OMV stops responding

utamav · Jun 2nd 2019

I have been running OMV for over a year now but recently it would become unresponsive after a few weeks. I can ping the server but I can't ssh or access the GUI. I am running it via a USB drive and it might be the drive is going bad. What logs can I look at to confirm it? The issue is resolved after a reboot.

utamav · Jun 2nd 2019

I actually found this in the syslog:

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Jun  1 19:48:47 omvserver kernel: [2496518.932681] EXT4-fs warning (device sde1): dx_probe:746: inode #14: lblock 0: comm dockerd: error -5 reading directory block
Jun  1 19:48:48 omvserver kernel: [2496519.178396] EXT4-fs error: 67 callbacks suppressed
Jun  1 19:48:48 omvserver kernel: [2496519.178398] EXT4-fs error (device sde1): ext4_find_entry:1439: inode #522255: comm smbd: reading directory lblock 0
Jun  1 19:48:48 omvserver kernel: [2496519.178432] EXT4-fs error (device sde1): ext4_find_entry:1439: inode #225: comm smbd: reading directory lblock 0
Jun  1 19:48:48 omvserver kernel: [2496519.178442] EXT4-fs error (device sde1): ext4_find_entry:1439: inode #225: comm smbd: reading directory lblock 0
Jun  1 19:48:48 omvserver kernel: [2496519.178522] EXT4-fs error (device sde1): ext4_find_entry:1439: inode #225: comm smbd: reading directory lblock 0
Jun  1 19:48:48 omvserver kernel: [2496519.178546] EXT4-fs error (device sde1): ext4_find_entry:1439: inode #225: comm smbd: reading directory lblock 0
Jun  1 19:48:48 omvserver kernel: [2496519.178550] EXT4-fs error (device sde1): ext4_find_entry:1439: inode #225: comm smbd: reading directory lblock 0
Jun  1 19:48:48 omvserver kernel: [2496519.178554] EXT4-fs error (device sde1): ext4_find_entry:1439: inode #225: comm smbd: reading directory lblock 0
Jun  1 19:48:48 omvserver kernel: [2496519.178558] EXT4-fs error (device sde1): ext4_find_entry:1439: inode #225: comm smbd: reading directory lblock 0
Jun  1 19:48:48 omvserver kernel: [2496519.178561] EXT4-fs error (device sde1): ext4_find_entry:1439: inode #225: comm smbd: reading directory lblock 0
Jun  1 19:48:48 omvserver kernel: [2496519.178565] EXT4-fs error (device sde1): ext4_find_entry:1439: inode #225: comm smbd: reading directory lblock 0

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This is repeated a lot of times before I restarted the server and are gone since the restart. sde is my root drive which is a USB drive.

KM0201 · Jun 2nd 2019

I'd agree the USB drive is probably toast.

tkaiser · Jun 2nd 2019

Quote from utamav

I actually found this in the syslog

The messages deal with just 3 different inodes so you need to do an fsck and see if the issues are resolved. You can do a touch /forcefsck followed by a reboot, follow the advice when searching the web for 'fsck rootfs debian' or use a second box with Linux where you mount the USB stick (the latter approaches allow for reading error messages and decide what to do in case of fatal errors).

utamav · Jun 2nd 2019

Thanks for the input. fsck didn't show any errors but this has happened to me twice recently after running fine for over a year. So I went ahead and created a Clonezilla backup.

One question: My Clonezilla backup for a 32GB drive was only 2GB. Is that normal? I used clone to local drive.

warhawk8080 · Jul 8th 2019

You don't have swapspace on your USB do you?
Check to see if the openmediavault-flashmemory plugin is used

utamav · Aug 11th 2019

Quote from warhawk8080

You don't have swapspace on your USB do you?
Check to see if the openmediavault-flashmemory plugin is used

I do have openmediavault-flashmemory plugin. I presume it's good to have it if using OMV on a flash drive.

cj2tech · Aug 11th 2019

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I do have openmediavault-flashmemory plugin. I presume it's good to have it if using OMV on a flash drive.

It is if you configure it correctly and run the command it tells you when you first install it.I personally use a cheap SSD they are usually more reliable and robust then a USB

macom · Aug 11th 2019

It is enough to enable the plugin. The modifications to fstab are optional and should only be done if you know what you are doing.

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