What are some common block storage messages in RHEL and what do they mean?

Solution Unverified - Updated 2012-03-26T13:35:40+00:00 -

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Environment

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4, 5, 6

Issue

• What are the most common block storage error messages and what do they mean?

Resolution

• "attempt to access beyond end of device": https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-21135
• "LUN assignments on this target have changed": https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-53124

• "lost page write due to I/O error": https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-64556

• "common multipathd messages": https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-64555

• "Abort command issued" (Qlogic): https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-66236

• "SCSI error ... code = 0x8000002" / "Internal target failure": https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-61858

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