At 06:08 AM 12/28/2008, re...@adeptscience.com wrote:
I am running VMware Server 2.0 but see the same results with
VMware Server 1.0. The virtual machines are copies that I
made by transferring the vmware files for it from another server.
As far as I know it did not have any fsck problems on that machine
but I don't have access to it any more. I have noticed that there
are a lot of failures (corrupted files) when moving VMware appliances with
the
use of USB memory sticks so I do test them right on the memory
stick before I disconnect from the PC.
All the host OSs are Windows XP Professional using IDE ATA drives, current
hardware is an HP dx2450 AMD Phenom. but I saw the same errors on an Acer.
The files systems are:
# Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump Pass#
/dev/ad0s1b none swap sw 0 0
/dev/ad0s1a / ufs rw 1 1
/dev/ad0s1e /usr ufs rw 2 2
/dev/ad0s1d /var ufs rw 2 2
/dev/acd0 /cdrom cd9660 ro,noauto 0 0
Here is a bit from fsck of /var
hueysan_vm: {10} fsck /var
** /dev/ad0s1d (NO WRITE)
** Last Mounted on /var
** Phase 1 - Check Blocks and Sizes
** Phase 2 - Check Pathnames
** Phase 3 - Check Connectivity
** Phase 4 - Check Reference Counts
UNREF FILE I=190413 OWNER=root MODE=100644
SIZE=235 MTIME=Dec 27 12:23 2008
RECONNECT? no
CLEAR? no
...
I get about a dozen similar UNREF errors.
I am only worried about the errors if they might cause a problem
with the use of the virtual server as a development server. I have
installed and have running apache, mysql, sendmail, samba,
rsync, etc and they all seem to work fine. I am planning on
distributing copies of the virtual server to some others who are
working on a project with me so I really only need to be
fairly sure that no hidden gotchas are going to plague
our efforts. Having the virtual server setup is a BIG plus
when collaborating with people who only have Windows
PCs, before I had a central FreeBSD server for testing
etc but that is so much slower then have a local development
server. Being able to just send off a memory stick with the
VMserver and instructions is fantastic.
Thanks to all,
Charlie Reese
Charlie,
I have a number of FreeBSD servers 7.0 running under ESX server 3.5. With
FreeBSD 7, it has the background fsck. I checked my servers and did see
one with an issue from fsck, but later the background fsck had it fixed.
The only issue I've had running the i386 version of FreeBSD, and other OS's
under ESX is to be sure to use the vmware tools to copy the VM's once they
are properly powered off.
You might want to try upgrading one of your VM FreeBSD servers to 7.0 and
see if the issue persists.
-Derek
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