On 10/26/2012 1:30 PM, Milan Holzäpfel wrote:
On Wed, 24 Oct 2012 13:28:11 +0200 Milan Holzäpfel <listen@mjh.name> wrote:
I have a problem with an incosistent mdbox: [...] The problem appeared out of nowhere. [...]
That's just wrong. Two minutes before the corruption occured for the first time, the machine was booted after power-off without prior shutdown. I didn't notice this until now, sorry for this.
Ahh, more critical information. Better late than never I guess.
The mailbox is on XFS. As far as I remember, XFS in known for leaving NULL bytes at the end of files after a system reset. At least, I found 72 bytes of NULL in a plain text log file on XFS after such an event. Do you think this may be the source of the index corruption?
Very possibly.
Do you have any other suggestions for recovering the mailbox?
Other than restoring from a backup, I do not. Others might. But I will offer this suggestion: Never run a server without a properly functioning UPS and shutdown scripts.
The system in question isn't a laptop is it? I'm trying to ascertain how many server 'rules' you're breaking before making any more assumptions or giving any more advice.
-- Stan