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- From: dseeman@novell.com (Daniel Seeman)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
- Subject: Re: VREPAIR, errors.. clues?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.210256.8062@novell.com>
- Date: 28 Dec 92 21:02:56 GMT
- References: <1992Dec23.215332.1@tango.cchs.su.oz.au> <1992Dec28.175239.5756@novell.com>
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- In article <1992Dec28.175239.5756@novell.com> dseeman@novell.com (Daniel Seeman) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec23.215332.1@tango.cchs.su.oz.au> brennan@tango.cchs.su.oz.au (Luke Brennan) writes:
- >> G'day!
- >>
- >> When I DOWN the server (486dx 3.11), if I do a VREPAIR on SYS
- >> I *always* get 1000 or more errors..
- >>
- >> Oh, and I've also found that I MUST run VREPAIR *again* if I
- >> want it to 'fix' the OS/2 stuff and NFS.. sure makes life slow...
- >> (I've got MAC, OS2 and NFS loaded) HD is 1Gb, so the passes add
- >> up to 1/2 hour or so each time..
- >>
- >> None of the 'errors' are anything major - but they're always
- >> there.. I usually run VREPAIR every oh, 2-3 months..
- >>
- >> Even I *immediately* reboot after all the passes, I get warnings
- >> about 2 or 3 files being wrong length or somesuch..
- >>
- >> Does this ring any bells with anyone? Software? Hardware? ME? :-}
- >>
- >> Yes, it's vague - but the box is now sealed 'till 5th January,
- >> so I can't go get the exact messages..
- >>+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
- >>+ Luke Brennan e-mail: brennan@cchs.su.oz.AU +
- >>+ EDP Unit, S209 brennan%cchs.su.oz.au@cunyvm.BITNET +
- >>+ Cumberland College of Health Sciences, ,-_|\ +
- >>+ The University of Sydney voice: +61 2 646 6402 / \ +
- >>+ East Street, Lidcombe, NSW 2141 fax: +61 2 646 4853 \_,-._* +
- >>+ AUSTRALIA v +
- >>+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
- >
- >
- >Hi,
- >
- >Yes, your description is rather vague. A PERFECTLY functioning server platform
- >should not routinly encounter volume errors. I suggest that you get the error
- >messages (after 1-5-93, of course) and let us know what they are. We may be
- >able to better determine what has gone wrong with that information at hand.
- >
- >Your question about why you need to run VREPAIR multiple times is a good one. I
- >have noticed the need for this too, but cannot understand why one has to do this
- >. But this "repeat" process is not needed just for volumes that support multipl
- >e name spaces. Even volumes with only DOS name space support often require
- >multiple VREPAIR "passes."
- >
- >Don P., do you understand why this is ("...be sure to run VREPAIR until you find
- >zero errors, then run it once more to verify there were no errors left...")?
- >
- >I'll be looking for the responses...
- >
- >Think Peace...
- >
- >Dan Seeman
- >Novell
- >Walnut Creek,Ca.
- >
- Hi,
-
- I have been made aware that the above posting could be taken as ---well a bit
- gruff. I am sorry for sounding that way and I absolutely did not intend to
- belittle anyone's posting or problem description.
-
- The point I intended to make was this. IF all of the HARDWARE is functioning
- properly the SOFTWARE shouldn't corrupt itself. Hopefully, the only time you
- should have to use VREPAIR would be after a server crash or some other fatal
- hardware (controller or disk drive) failure.
-
- Please accept my appologies and know that I did not intend to offend anyone at
- all. As well, understand that I am here to help out the customers with
- technical support, so just ask if you need help with NW4MAC.
-
- Think Peace...
-
- Dan Seeman
- Novell
- Walnut Creek,Ca.
-