Re: Disk Crash

Er, am I missing something? You had a link to a chunk on disk A. Disk A failed. So you changed the link to point to a completely unconnected chunk on disk B. Now you're wondering why the data that used to be on disk A isn't by magic now on disk B just because you retrospectively switched a symlink. I am missing something, aren't I ...? "Roger Cariah" <rogerc@ppsl.co.tt> wrote in message news:cinbm3$n9g$1@news.xmission.com... > > > Hi, > > One of my physical disk that had the roodbs critical chunk crashed. I had > symbolic links to these disks so I relocated the symbolic link to a new > chunk and proceeded to initialize my instance. I was unable to do so, and > got the following on my log file: > > :47:31 Assert Failed: chunk failed sanity check > > 12:47:31 Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.31.FC5 > 12:47:31 Who: Session(1, root@olympus.ppsl.co.tt, 0, 76079144) > Thread(6, main_loop(), 204856028, 1) > File: rspartn.c Line: 7354 > 12:47:31 Results: Chunk 1 is being taken OFFLINE. > 12:47:31 Action: Restore chunk from archive. If this is a temporary> dbspace > chunk, drop and add the dbspace to enable it. > 12:47:32 See Also: /tmp/af.3ee09a3 > 12:47:32 Process exited with return code 1: /bin/sh /bin/sh -c > /informix/rt/exe /etc/ppsl_log_full.sh 3 4 "Chunk is off-line, mirror is> active: 5369532744." "ch unk fa 12:47:32 I/O error, Primary Chunk > '/informix/rt/chunks/rchkd' -- Offline (sanity) > > Any ideas as to why I'm getting the above messages? I am trying to avoid > doing a cold restore but will consider this as a last resort. Any > suggestions as to my next move/checks before pursing this cold restore. > > much thanks > roger > > > The information in this communication and any attachments are deemed by PPSL > to be confidential and may be legally privileged and protected from > disclosure. It is intended solely for the addressee. If you are not the > intended recipient, any use, review, dissemination, distribution or copying > of this information is strictly prohibited. Please notify the sender and > delete this message and any attachments immediately from your system. > PPSL will not be held liable for any incomplete transmission of this message > nor any delay in its receipt. > > > sending to informix-list

That's what I read, but I assumed it was me being stupid. Neil Truby wrote: > Er, am I missing something? > You had a link to a chunk on disk A. > Disk A failed. > So you changed the link to point to a completely unconnected chunk on disk > B. > Now you're wondering why the data that used to be on disk A isn't by magic > now on disk B just because you retrospectively switched a symlink. > > I am missing something, aren't I ...? > > "Roger Cariah" <rogerc@ppsl.co.tt> wrote in message > news:cinbm3$n9g$1@news.xmission.com... >