Kernel panic due to error "number of links reached vx_maxlink for inode" in "vxfs" filesystem
Issue
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux server panic due to error thrown by Veritas File-System, following error message reported in "dmesg" logs from VMcore.
<4>vxfs: msgcnt 3 mesg 128: V-2-128: number of links reached vx_maxlink for inode 111002 on filesystem /dev/vx/dsk/dsDTSBIDUSdg/ds_ut02_projects
<4>vxfs: msgcnt 4 mesg 128: V-2-128: number of links reached vx_maxlink for inode 111002 on filesystem /dev/vx/dsk/dsDTSBIDUSdg/ds_ut02_projects
<4>vxfs: msgcnt 5 mesg 128: V-2-128: number of links reached vx_maxlink for inode 111002 on filesystem /dev/vx/dsk/dsDTSBIDUSdg/ds_ut02_projects
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Veritas Cluster
- Vxfs File-system
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