[Info-vax] XPERR analysis

[Steve]

On Dec 2, 3:10 pm, GerMarsh <marsh.fam... at tirhir.com> wrote:
> On 1 Dec, 18:13, Volker Halle <volker_ha... at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > A XQPERR is most likely caused by a software inconsistency in the
> > Files-11 sub-system (F11BXQP). This kind of bugcheck is an INLINE
> > bugcheck, initiated by a BUGW macro instruction. This is a TRAP
> > instruction, so the updated PC points to the NEXT instruction. That
> > instruction is totally unrelated , but provides an important crash
> > footprint information.
>
> > A XQPERR crash with the next instruction being a 'PUSHL R2' is a known
> > footprint. Are you running any defragmentation tools on this node ?
> > Make sure to get the most recent F11BXQP.EXE from the latest V7.1
> > build from HP.
>
> > Volker.
>
> Thank you for that response, Volker - I did notice that the disk has
> more than its fair share of badly fragmented files. Some have many
> extension headers.
>
> I'll see if there's a patch for the ancient F11BXQP.

Gerald and I have found that although one of the clustered nodes
doesn't have the latest one, the system that keeps crashing DOES have
the latest F11X patch - VAXF11X06_071.
:o(
Since the system was reduced to a single CPU last weekend it's been
stable though (touch wood!)
Steve