Veritas File System 5.1 SP1 Administrator"s Guide (5900-1499, April 2011)

Table B-1
Kernel messages (continued)
Message and DefinitionMessage Number
WARNING: msgcnt x: mesg 017: V-2-17: vx_write_default -
mount_point file system inode inumber marked bad in core
WARNING: msgcnt x: mesg 017: V-2-17: vx_zero_alloc - mount_point
file system inode inumber marked bad in core
■ Description
When inode information is no longer dependable, the kernel marks
it bad in memory. This is followed by a message to mark it bad on
disk as well unless the mount command ioerror option is set to
disable, or there is subsequent I/O failure when updating the inode
on disk. No further operations can be performed on the inode.
The most common reason for marking an inode bad is a disk I/O
failure. If there is an I/O failure in the inode list, on a directory
block, or an indirect address extent, the integrity of the data in the
inode, or the data the kernel tried to write to the inode list, is
questionable. In these cases, the disk driver prints an error message
and one or more inodes are marked bad.
The kernel also marks an inode bad if it finds a bad extent address,
invalid inode fields, or corruption in directory data blocks during
a validation check. A validation check failure indicates the file
system has been corrupted. This usually occurs because a user or
process has written directly to the device or used fsdb to change
the file system.
The VX_FULLFSCK flag is set in the super-block so fsck will do a
full structural check the next time it is run.
■ Action
Check the console log for I/O errors. If the problem is a disk failure,
replace the disk. If the problem is not related to an I/O failure, find
out how the disk became corrupted. If no user or process is writing
to the device, report the problem to your customer support
organization. In either case, unmount the file system. The file
system can be remounted without a full fsck unless the
VX_FULLFSCK flag is set for the file system.
017 (continued)
155Diagnostic messages
Kernel messages