Smartd messages in logs, filesystem changed to read-only mode and system hang
Issue
- System suddenly hung.
- Filesystem changed to read-only mode automatically.
- Messages contains:
Apr 27 12:29:22 HOSTNAME smartd[3369]: Device: /dev/sda, 1 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors
Apr 27 12:29:22 HOSTNAME smartd[3369]: Device: /dev/sda, 1 Offline uncorrectable sectors
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- ext3 filesystem on LVM logical volume
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