How To Recover from "cannot statvfs" when running Solaris "df -k" command
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Description
Error Message
From output of "df -k" the following lines is observed;
cannot statvfs /ora01: I/O error
Cause
The following messages in /var/adm/messages show the offlining of hardware
Aug 6 01:13:42 hseau108 scsi: [ID 107833 kern.warning] WARNING: /pci@6,4000/fibre-channel@3/sd@1,0 (sd77):
Aug 6 01:13:42 hseau108 offline As a result you will see that the Veritas File Systems will be disabled:
Aug 5 23:59:43 hseau108 vxfs: [ID 702911 kern.warning] WARNING: msgcnt 14 mesg 037: V-2-37: vx_metaioerr - vx_ilock - /dev/vx/dsk/oracledg/oravol01 file system meta data write error in dev/block 0/4528
Aug 5 23:59:43 hseau108 vxfs: [ID 702911 kern.warning] WARNING: msgcnt 15 mesg 031: V-2-31: vx_disable - /dev/vx/dsk/oracledg/oravol01 file system disabled
Resolution
Force unmount the file system reporting the problem:
Example:
# umount -f /ora01
Alternatively, for a vxfs file system
# umount -o force /ora01
Note : Some earlier versions of Operating Systems will not support the "force" option and a reboot will be required.
Issue/Introduction
cannot statvfs" when running Solaris
