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Old 07-20-2006, 09:57 AM   #1
whysyn
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Question Does this mean a physically failing hard drive?


Started to notice these errors in my syslog... system is only a couple months old. Development & testing is finished and we're about to go live so if this drive is failing I'd like to take care of it before we're live =)

The data on the drive seems to be OK, currently it is about 40% filled and processing about 100 mySQL operations per second, 24x7. The only thing on this particular drive is database tables.

The drive in question is a Fujitsu 15k RPM SCSI 320, OS is Fedora Core 4 (64 bit version) with all official updates applied.

So do the logs below mean the drive is hosed, or are there additional troubleshooting steps I should take?

Thanks much!

Code:
[root@tskuhn log]# grep "kernel" messages
Jul 17 10:06:55 tskuhn kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 17 10:06:55 tskuhn kernel: sdc: Current: sense key: Medium Error
Jul 17 10:06:55 tskuhn kernel:     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted
Jul 17 10:06:55 tskuhn kernel: Info fld=0xfba87
Jul 17 10:06:55 tskuhn kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 1030791
Jul 17 10:07:09 tskuhn kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 17 10:07:09 tskuhn kernel: sdc: Current: sense key: Medium Error
Jul 17 10:07:09 tskuhn kernel:     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted
Jul 17 10:07:09 tskuhn kernel: Info fld=0xfba87
Jul 17 10:07:09 tskuhn kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 1030791
Jul 17 10:07:15 tskuhn kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 17 10:07:15 tskuhn kernel: sdc: Current: sense key: Medium Error
Jul 17 10:07:15 tskuhn kernel:     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted
Jul 17 10:07:15 tskuhn kernel: Info fld=0xfba87
Jul 17 10:07:15 tskuhn kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 1030791
Jul 17 10:07:19 tskuhn kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 17 10:07:19 tskuhn kernel: sdc: Current: sense key: Medium Error
Jul 17 10:07:19 tskuhn kernel:     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted
Jul 17 10:07:19 tskuhn kernel: Info fld=0xfba87
Jul 17 10:07:19 tskuhn kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 1030791
Jul 17 10:07:24 tskuhn kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 17 10:07:24 tskuhn kernel: sdc: Current: sense key: Medium Error
Jul 17 10:07:24 tskuhn kernel:     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted
Jul 17 10:07:24 tskuhn kernel: Info fld=0xfba87
Jul 17 10:07:24 tskuhn kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 1030791
Jul 17 10:07:29 tskuhn kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 17 10:07:29 tskuhn kernel: sdc: Current: sense key: Medium Error
Jul 17 10:07:29 tskuhn kernel:     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted
Jul 17 10:07:29 tskuhn kernel: Info fld=0xfba85
Jul 17 10:07:29 tskuhn kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 1030784
Jul 17 10:07:34 tskuhn kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 17 10:07:34 tskuhn kernel: sdc: Current: sense key: Medium Error
Jul 17 10:07:34 tskuhn kernel:     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted
Jul 17 10:07:34 tskuhn kernel: Info fld=0xfba85
Jul 17 10:07:34 tskuhn kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 1030784
Jul 17 10:07:40 tskuhn kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 17 10:07:40 tskuhn kernel: sdc: Current: sense key: Medium Error
Jul 17 10:07:40 tskuhn kernel:     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted
Jul 17 10:07:40 tskuhn kernel: Info fld=0xfba85
Jul 17 10:07:40 tskuhn kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 1030784
Jul 17 10:07:45 tskuhn kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 17 10:07:45 tskuhn kernel: sdc: Current: sense key: Medium Error
Jul 17 10:07:45 tskuhn kernel:     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted
Jul 17 10:07:45 tskuhn kernel: Info fld=0xfba86
Jul 17 10:07:45 tskuhn kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 1030784
Jul 17 10:08:53 tskuhn kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 17 10:08:53 tskuhn kernel: sdc: Current: sense key: Medium Error
Jul 17 10:08:53 tskuhn kernel:     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted
Jul 17 10:08:53 tskuhn kernel: Info fld=0xfba87
Jul 17 10:08:53 tskuhn kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 1030791
Jul 17 10:09:03 tskuhn kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 17 10:09:03 tskuhn kernel: sdc: Current: sense key: Medium Error
Jul 17 10:09:03 tskuhn kernel:     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted
Jul 17 10:09:03 tskuhn kernel: Info fld=0xfba87
Jul 17 10:09:03 tskuhn kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 1030791
Jul 17 10:09:07 tskuhn kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 17 10:09:07 tskuhn kernel: sdc: Current: sense key: Medium Error
Jul 17 10:09:07 tskuhn kernel:     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted
Jul 17 10:09:07 tskuhn kernel: Info fld=0xfba87
Jul 17 10:09:07 tskuhn kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 1030791
Jul 17 10:09:11 tskuhn kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 17 10:09:11 tskuhn kernel: sdc: Current: sense key: Medium Error
Jul 17 10:09:11 tskuhn kernel:     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted
Jul 17 10:09:11 tskuhn kernel: Info fld=0xfba87
Jul 17 10:09:11 tskuhn kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 1030791
Jul 17 10:09:16 tskuhn kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 17 10:09:16 tskuhn kernel: sdc: Current: sense key: Medium Error
Jul 17 10:09:16 tskuhn kernel:     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted
Jul 17 10:09:16 tskuhn kernel: Info fld=0xfba87
Jul 17 10:09:16 tskuhn kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 1030791
Jul 17 10:09:22 tskuhn kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 17 10:09:22 tskuhn kernel: sdc: Current: sense key: Medium Error
Jul 17 10:09:22 tskuhn kernel:     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted
Jul 17 10:09:22 tskuhn kernel: Info fld=0xfba85
Jul 17 10:09:22 tskuhn kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 1030784
Jul 17 10:09:27 tskuhn kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 17 10:09:27 tskuhn kernel: sdc: Current: sense key: Medium Error
Jul 17 10:09:27 tskuhn kernel:     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted
Jul 17 10:09:27 tskuhn kernel: Info fld=0xfba85
Jul 17 10:09:27 tskuhn kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 1030784
Jul 17 10:09:33 tskuhn kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 17 10:09:33 tskuhn kernel: sdc: Current: sense key: Medium Error
Jul 17 10:09:33 tskuhn kernel:     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted
Jul 17 10:09:33 tskuhn kernel: Info fld=0xfba85
Jul 17 10:09:33 tskuhn kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 1030784
Jul 17 10:09:38 tskuhn kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 17 10:09:38 tskuhn kernel: sdc: Current: sense key: Medium Error
Jul 17 10:09:38 tskuhn kernel:     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted
Jul 17 10:09:38 tskuhn kernel: Info fld=0xfba85
Jul 17 10:09:38 tskuhn kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 1030784
Jul 17 10:10:41 tskuhn kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 17 10:10:41 tskuhn kernel: sdc: Current: sense key: Medium Error
Jul 17 10:10:41 tskuhn kernel:     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted
Jul 17 10:10:41 tskuhn kernel: Info fld=0xfba87
Jul 17 10:10:41 tskuhn kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 1030791
Jul 17 10:10:51 tskuhn kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 17 10:10:51 tskuhn kernel: sdc: Current: sense key: Medium Error
Jul 17 10:10:51 tskuhn kernel:     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted
Jul 17 10:10:51 tskuhn kernel: Info fld=0xfba87
Jul 17 10:10:51 tskuhn kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 1030791
Jul 17 10:10:55 tskuhn kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 17 10:10:55 tskuhn kernel: sdc: Current: sense key: Medium Error
Jul 17 10:10:55 tskuhn kernel:     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted
Jul 17 10:10:55 tskuhn kernel: Info fld=0xfba87
Jul 17 10:10:55 tskuhn kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 1030791
Jul 17 10:11:00 tskuhn kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 17 10:11:00 tskuhn kernel: sdc: Current: sense key: Medium Error
Jul 17 10:11:00 tskuhn kernel:     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted
Jul 17 10:11:00 tskuhn kernel: Info fld=0xfba87
Jul 17 10:11:00 tskuhn kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 1030791
Jul 17 10:11:04 tskuhn kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 17 10:11:04 tskuhn kernel: sdc: Current: sense key: Medium Error
Jul 17 10:11:04 tskuhn kernel:     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted
Jul 17 10:11:04 tskuhn kernel: Info fld=0xfba87
Jul 17 10:11:04 tskuhn kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 1030791
Jul 17 10:11:10 tskuhn kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 17 10:11:10 tskuhn kernel: sdc: Current: sense key: Medium Error
Jul 17 10:11:10 tskuhn kernel:     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted
Jul 17 10:11:10 tskuhn kernel: Info fld=0xfba85
Jul 17 10:11:10 tskuhn kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 1030784
Jul 17 10:15:53 tskuhn kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 17 10:15:53 tskuhn kernel: sdc: Current: sense key: Medium Error
Jul 17 10:15:53 tskuhn kernel:     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted
Jul 17 10:15:53 tskuhn kernel: Info fld=0xfba87
Jul 17 10:15:53 tskuhn kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 1030791
Jul 17 10:16:03 tskuhn kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 17 10:16:03 tskuhn kernel: sdc: Current: sense key: Medium Error
Jul 17 10:16:03 tskuhn kernel:     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted
Jul 17 10:16:03 tskuhn kernel: Info fld=0xfba87
Jul 17 10:16:03 tskuhn kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 1030791
Jul 17 10:16:08 tskuhn kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 17 10:16:08 tskuhn kernel: sdc: Current: sense key: Medium Error
Jul 17 10:16:08 tskuhn kernel:     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted
Jul 17 10:16:08 tskuhn kernel: Info fld=0xfba87
Jul 17 10:16:08 tskuhn kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 1030791
Jul 17 10:16:12 tskuhn kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 17 10:16:12 tskuhn kernel: sdc: Current: sense key: Medium Error
Jul 17 10:16:12 tskuhn kernel:     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted
Jul 17 10:16:12 tskuhn kernel: Info fld=0xfba87
Jul 17 10:16:12 tskuhn kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 1030791
Jul 17 10:16:17 tskuhn kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 17 10:16:17 tskuhn kernel: sdc: Current: sense key: Medium Error
Jul 17 10:16:17 tskuhn kernel:     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted
Jul 17 10:16:17 tskuhn kernel: Info fld=0xfba87
Jul 17 10:16:17 tskuhn kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 1030791
Jul 17 10:25:36 tskuhn kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 17 10:25:36 tskuhn kernel: sdc: Current: sense key: Medium Error
Jul 17 10:25:36 tskuhn kernel:     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted
Jul 17 10:25:36 tskuhn kernel: Info fld=0xfba87
Jul 17 10:25:36 tskuhn kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 1030791
Jul 17 10:25:36 tskuhn kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 128841
Jul 17 10:26:47 tskuhn kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 17 10:26:47 tskuhn kernel: sdc: Current: sense key: Medium Error
Jul 17 10:26:47 tskuhn kernel:     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted
Jul 17 10:26:47 tskuhn kernel: Info fld=0xfba87
Jul 17 10:26:47 tskuhn kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 1030791
Jul 17 10:27:07 tskuhn kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 17 10:27:07 tskuhn kernel: sdc: Current: sense key: Medium Error
Jul 17 10:27:07 tskuhn kernel:     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted
Jul 17 10:27:07 tskuhn kernel: Info fld=0xfba87
Jul 17 10:27:07 tskuhn kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 1030791
Jul 17 10:27:12 tskuhn kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 17 10:27:12 tskuhn kernel: sdc: Current: sense key: Medium Error
Jul 17 10:27:12 tskuhn kernel:     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted
Jul 17 10:27:12 tskuhn kernel: Info fld=0xfba87
Jul 17 10:27:12 tskuhn kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 1030791
Jul 17 10:27:17 tskuhn kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 17 10:27:17 tskuhn kernel: sdc: Current: sense key: Medium Error
Jul 17 10:27:17 tskuhn kernel:     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted
Jul 17 10:27:17 tskuhn kernel: Info fld=0xfba87
Jul 17 10:27:17 tskuhn kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 1030791
Jul 17 10:27:22 tskuhn kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 17 10:27:22 tskuhn kernel: sdc: Current: sense key: Medium Error
Jul 17 10:27:22 tskuhn kernel:     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted
Jul 17 10:27:22 tskuhn kernel: Info fld=0xfba87
Jul 17 10:27:22 tskuhn kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 1030791
Jul 17 10:28:29 tskuhn kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 17 10:28:29 tskuhn kernel: sdc: Current: sense key: Medium Error
Jul 17 10:28:29 tskuhn kernel:     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted
Jul 17 10:28:29 tskuhn kernel: Info fld=0xfba87
Jul 17 10:28:29 tskuhn kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 1030791
Jul 17 10:28:34 tskuhn kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 17 10:28:34 tskuhn kernel: sdc: Current: sense key: Medium Error
Jul 17 10:28:34 tskuhn kernel:     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted
Jul 17 10:28:34 tskuhn kernel: Info fld=0xfba87
Jul 17 10:28:34 tskuhn kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 1030791
Jul 17 10:28:39 tskuhn kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 17 10:28:39 tskuhn kernel: sdc: Current: sense key: Medium Error
Jul 17 10:28:39 tskuhn kernel:     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted
Jul 17 10:28:39 tskuhn kernel: Info fld=0xfba87
Jul 17 10:28:39 tskuhn kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 1030791
Jul 17 10:28:43 tskuhn kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 17 10:28:43 tskuhn kernel: sdc: Current: sense key: Medium Error
Jul 17 10:28:43 tskuhn kernel:     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted
Jul 17 10:28:43 tskuhn kernel: Info fld=0xfba87
Jul 17 10:28:43 tskuhn kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 1030791
Jul 17 10:32:53 tskuhn kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 17 10:32:53 tskuhn kernel: sdc: Current: sense key: Medium Error
Jul 17 10:32:53 tskuhn kernel:     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted
Jul 17 10:32:53 tskuhn kernel: Info fld=0xfba87
Jul 17 10:32:53 tskuhn kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 1030791
Jul 17 10:32:53 tskuhn kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 128841
Jul 17 10:34:29 tskuhn kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 17 10:34:29 tskuhn kernel: sdc: Current: sense key: Medium Error
Jul 17 10:34:29 tskuhn kernel:     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted
Jul 17 10:34:29 tskuhn kernel: Info fld=0xfba87
Jul 17 10:34:29 tskuhn kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 1030719
Jul 17 10:34:33 tskuhn kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 17 10:34:33 tskuhn kernel: sdc: Current: sense key: Medium Error
Jul 17 10:34:33 tskuhn kernel:     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted
Jul 17 10:34:33 tskuhn kernel: Info fld=0xfba87
Jul 17 10:34:33 tskuhn kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 1030727
Jul 17 10:34:37 tskuhn kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 17 10:34:37 tskuhn kernel: sdc: Current: sense key: Medium Error
Jul 17 10:34:37 tskuhn kernel:     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted
Jul 17 10:34:37 tskuhn kernel: Info fld=0xfba87
Jul 17 10:34:37 tskuhn kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 1030735
Jul 17 10:34:42 tskuhn kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 17 10:34:42 tskuhn kernel: sdc: Current: sense key: Medium Error
Jul 17 10:34:42 tskuhn kernel:     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted
Jul 17 10:34:42 tskuhn kernel: Info fld=0xfba87
Jul 17 10:34:42 tskuhn kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 1030743
Jul 17 10:34:46 tskuhn kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 17 10:34:46 tskuhn kernel: sdc: Current: sense key: Medium Error
Jul 17 10:34:46 tskuhn kernel:     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted
Jul 17 10:34:46 tskuhn kernel: Info fld=0xfba87
Jul 17 10:34:46 tskuhn kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 1030751
Jul 17 10:34:50 tskuhn kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 17 10:34:50 tskuhn kernel: sdc: Current: sense key: Medium Error
Jul 17 10:34:50 tskuhn kernel:     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted
Jul 17 10:34:50 tskuhn kernel: Info fld=0xfba87
Jul 17 10:34:50 tskuhn kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 1030759
Jul 17 10:34:55 tskuhn kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 17 10:34:55 tskuhn kernel: sdc: Current: sense key: Medium Error
Jul 17 10:34:55 tskuhn kernel:     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted
Jul 17 10:34:55 tskuhn kernel: Info fld=0xfba87
Jul 17 10:34:55 tskuhn kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 1030767
Jul 17 10:34:59 tskuhn kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 17 10:34:59 tskuhn kernel: sdc: Current: sense key: Medium Error
Jul 17 10:34:59 tskuhn kernel:     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted
Jul 17 10:34:59 tskuhn kernel: Info fld=0xfba87
Jul 17 10:34:59 tskuhn kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 1030775
Jul 17 10:35:04 tskuhn kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 17 10:35:04 tskuhn kernel: sdc: Current: sense key: Medium Error
Jul 17 10:35:04 tskuhn kernel:     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted
Jul 17 10:35:04 tskuhn kernel: Info fld=0xfba87
Jul 17 10:35:04 tskuhn kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 1030783
Jul 17 10:35:08 tskuhn kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 17 10:35:08 tskuhn kernel: sdc: Current: sense key: Medium Error
Jul 17 10:35:08 tskuhn kernel:     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted
Jul 17 10:35:08 tskuhn kernel: Info fld=0xfba87
Jul 17 10:35:08 tskuhn kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 1030791
Jul 17 10:35:12 tskuhn kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 17 10:35:12 tskuhn kernel: sdc: Current: sense key: Medium Error
Jul 17 10:35:12 tskuhn kernel:     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted
Jul 17 10:35:12 tskuhn kernel: Info fld=0xfba87
Jul 17 10:35:12 tskuhn kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 1030790
Jul 17 10:35:12 tskuhn kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 515363
Jul 17 10:35:17 tskuhn kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 17 10:35:17 tskuhn kernel: sdc: Current: sense key: Medium Error
Jul 17 10:35:17 tskuhn kernel:     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted
Jul 17 10:35:17 tskuhn kernel: Info fld=0xfba87
Jul 17 10:35:17 tskuhn kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 1030791
Jul 17 10:35:17 tskuhn kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 515364
Jul 17 10:35:21 tskuhn kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 17 10:35:21 tskuhn kernel: sdc: Current: sense key: Medium Error
Jul 17 10:35:21 tskuhn kernel:     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted
Jul 17 10:35:21 tskuhn kernel: Info fld=0xfba87
Jul 17 10:35:21 tskuhn kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 1030791
Jul 17 10:35:21 tskuhn kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 515364
Jul 17 11:04:45 tskuhn kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 17 11:04:45 tskuhn kernel: sdc: Current: sense key: Medium Error
Jul 17 11:04:45 tskuhn kernel:     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted
Jul 17 11:04:45 tskuhn kernel: Info fld=0xfba87
Jul 17 11:04:45 tskuhn kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 1030791
Jul 17 11:04:45 tskuhn kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdc1, logical block 515364
Jul 17 11:05:11 tskuhn kernel: kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
Jul 17 11:05:11 tskuhn kernel: EXT3 FS on sdc1, internal journal
Jul 17 11:05:11 tskuhn kernel: EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
Jul 17 11:05:11 tskuhn kernel: SELinux: initialized (dev sdc1, type ext3), uses xattr
Jul 19 02:10:38 tskuhn kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 19 02:10:38 tskuhn kernel: sdc: Current: sense key: Medium Error
Jul 19 02:10:38 tskuhn kernel:     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted
Jul 19 02:10:38 tskuhn kernel: Info fld=0x293238
Jul 19 02:10:38 tskuhn kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 2699784
Jul 19 02:10:42 tskuhn kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 19 02:10:42 tskuhn kernel: sdc: Current: sense key: Medium Error
Jul 19 02:10:42 tskuhn kernel:     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted
Jul 19 02:10:42 tskuhn kernel: Info fld=0x293238
Jul 19 02:10:42 tskuhn kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 2699792
Jul 19 02:10:47 tskuhn kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x8000002
Jul 19 02:10:47 tskuhn kernel: sdc: Current: sense key: Medium Error
Jul 19 02:10:47 tskuhn kernel:     Additional sense: Read retries exhausted
Jul 19 02:10:47 tskuhn kernel: Info fld=0x293238
Jul 19 02:10:47 tskuhn kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 2699800

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Old 07-20-2006, 10:36 AM   #2
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There are two bad areas on the drive. You can try reformating the drive with write pattern detection, for example:

mke2fs -c-c -j /dev/sdc

If that doesn't work, or you don't want to risk a progressive failure, then by all means replace the drive.
 
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"progressive failure" has a rather ominous ring to it... I think I'll go about finding a new drive.

Thanks much for the info!
 
Old 07-20-2006, 11:41 AM   #4
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This is usually an indicator that a drive is going bad. I had a similar problem recently, fsck seemed to take care of the problem. Haven't had any errors since then, but I'll be keeping an eye on it for a while.
 
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Does anybody know how to query the vendor's (Fujitsu in this case) serial number from the drive from within Linux?

I'd love to be able to start the RMA process without having to take down, unrack, disassemble, etc.

Thanks again!

@Chromezero:
I unmounted the drive, e2fsck (with bad block scan), and then remounted on the 17th. Errors started again on the 19th. =(
 
Old 07-20-2006, 11:51 AM   #6
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To get the serial number:

hdparm -i /dev/sdc

The fsck can not correct a medium error, only a filesystem error. The bad sectors need to be mapped out on the drive. A failing drive can report an increasing number of sectors as bad, until the sector spares on the drive are exhausted.
 
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I realize they cannot be fixed, but I thought mapping them with a bad block scan would tell the drive to not use those sectors.(?) That is what I did on Monday, but we have errors again yesterday. Either I didn't use e2fsck correctly, or it's getting worse. Either way, the drive is being replaced.

I assume this means the driver or drive itself don't support reading the S/N:
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[root@tskuhn log]# hdparm -i /dev/sdc

/dev/sdc:
 HDIO_GET_IDENTITY failed: Invalid argument
Thank you again, you've been very helpful!

EDIT: I thought hdparm was for IDE only anyway...?

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Old 07-20-2006, 12:22 PM   #8
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OK, then try the sginfo command:

sginfo -s /dev/sdc

If you need the software, it's probably available from your distributions as part of package 'sg3_utils', which you should have installed anyway.
 
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Right on! I had never heard of sginfo before, I'll have to remember that one.

Thanks yet again.
 
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Try hdparm -I /dev/sdc (Capital I) and see what that gives you. On PATA/EIDE drives (/dev/hd*) it gives the LONG version report of the drive.
 
  


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