Mar 04
I’ve run into an issue where from time to time, Red Hat Linux servers will start getting the following errors at console: “EXT3-fs error (device sdxx) in Start_transaction: Journal has aborted” This is due to an issue with the scsi driver and the file system becoming read-only.
Here is a link to a VMware KB article that fixed my problem:
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=51306
Here is a link to the patch:
http://ftpsite.vmware.com/download/RHEL4mptscsiRPM/mptscsi-rhel4gos-3.02.62.01-0vmw.i386.rpm
I would say it is best practice to patch your Linux servers at install time.
Thanks,
Will
