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thegnat Joined: Thu Apr 21, 2011 6:32 am Posts: 3	ESXi 4.1 U1 on P5NTWS crashes under heavy I/O load Hello, first post, hoping to get some thoughts. I'm running ESXi 4.1 U1 on a P5NT WS based machine. I have a WinXP Pro SP3 system (and some other VMs) running on that host to do some administrative tasks. That works without any hazzle. The system runs straight and stable for several weeks. Now I decided to add fileserver functionality to it and shared some space on the HDD. Therefore I added a new datastore and created a shared folder on it. When I copy many files (total 6GB in around 4.800 files) from another Windows host to the shared folder, the complete host gets stuck after some time and the HDD-activity LED doesn't turn off anymore. Administration screen doesn't respond anymore, too. This happens on any SATA port on the board. Also with additional installed fixed disks. RAID functionality is turned off in BIOS. I also tested it with the Turnkey FileServer virtual appliance - same behaviour. Does anyone have an idea what may cause this error? I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks in advance. Robert
Thu Apr 21, 2011 6:47 am

Dave.Mishchenko Site Admin Joined: Mon Mar 16, 2009 10:13 pm Posts: 3874	Re: ESXi 4.1 U1 on P5NTWS crashes under heavy I/O load Hi Robert, what sort of NIC is the system using? I would suggest using a tool like iperf - http://sourceforge.net/projects/iperf/ to stress test the network between the VM and the physical host. iperf doesn't rely on storage so it may help to isolate the issue. Do you have an issue copying files between your VMs? If inter-VM copies work fine then it may point to a network issue. _________________ Dave Mishchenko VMware vExpert 2009-2012 Now available - VMware ESXi: Planning, Implementation, and Security Also available - vSphere Quick Start Guide
Thu Apr 21, 2011 9:06 am

thegnat Joined: Thu Apr 21, 2011 6:32 am Posts: 3	Re: ESXi 4.1 U1 on P5NTWS crashes under heavy I/O load Hello Dave, thanks for your fast reply. Will try your suggestions on Tuesday. I noticed some errormessages in the vmkernel log view (Alt+F12): The problems start with this line written in red on the log screen: Code: ALERT: APIC: 1823: APICID 0x00000001 - ESR =0x40 Then some lines later: Code: (6)ata4: ata_scsi_abort: cmd 0x41000e013600, code 2a (6)ata3: ata_scsi_abort: cmd 0x41000e00e000, code 2a (6)ata4: ata_port_reset: 1 cmds aborted, freezing port (3)ata4.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action... (3)ata4.00: (BMDMA stat 0x4) (6)ata3: ata_port_reset: 1 cmds aborted, freezing port (3)ata3.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action... (3)ata3.00: (BMDMA stat 0x24) (6)ata4: soft resetting port (6)ata3: soft resetting port (6)ata4: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 30... (6)ata3: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 30... ScsiDeviceIO: 1672: Command 0x2a to device "t10.ATA_____ FS3: 7412: Waiting for timed-out heartbeat [HB state ab.... ScsiDeviceIO: 1672: Command 0x28 to device "t10.ATA_____ BC: 3837: Failed to flish 1 buffers of size 8192 each..... (4)ata4.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xec) (4)ata4.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x4 (3)ata4.00: revalidation failed (errno=-5) (4)ata4: failed to recover some devices, retrying in 5... (4)ata3.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xec) (4)ata3.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x4 (3)ata3.00: revalidation failed (errno=-5) (4)ata3: failed to recover some devices, retrying in 5... (6)ata4: hard resetting port (6)ata3: hard resetting port (4)ata4: port is slow to respond, please be patient (4)ata3: port is slow to respond, please be patient WARNING: VSCSI: 3258: handle 8193(vscsi4:1) WaitForCIF:... ... (3)ata4: port failed to respond (30 secs, Status 0x80) (3)ata4: COMRESET failed (device not ready) (4)ata4: hardreset failed, retrying in 5 secs (3)ata3: port failed to respond (30 secs, Status 0x80) (3)ata3: COMRESET failed (device not ready) (4)ata3: hardreset failed, retrying in 5 secs and there it goes into an mess of warnings from NMP: nmpDeviceAttemptFailover...an the box is stuck. These messages are not written to syslog. I snapshotted them with my phone, so they may not be complete. Sorry. Thanks for your great help. Robert
Fri Apr 22, 2011 1:04 am

thegnat Joined: Thu Apr 21, 2011 6:32 am Posts: 3	Re: ESXi 4.1 U1 on P5NTWS crashes under heavy I/O load Maybe this helps somehow: esxcfg-scsidevs -l Code: ~ # esxcfg-scsidevs -l mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0 Device Type: CD-ROM Size: 0 MB Display Name: Local PIONEER CD-ROM (mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0) Multipath Plugin: NMP Console Device: /vmfs/devices/cdrom/mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0 Devfs Path: /vmfs/devices/cdrom/mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0 Vendor: PIONEER Model: DVD-RW DVR-112D Revis: 1.15 SCSI Level: 5 Is Pseudo: false Status: on Is RDM Capable: false Is Removable: true Is Local: true Other Names: vml.0005000000766d686261303a303a30 VAAI Status: unknown t10.ATA_____WDC_WD2500AAJS2D55RYA0________________________WD2DWCAPZ0384370 Device Type: Direct-Access Size: 238475 MB Display Name: Local ATA Disk (t10.ATA_____WDC_WD2500AAJS2D55RYA0________________________WD2DWCAPZ0384370) Multipath Plugin: NMP Console Device: /vmfs/devices/disks/t10.ATA_____WDC_WD2500AAJS2D55RYA0________________________WD2DWCAPZ0384370 Devfs Path: /vmfs/devices/disks/t10.ATA_____WDC_WD2500AAJS2D55RYA0________________________WD2DWCAPZ0384370 Vendor: ATA Model: WDC WD2500AAJS-5 Revis: 12.0 SCSI Level: 5 Is Pseudo: false Status: on Is RDM Capable: false Is Removable: false Is Local: true Other Names: vml.0100000000202020202057442d574341505a30333834333730574443205744 VAAI Status: unknown t10.ATA_____WDC_WD5000AAKS2D75TMA0________________________WD2DWCAPW2076339 Device Type: Direct-Access Size: 476940 MB Display Name: Local ATA Disk (t10.ATA_____WDC_WD5000AAKS2D75TMA0________________________WD2DWCAPW2076339) Multipath Plugin: NMP Console Device: /vmfs/devices/disks/t10.ATA_____WDC_WD5000AAKS2D75TMA0________________________WD2DWCAPW2076339 Devfs Path: /vmfs/devices/disks/t10.ATA_____WDC_WD5000AAKS2D75TMA0________________________WD2DWCAPW2076339 Vendor: ATA Model: WDC WD5000AAKS-7 Revis: 12.0 SCSI Level: 5 Is Pseudo: false Status: on Is RDM Capable: false Is Removable: false Is Local: true Other Names: vml.0100000000202020202057442d574341505732303736333339574443205744 VAAI Status: unknown ~ # esxcfg-nics -l Code: ~ # esxcfg-nics -l Name PCI Driver Link Speed Duplex MAC Address MTU Description vmnic0 0000:00:11.00 forcedeth Down 0Mbps Half xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx 1500 nVidia Corporation nVidia NForce Network Controller vmnic1 0000:00:12.00 forcedeth Up 1000Mbps Full xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx 1500 nVidia Corporation nVidia NForce Network Controller ~ #
Fri Apr 22, 2011 1:52 am
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