condition causing the disk error. If the error was the result of a temporary

condition (such as accidentally turning off a disk or a loose cable), correct the

condition. Check for loose cables, etc. Unmount the file system and use fsck to run

a full structural check (possibly with loss of data).

In case of an actual disk error, if it was a read error and the disk driver remaps bad

sectors on write, it may be fixed when fsck is run since fsck is likely to rewrite the

sector with the read error. In other cases, you replace or reformat the disk drive and

restore the file system from backups. Consult the documentation specific to your

system for information on how to recover from disk errors. The disk driver should

have printed a message that may provide more information.

Table B-1 (Continued)

Message

Number

Message and Definition