Boot error message - 0517 SYNCVG ROOTVG

[Dr. David Kirkby]

Sorry, my previous message contained an error. The error message on
the display of my IBM RS/6000 7025 F50 is:


0517
SYNCVG ROOTVG

not as I said previosly.

Sorry I can't reply under the original message, but I can only post
from Google groups, where it takes several hours for the message to
appear. I can read them immediatly on usenet, but choose not to reply
there becuase of spam.





Dr. David Kirkby.


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[Ulrich--nO--(dot)-sPAM--Link]

Dr. David Kirkby wrote:

> Sorry, my previous message contained an error. The error message on
> the display of my IBM RS/6000 7025 F50 is:
>
>
> 0517
> SYNCVG ROOTVG
>
> not as I said previosly.
>

Can you boot in maintenance mode from the installation CD?
Try running the diagnostics from CD.

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Uli

[Dr. David Kirkby]

"Ulrich--nO--(dot)-sPAM--Link" <"Ulrich--nO--(dot)-sPAM--Link"@Epost.de> wrote in message news:<bl7998$fpp$02$1@news.t-online.com>...

> Dr. David Kirkby wrote:
>

> > Sorry, my previous message contained an error. The error message on
> > the display of my IBM RS/6000 7025 F50 is:

> > 0517
> > SYNCVG ROOTVG
> >
> > not as I said previosly.
> >

>
> Can you boot in maintenance mode from the installation CD?
> Try running the diagnostics from CD.
>
> ---
> Uli

Thanks for that suggestion. I'm pretty new to AIX and only use the
machine to test software on, so it don't get much use. It runs a few
hours / week.

Despite the fact the machine only has 3 x 4.5 Gb disks, and displayed
the message:

0517
SYNCVG ROOTVG

for a long time (at least a couple of hours I'm sure), it has come
back to life!!

I forgot to switch it off (it's in my garage). When today I went to
the garage I was surprised to see the message had gone and the display
blank, which is what happens when the system is running normally.

Well much to my surprise I was able to ssh to the box. I've rebooted
it and found it still works okay, so I'm not sure what happened.
There's no mail for root saying what happened. I must admit as to not
knowing my way around the AIX log files yet, so that is one I will
have to investigate.

Anyway, it is working, despite the fact it would not boot properly for
at least a couple of hours.


Dr. David Kirkby
e-mail address at [url]http://homepage.ntlworld.com/drkirkby/home-email.jpg[/url]

[Ulrich--nO--(dot)-sPAM--Link]

>>>0517
>>>SYNCVG ROOTVG
>>>
>>>

>>
>>Can you boot in maintenance mode from the installation CD?
>>Try running the diagnostics from CD.
>>

>
> Well much to my surprise I was able to ssh to the box. I've rebooted
> it and found it still works okay, so I'm not sure what happened.
> There's no mail for root saying what happened. I must admit as to not
> knowing my way around the AIX log files yet, so that is one I will
> have to investigate.

"man errpt" for some options for formatting the errorlog.
"errpt" alone gives a summary of all entries in the errorlog.

---
Uli