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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Greetings,</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Having
read about the previous OSFS hangs, I think this one that we are seeing is
different, but I&#8217;m not sure if this is caused by OCFS or the Linux OS.</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; We
are running OCFS Version 1.09 with </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
  style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Linux</span></font><font size=2
 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
  size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>AS</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'> 3.0/9i RAC.</span></font></p>

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font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>We have a 2 node Intel Cluster (Node
1 and Node 2). This morning the DBA tried to do an &#8220;ls&#8221; command on
/u06/oradata/database and his process hung. I tried to kill his &#8220;ls&#8221;
process and it is unkillable. On Node 2, the &#8220;ls&#8221; on
/u06/oradata/database worked fine. All of the other file systems (on both
nodes) are fine.</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Also, what we can&#8217;t get rid of
is this process:</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>oracle&nbsp;&nbsp; 23593&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 95 </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>10:00</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>
?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></font><font
 size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>04:45:11</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'> oracleXYZ2
(DESCRIPTION=(LOCAL=YES)(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=beq)))</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; and
it&#8217;s been accumulating CPU time since the hang. I&#8217;m unsure if this
process is a victim or the cause of the hangs.</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I
hope that I have provided enough information about the situation. If not, let
me know and I&#8217;ll get more.</span></font></p>

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font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Regards,</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Randy</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

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