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Repeated Purple Screens ESXi 6.0 Update 3

Hardware is a ProLiant DL360e Gen8 with the last SPP applied.

Error:

Dayton_PurpleScreen.PNG

Snippet of log from today.:

2019-04-17T21:02:36.467Z cpu0:35479)WARNING: LinChar: LinuxCharWrite:574: This message has repeated 9 times: M=235 m=0 flags=0x101002 write 8 bytes at offset 0x0 failed (-16)

2019-04-17T21:32:40.035Z cpu10:35479)WARNING: LinChar: LinuxCharWrite:574: This message has repeated 10 times: M=235 m=0 flags=0x101002 write 8 bytes at offset 0x0 failed (-16)

2019-04-17T21:59:00.594Z cpu6:33253)WARNING: LinScsi: SCSILinuxProcessCompletions:826: Error BytesXferred > Requested Length Marking transfer length as 0 - vmhba = vmhba1, Driver Name = hpvsa, Requested length = 512, Resid = 4072

2019-04-17T21:59:00.606Z cpu6:33253)WARNING: LinScsi: SCSILinuxProcessCompletions:826: Error BytesXferred > Requested Length Marking transfer length as 0 - vmhba = vmhba1, Driver Name = hpvsa, Requested length = 255, Resid = 4072

2019-04-17T22:29:00.819Z cpu3:32866)WARNING: LinScsi: SCSILinuxProcessCompletions:826: Error BytesXferred > Requested Length Marking transfer length as 0 - vmhba = vmhba1, Driver Name = hpvsa, Requested length = 255, Resid = 4072

2019-04-17T22:34:17.398Z cpu11:35518)WARNING: LinChar: LinuxCharWrite:574: This message has repeated 11 times: M=235 m=0 flags=0x101002 write 8 bytes at offset 0x0 failed (-16)

2019-04-17T22:34:17.398Z cpu11:35518)WARNING: LinChar: LinuxCharWrite:574: This message has repeated 12 times: M=235 m=0 flags=0x101002 write 8 bytes at offset 0x0 failed (-16)

2019-04-17T23:33:30.614Z cpu3:35479)WARNING: LinChar: LinuxCharWrite:574: This message has repeated 13 times: M=235 m=0 flags=0x101002 write 8 bytes at offset 0x0 failed (-16)

2019-04-17T23:59:01.004Z cpu6:35515)WARNING: LinScsi: SCSILinuxProcessCompletions:826: Error BytesXferred > Requested Length Marking transfer length as 0 - vmhba = vmhba1, Driver Name = hpvsa, Requested length = 512, Resid = 4072

2019-04-17T23:59:01.016Z cpu6:35515)WARNING: LinScsi: SCSILinuxProcessCompletions:826: Error BytesXferred > Requested Length Marking transfer length as 0 - vmhba = vmhba1, Driver Name = hpvsa, Requested length = 255, Resid = 4072

2019-04-18T02:29:01.627Z cpu3:33253)WARNING: LinScsi: SCSILinuxProcessCompletions:826: Error BytesXferred > Requested Length Marking transfer length as 0 - vmhba = vmhba1, Driver Name = hpvsa, Requested length = 512, Resid = 4072

2019-04-18T02:29:01.639Z cpu3:33253)WARNING: LinScsi: SCSILinuxProcessCompletions:826: Error BytesXferred > Requested Length Marking transfer length as 0 - vmhba = vmhba1, Driver Name = hpvsa, Requested length = 255, Resid = 4072

2019-04-18T02:33:59.031Z cpu8:35479)WARNING: LinChar: LinuxCharWrite:574: This message has repeated 14 times: M=235 m=0 flags=0x101002 write 8 bytes at offset 0x0 failed (-16)

2019-04-18T02:33:59.032Z cpu8:35479)WARNING: LinChar: LinuxCharWrite:574: This message has repeated 15 times: M=235 m=0 flags=0x101002 write 8 bytes at offset 0x0 failed (-16)

2019-04-18T02:59:01.623Z cpu10:35641)WARNING: LinScsi: SCSILinuxProcessCompletions:826: Error BytesXferred > Requested Length Marking transfer length as 0 - vmhba = vmhba1, Driver Name = hpvsa, Requested length = 512, Resid = 4072

2019-04-18T02:59:01.635Z cpu10:35641)WARNING: LinScsi: SCSILinuxProcessCompletions:826: Error BytesXferred > Requested Length Marking transfer length as 0 - vmhba = vmhba1, Driver Name = hpvsa, Requested length = 255, Resid = 4072

2019-04-18T03:29:01.747Z cpu10:34373)WARNING: LinScsi: SCSILinuxProcessCompletions:826: Error BytesXferred > Requested Length Marking transfer length as 0 - vmhba = vmhba1, Driver Name = hpvsa, Requested length = 255, Resid = 4072

2019-04-18T03:59:01.849Z cpu5:33253)WARNING: LinScsi: SCSILinuxProcessCompletions:826: Error BytesXferred > Requested Length Marking transfer length as 0 - vmhba = vmhba1, Driver Name = hpvsa, Requested length = 512, Resid = 4072

2019-04-18T03:59:01.860Z cpu5:33253)WARNING: LinScsi: SCSILinuxProcessCompletions:826: Error BytesXferred > Requested Length Marking transfer length as 0 - vmhba = vmhba1, Driver Name = hpvsa, Requested length = 255, Resid = 4072

2019-04-18T04:29:01.951Z cpu5:34351)WARNING: LinScsi: SCSILinuxProcessCompletions:826: Error BytesXferred > Requested Length Marking transfer length as 0 - vmhba = vmhba1, Driver Name = hpvsa, Requested length = 512, Resid = 4072

2019-04-18T04:29:01.963Z cpu5:34351)WARNING: LinScsi: SCSILinuxProcessCompletions:826: Error BytesXferred > Requested Length Marking transfer length as 0 - vmhba = vmhba1, Driver Name = hpvsa, Requested length = 255, Resid = 4072

2019-04-18T05:59:02.265Z cpu8:32875)WARNING: LinScsi: SCSILinuxProcessCompletions:826: Error BytesXferred > Requested Length Marking transfer length as 0 - vmhba = vmhba1, Driver Name = hpvsa, Requested length = 512, Resid = 4072

2019-04-18T05:59:02.276Z cpu8:32875)WARNING: LinScsi: SCSILinuxProcessCompletions:826: Error BytesXferred > Requested Length Marking transfer length as 0 - vmhba = vmhba1, Driver Name = hpvsa, Requested length = 255, Resid = 4072

2019-04-18T06:36:19.518Z cpu7:35479)WARNING: LinChar: LinuxCharWrite:574: This message has repeated 16 times: M=235 m=0 flags=0x101002 write 8 bytes at offset 0x0 failed (-16)

2019-04-18T06:36:19.519Z cpu7:35479)WARNING: LinChar: LinuxCharWrite:574: This message has repeated 17 times: M=235 m=0 flags=0x101002 write 8 bytes at offset 0x0 failed (-16)

2019-04-18T07:59:02.661Z cpu10:32790)WARNING: LinScsi: SCSILinuxProcessCompletions:826: Error BytesXferred > Requested Length Marking transfer length as 0 - vmhba = vmhba1, Driver Name = hpvsa, Requested length = 512, Resid = 4072

2019-04-18T07:59:02.673Z cpu10:32790)WARNING: LinScsi: SCSILinuxProcessCompletions:826: Error BytesXferred > Requested Length Marking transfer length as 0 - vmhba = vmhba1, Driver Name = hpvsa, Requested length = 255, Resid = 4072

2019-04-18T08:06:57.401Z cpu8:35479)WARNING: LinChar: LinuxCharWrite:574: This message has repeated 18 times: M=235 m=0 flags=0x101002 write 8 bytes at offset 0x0 failed (-16)

2019-04-18T08:37:01.382Z cpu9:35479)WARNING: LinChar: LinuxCharWrite:574: This message has repeated 19 times: M=235 m=0 flags=0x101002 write 8 bytes at offset 0x0 failed (-16)

2019-04-18T09:29:02.977Z cpu9:33022)WARNING: LinScsi: SCSILinuxProcessCompletions:826: Error BytesXferred > Requested Length Marking transfer length as 0 - vmhba = vmhba1, Driver Name = hpvsa, Requested length = 512, Resid = 4072

2019-04-18T09:29:02.988Z cpu9:33022)WARNING: LinScsi: SCSILinuxProcessCompletions:826: Error BytesXferred > Requested Length Marking transfer length as 0 - vmhba = vmhba1, Driver Name = hpvsa, Requested length = 255, Resid = 4072

2019-04-18T09:46:49.247Z cpu10:35518)WARNING: LinChar: LinuxCharWrite:574: This message has repeated 20 times: M=235 m=0 flags=0x101002 write 8 bytes at offset 0x0 failed (-16)

2019-04-18T09:46:49.247Z cpu10:35518)WARNING: LinChar: LinuxCharWrite:574: This message has repeated 21 times: M=235 m=0 flags=0x101002 write 8 bytes at offset 0x0 failed (-16)

2019-04-18T10:07:39.270Z cpu5:35479)WARNING: LinChar: LinuxCharWrite:574: This message has repeated 22 times: M=235 m=0 flags=0x101002 write 8 bytes at offset 0x0 failed (-16)

2019-04-18T10:07:39.271Z cpu5:35479)WARNING: LinChar: LinuxCharWrite:574: This message has repeated 23 times: M=235 m=0 flags=0x101002 write 8 bytes at offset 0x0 failed (-16)

2019-04-18T10:29:58.728Z cpu10:35516)WARNING: LinChar: LinuxCharWrite:574: This message has repeated 24 times: M=235 m=0 flags=0x101002 write 8 bytes at offset 0x0 failed (-16)

2019-04-18T10:29:58.728Z cpu10:35516)WARNING: LinChar: LinuxCharWrite:574: This message has repeated 25 times: M=235 m=0 flags=0x101002 write 8 bytes at offset 0x0 failed (-16)

2019-04-18T10:37:39.257Z cpu7:35479)WARNING: LinChar: LinuxCharWrite:574: This message has repeated 26 times: M=235 m=0 flags=0x101002 write 8 bytes at offset 0x0 failed (-16)

2019-04-18T11:08:08.833Z cpu8:35479)WARNING: LinChar: LinuxCharWrite:574: This message has repeated 27 times: M=235 m=0 flags=0x101002 write 8 bytes at offset 0x0 failed (-16)

2019-04-18T11:38:30.229Z cpu6:35479)WARNING: LinChar: LinuxCharWrite:574: This message has repeated 28 times: M=235 m=0 flags=0x101002 write 8 bytes at offset 0x0 failed (-16)

2019-04-18T11:38:30.229Z cpu6:35479)WARNING: LinChar: LinuxCharWrite:574: This message has repeated 29 times: M=235 m=0 flags=0x101002 write 8 bytes at offset 0x0 failed (-16)

2019-04-18T12:29:03.585Z cpu8:33230)WARNING: LinScsi: SCSILinuxProcessCompletions:826: Error BytesXferred > Requested Length Marking transfer length as 0 - vmhba = vmhba1, Driver Name = hpvsa, Requested length = 512, Resid = 4072

2019-04-18T12:29:03.596Z cpu8:33230)WARNING: LinScsi: SCSILinuxProcessCompletions:826: Error BytesXferred > Requested Length Marking transfer length as 0 - vmhba = vmhba1, Driver Name = hpvsa, Requested length = 255, Resid = 4072

2019-04-18T12:37:21.862Z cpu8:35517)WARNING: LinChar: LinuxCharWrite:574: This message has repeated 30 times: M=235 m=0 flags=0x101002 write 8 bytes at offset 0x0 failed (-16)

2019-04-18T12:37:21.862Z cpu8:35517)WARNING: LinChar: LinuxCharWrite:574: This message has repeated 31 times: M=235 m=0 flags=0x101002 write 8 bytes at offset 0x0 failed (-16)

2019-04-18T13:08:58.249Z cpu2:35479)WARNING: LinChar: LinuxCharWrite:574: This message has repeated 32 times: M=235 m=0 flags=0x101002 write 8 bytes at offset 0x0 failed (-16)

2019-04-18T13:08:58.250Z cpu2:35479)WARNING: LinChar: LinuxCharWrite:574: This message has repeated 33 times: M=235 m=0 flags=0x101002 write 8 bytes at offset 0x0 failed (-16)

2019-04-18T13:29:03.773Z cpu8:33009)WARNING: LinScsi: SCSILinuxProcessCompletions:826: Error BytesXferred > Requested Length Marking transfer length as 0 - vmhba = vmhba1, Driver Name = hpvsa, Requested length = 512, Resid = 4072

2019-04-18T13:29:03.785Z cpu8:33009)WARNING: LinScsi: SCSILinuxProcessCompletions:826: Error BytesXferred > Requested Length Marking transfer length as 0 - vmhba = vmhba1, Driver Name = hpvsa, Requested length = 255, Resid = 4072

2019-04-18T13:29:03.879Z cpu8:33009)WARNING: LinScsi: SCSILinuxProcessCompletions:826: Error BytesXferred > Requested Length Marking transfer length as 0 - vmhba = vmhba1, Driver Name = hpvsa, Requested length = 512, Resid = 910

2019-04-18T13:29:03.891Z cpu8:33009)WARNING: LinScsi: SCSILinuxProcessCompletions:826: Error BytesXferred > Requested Length Marking transfer length as 0 - vmhba = vmhba1, Driver Name = hpvsa, Requested length = 255, Resid = 910

2019-04-18T13:30:01.335Z cpu7:34405 opID=2dcff5ed)WARNING: NMP: nmpUnclaimPath:1516: NMP device "naa.600508b1001caa3204a6276a4c5c8894" quiesce state change failed: Busy

2019-04-18T13:59:03.872Z cpu11:33230)WARNING: LinScsi: SCSILinuxProcessCompletions:826: Error BytesXferred > Requested Length Marking transfer length as 0 - vmhba = vmhba1, Driver Name = hpvsa, Requested length = 512, Resid = 4072

2019-04-18T13:59:03.884Z cpu11:33230)WARNING: LinScsi: SCSILinuxProcessCompletions:826: Error BytesXferred > Requested Length Marking transfer length as 0 - vmhba = vmhba1, Driver Name = hpvsa, Requested length = 255, Resid = 4072

2019-04-18T14:59:04.078Z cpu3:33253)WARNING: LinScsi: SCSILinuxProcessCompletions:826: Error BytesXferred > Requested Length Marking transfer length as 0 - vmhba = vmhba1, Driver Name = hpvsa, Requested length = 512, Resid = 4072

2019-04-18T14:59:04.090Z cpu3:33253)WARNING: LinScsi: SCSILinuxProcessCompletions:826: Error BytesXferred > Requested Length Marking transfer length as 0 - vmhba = vmhba1, Driver Name = hpvsa, Requested length = 255, Resid = 4072

2019-04-18T15:29:04.181Z cpu9:33010)WARNING: LinScsi: SCSILinuxProcessCompletions:826: Error BytesXferred > Requested Length Marking transfer length as 0 - vmhba = vmhba1, Driver Name = hpvsa, Requested length = 512, Resid = 4072

2019-04-18T15:29:04.193Z cpu9:33010)WARNING: LinScsi: SCSILinuxProcessCompletions:826: Error BytesXferred > Requested Length Marking transfer length as 0 - vmhba = vmhba1, Driver Name = hpvsa, Requested length = 255, Resid = 4072

2019-04-18T16:59:04.488Z cpu6:33228)WARNING: LinScsi: SCSILinuxProcessCompletions:826: Error BytesXferred > Requested Length Marking transfer length as 0 - vmhba = vmhba1, Driver Name = hpvsa, Requested length = 512, Resid = 4072

2019-04-18T16:59:04.500Z cpu6:33228)WARNING: LinScsi: SCSILinuxProcessCompletions:826: Error BytesXferred > Requested Length Marking transfer length as 0 - vmhba = vmhba1, Driver Name = hpvsa, Requested length = 255, Resid = 4072

2019-04-18T17:59:04.696Z cpu10:33023)WARNING: LinScsi: SCSILinuxProcessCompletions:826: Error BytesXferred > Requested Length Marking transfer length as 0 - vmhba = vmhba1, Driver Name = hpvsa, Requested length = 512, Resid = 4072

2019-04-18T17:59:04.708Z cpu10:33023)WARNING: LinScsi: SCSILinuxProcessCompletions:826: Error BytesXferred > Requested Length Marking transfer length as 0 - vmhba = vmhba1, Driver Name = hpvsa, Requested length = 255, Resid = 4072

2019-04-18T18:10:39.790Z cpu6:35479)WARNING: LinChar: LinuxCharWrite:574: This message has repeated 34 times: M=235 m=0 flags=0x101002 write 8 bytes at offset 0x0 failed (-16)

2019-04-18T19:10:40.848Z cpu7:35479)WARNING: LinChar: LinuxCharWrite:574: This message has repeated 35 times: M=235 m=0 flags=0x101002 write 8 bytes at offset 0x0 failed (-16)

2019-04-18T19:59:05.113Z cpu8:32879)WARNING: LinScsi: SCSILinuxProcessCompletions:826: Error BytesXferred > Requested Length Marking transfer length as 0 - vmhba = vmhba1, Driver Name = hpvsa, Requested length = 512, Resid = 4072

2019-04-18T19:59:05.123Z cpu8:32879)WARNING: LinScsi: SCSILinuxProcessCompletions:826: Error BytesXferred > Requested Length Marking transfer length as 0 - vmhba = vmhba1, Driver Name = hpvsa, Requested length = 255, Resid = 4072

2019-04-18T20:25:09.102Z cpu2:34733 opID=b0172488)WARNING: NMP: nmpUnclaimPath:1516: NMP device "naa.600508b1001ca65eca46457b40bca13d" quiesce state change failed: Busy

2019-04-18T20:34:38.191Z cpu8:33713)WARNING: NMP: nmp_DeviceStartLoop:725: NMP Device "naa.600508b1001ca65eca46457b40bca13d" is blocked. Not starting I/O from device.

2019-04-18T20:34:38.191Z cpu3:128847)WARNING: NMP: nmp_DeviceStartLoop:725: NMP Device "naa.600508b1001ca65eca46457b40bca13d" is blocked. Not starting I/O from device.

2019-04-18T20:34:38.191Z cpu2:34733 opID=114e2832)WARNING: NMP: nmpUnclaimPath:1516: NMP device "naa.600508b1001ca65eca46457b40bca13d" quiesce state change failed: Busy

2019-04-18T20:41:02.460Z cpu3:35479)WARNING: LinChar: LinuxCharWrite:574: This message has repeated 36 times: M=235 m=0 flags=0x101002 write 8 bytes at offset 0x0 failed (-16)

2019-04-18T20:44:28.775Z cpu2:35518)WARNING: LinChar: LinuxCharWrite:574: This message has repeated 37 times: M=235 m=0 flags=0x101002 write 8 bytes at offset 0x0 failed (-16)

2019-04-18T20:44:28.776Z cpu2:35518)WARNING: LinChar: LinuxCharWrite:574: This message has repeated 38 times: M=235 m=0 flags=0x101002 write 8 bytes at offset 0x0 failed (-16)

Background.  OS was updated from 5.5 to 6.0 U3 in February going from and to an HPE customized image.  First Purple Screen was last week.  Since then I applied the SPP which updated the following:

firmwareupdate.PNG

I did the iLo and BIOS back in Feb. 

Yesterday it purple screened again with pretty much the same error

Dayton_PurpleScreen_4-17-19.PNG

I've noticed that the drives aren't marked as local even though they are so we get a false degraded status:

Dayton Storage.PNG

I tried the solution here but it didn't work:

Disks degraded in ESXi

Its probably not related to the purple screen but its a thread you know?  Running out of ideas.  Any suggestions would be predicated.  I'm not finding much info on Failed to Ack TLB invalidate or the "WARNING: LinScsi: SCSILinuxProcessCompletions:826" error in the log.  I've got 3 other servers with the exact same history.  One of those purple screened a month ago but i didn't get the error message.  The other two haven't had any issues.  Any ideas?

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Peprpack
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Take a look at this gentleman's blog, as it looks like this is caused with using an HP image.  You may want to contact HP for verification, however this looks to be a probable issue for you as well.  Maybe a bit late, however if anything good knowledge to your issue.

http://www.twisterling.nl/?p=19

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scott28tt
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Moderator note: Moved to ESXi


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