Hello, On a VM guest (running under KVM) with CentOS 5.8, I yesterday strangely got the following (see below). The server runs apache/php/squirrelmail/postfix/dovecot/openldap and it is a production server. Do you advise to do some particular file system checks or other settings? Any other advice? Such errors have not appeared in the past. Thanks, Nick System info: ============================================================= [root at vmail log]# parted -l Error: Unable to open /dev/md0 - unrecognised disk label. Model: Unknown (unknown) Disk /dev/vda: 623GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: msdos Number Start End Size Type File system Flags 1 32.3kB 107MB 107MB primary ext3 boot 2 107MB 85.9GB 85.8GB primary lvm 3 85.9GB 623GB 537GB primary lvm [root at vmail log]# [root at vmail log]# df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 560G 72G 460G 14% / /dev/vda1 99M 20M 75M 21% /boot tmpfs 1.5G 0 1.5G 0% /dev/shm [root at vmail log]# [root at vmail log]# [root at vmail log]# uname -a Linux vmail.noa.gr 2.6.18-308.4.1.el5 #1 SMP Tue Apr 17 17:08:00 EDT 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux [root at vmail log]# [root at vmail log]# [root at vmail log]# vgdisplay --- Volume group --- VG Name VolGroup00 System ID Format lvm2 Metadata Areas 2 Metadata Sequence No 5 VG Access read/write VG Status resizable MAX LV 0 Cur LV 2 Open LV 2 Max PV 0 Cur PV 2 Act PV 2 VG Size 579.84 GB PE Size 32.00 MB Total PE 18555 Alloc PE / Size 18555 / 579.84 GB Free PE / Size 0 / 0 VG UUID fDg7W8-xe04-7OpQ-tFLe-Sioh-G2jb-dOuLGa [root at vmail log]# lvdisplay --- Logical volume --- LV Name /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 VG Name VolGroup00 LV UUID 2Q26xO-HIdJ-UXAR-0zAM-yYFq-ysqu-bEs8J8 LV Write Access read/write LV Status available # open 1 LV Size 577.88 GB Current LE 18492 Segments 2 Allocation inherit Read ahead sectors auto - currently set to 256 Block device 252:0 --- Logical volume --- LV Name /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 VG Name VolGroup00 LV UUID Ceb2Qe-tnNk-te6R-cxdm-p0cK-SieL-0mqhHW LV Write Access read/write LV Status available # open 1 LV Size 1.97 GB Current LE 63 Segments 1 Allocation inherit Read ahead sectors auto - currently set to 256 Block device 252:1 ============================================================= /var/log/messages: May 2 20:48:24 vmail nrpe[25864]: Error: Could not complete SSL handshake. 5 May 2 20:48:24 vmail nrpe[25866]: Error: Could not complete SSL handshake. 5 May 2 21:00:31 vmail nrpe[26106]: Error: Could not complete SSL handshake. 5 May 2 21:20:34 vmail nrpe[26666]: Error: Could not complete SSL handshake. 5 May 2 21:21:32 vmail nrpe[26686]: Could not read request from client, bailing out... May 2 21:21:32 vmail nrpe[26686]: INFO: SSL Socket Shutdown. May 2 21:43:11 vmail kernel: INFO: task fail2ban-server:2589 blocked for more than 120 seconds. May 2 21:45:32 vmail kernel: "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. May 2 21:45:32 vmail kernel: fail2ban-serv D 0000000000000000 0 2589 1 2590 2585 (NOTLB) May 2 21:47:25 vmail kernel: ffff8100a6625ea8 0000000000000082 00002aaaaacbd000 0000000000001000 May 2 21:47:53 vmail kernel: ffffff9ca6854280 0000000000000009 ffff8100a65f8040 ffff8100581f20c0 May 2 21:47:54 vmail kernel: 000017f236120882 0000000000000465 ffff8100a65f8228 0000000000000000 May 2 21:47:54 vmail kernel: Call Trace: May 2 21:47:55 vmail kernel: [<ffffffff80063c63>] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x60/0x9b May 2 21:47:55 vmail kernel: [<ffffffff80063cad>] .text.lock.mutex+0xf/0x14 May 2 21:47:55 vmail kernel: [<ffffffff80013ed6>] generic_file_llseek+0x2a/0x8b May 2 21:47:55 vmail kernel: [<ffffffff8002563b>] sys_lseek+0x40/0x60 May 2 21:47:58 vmail kernel: [<ffffffff8005d229>] tracesys+0x71/0xe0 May 2 21:47:58 vmail kernel: [<ffffffff8005d28d>] tracesys+0xd5/0xe0 May 2 21:47:58 vmail kernel: May 2 22:42:53 vmail nrpe[29199]: Could not read request from client, bailing out... May 2 22:42:53 vmail nrpe[29199]: INFO: SSL Socket Shutdown. May 2 22:42:53 vmail nrpe[29201]: Could not read request from client, bailing out... May 2 22:42:53 vmail nrpe[29201]: INFO: SSL Socket Shutdown. May 2 22:42:53 vmail nrpe[29203]: Could not read request from client, bailing out... May 2 22:42:53 vmail nrpe[29203]: INFO: SSL Socket Shutdown. May 2 22:48:14 vmail kernel: INFO: task kjournald:382 blocked for more than 120 seconds. May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: kjournald D ffff8100b78fc0c0 0 382 31 407 371 (L-TLB) May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: ffff8100b8dbbcf0 0000000000000046 ffff8100bff965c0 ffff8100a732c940 May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: ffff810002d941a0 000000000000000a ffff810037f5f820 ffff8100b78fc0c0 May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: 00001b85cd09baa4 0000000000001325 ffff810037f5fa08 000000008006e665 May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: Call Trace: May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: [<ffffffff8006ecd9>] do_gettimeofday+0x40/0x90 May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: [<ffffffff8005a412>] getnstimeofday+0x10/0x29 May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: [<ffffffff8001558e>] sync_buffer+0x0/0x3f May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: [<ffffffff800637de>] io_schedule+0x3f/0x67 May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: [<ffffffff800155c9>] sync_buffer+0x3b/0x3f May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: [<ffffffff80063a0a>] __wait_on_bit+0x40/0x6e May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: [<ffffffff8001558e>] sync_buffer+0x0/0x3f May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: [<ffffffff80063aa4>] out_of_line_wait_on_bit+0x6c/0x78 May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: [<ffffffff800a34d5>] wake_bit_function+0x0/0x23 May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: [<ffffffff88033a47>] :jbd:journal_commit_transaction+0x559/0x10c2 May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: [<ffffffff8003d7be>] lock_timer_base+0x1b/0x3c May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: [<ffffffff8004ad59>] try_to_del_timer_sync+0x7f/0x88 May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: [<ffffffff880376a3>] :jbd:kjournald+0xc1/0x213 May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: [<ffffffff800a34a7>] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x2e May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: [<ffffffff800a328f>] keventd_create_kthread+0x0/0xc4 May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: [<ffffffff880375e2>] :jbd:kjournald+0x0/0x213 May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: [<ffffffff800a328f>] keventd_create_kthread+0x0/0xc4 May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: [<ffffffff80032632>] kthread+0xfe/0x132 May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: [<ffffffff8005dfb1>] child_rip+0xa/0x11 May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: [<ffffffff800a328f>] keventd_create_kthread+0x0/0xc4 May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: [<ffffffff80032534>] kthread+0x0/0x132 May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: [<ffffffff8005dfa7>] child_rip+0x0/0x11 May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: INFO: task httpd:2775 blocked for more than 120 seconds. May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: httpd D ffff8100a9323040 0 2775 2541 2776 2774 (NOTLB) May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: ffff8100a4b19aa8 0000000000000082 ffff8100b999e9d0 ffff8100a4b19b38 May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: 7ffffffffffffcd8 000000000000000a ffff8100a65837a0 ffff8100a9323040 May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: 00001b85cd33ccf5 00000000000354bc ffff8100a6583988 000000008006e665 May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: Call Trace: May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: [<ffffffff8006ecd9>] do_gettimeofday+0x40/0x90 May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: [<ffffffff80062ffd>] thread_return+0x5d/0xfe May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: [<ffffffff8005a412>] getnstimeofday+0x10/0x29 May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: [<ffffffff8001558e>] sync_buffer+0x0/0x3f May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: [<ffffffff800637de>] io_schedule+0x3f/0x67 May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: [<ffffffff800155c9>] sync_buffer+0x3b/0x3f May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: [<ffffffff80063922>] __wait_on_bit_lock+0x36/0x66 May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: [<ffffffff8001558e>] sync_buffer+0x0/0x3f May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: [<ffffffff800639be>] out_of_line_wait_on_bit_lock+0x6c/0x78 May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: [<ffffffff800a34d5>] wake_bit_function+0x0/0x23 May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: [<ffffffff8803181e>] :jbd:do_get_write_access+0x54/0x522 May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: [<ffffffff80019d4f>] __getblk+0x25/0x22c May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: [<ffffffff88031d0e>] :jbd:journal_get_write_access+0x22/0x33 May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: [<ffffffff8804dd3b>] :ext3:ext3_reserve_inode_write+0x38/0x90 May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: [<ffffffff8804ddb4>] :ext3:ext3_mark_inode_dirty+0x21/0x3c May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: [<ffffffff88050d39>] :ext3:ext3_dirty_inode+0x63/0x7b May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: [<ffffffff80013d53>] __mark_inode_dirty+0x29/0x16e May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: [<ffffffff80016642>] __generic_file_aio_write_nolock+0x28a/0x3b6 May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: [<ffffffff80021872>] generic_file_aio_write+0x67/0xc3 May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: [<ffffffff8804c1c2>] :ext3:ext3_file_write+0x16/0x91 May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: [<ffffffff800183ac>] do_sync_write+0xc7/0x104 May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: [<ffffffff800e403c>] do_readv_writev+0x26e/0x291 May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: [<ffffffff800a34a7>] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x2e May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: [<ffffffff80033902>] do_setitimer+0x5b4/0x689 May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: [<ffffffff80016b29>] vfs_write+0xce/0x174 May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: [<ffffffff800173f2>] sys_write+0x45/0x6e May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: [<ffffffff8005d28d>] tracesys+0xd5/0xe0 May 2 22:48:20 vmail kernel: May 2 22:51:10 vmail nrpe[29461]: Error: Could not complete SSL handshake. 5 May 2 23:46:10 vmail nrpe[31317]: Error: Could not complete SSL handshake. 5 May 3 00:08:50 vmail nrpe[32073]: Error: Could not complete SSL handshake. 5 May 3 00:08:50 vmail nrpe[32069]: Error: Could not complete SSL handshake. 5 =============================================================