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ASA: Cluster chain broken on file

nicocallens
Level 1
Level 1

Dear,

During a cisco ASA 5510 cluster migration this weekend, we experienced 2 times this error on the moment of writing the configuration to the startup-config file of the Cisco ASA primary cluster node. After this error we noticed that the startup-config file became corrupted and that the cluster lost replication. The solution was to run the "fsck disk0:" command and truncate the startup-config file.

The only question that is left. Is what is causing these errors. Could this be a flash hardware issue? Can I expect similar recurring errors in the future on this device after this fsck? Or did the fsck command repaired this issue for once and for all?

Thanks in advance,

Kind regards,

Nico Callens

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Error

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FW01# wr mem

Building configuration...

Cryptochecksum: xxx

%Error opening disk0:/.private/startup-config (Cluster chain broken on file)

Error executing command

[FAILED]

FW01#

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Solution

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FW01(config)# show disk0:

-#- --length-- -----date/time------ path

6 5474304 Jan 01 2003 01:04:48 asa706-k8.bin

7 5823980 Apr 17 2007 11:10:54 asdm506.bin

10 14524416 Sep 27 2007 08:30:06 asa802-k8.bin

11 6889764 Sep 27 2007 08:34:44 asdm-602.bin

12 0 Sep 27 2007 08:43:14 log

13 0 Sep 27 2007 08:43:42 crypto_archive

23 5 Sep 27 2007 08:43:44 csco_config/locale/clean.8.0.done

26 3224 Sep 27 2007 08:43:44 csco_config/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/customization.po

27 4481 Sep 27 2007 08:43:44 csco_config/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/PortForwarder.po

28 31925 Sep 27 2007 08:43:44 csco_config/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/webvpn.po

31 2430 Sep 27 2007 08:43:44 csco_config/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/customization.po

32 4149 Sep 27 2007 08:43:44 csco_config/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/PortForwarder.po

33 29961 Sep 27 2007 08:43:44 csco_config/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/webvpn.po

35 2864 Sep 28 2007 07:46:58 csco_config/locale/LC_MESSAGES/PortForwarder.po

36 18061 Sep 28 2007 07:46:58 csco_config/locale/LC_MESSAGES/webvpn.po

37 896 Sep 28 2007 07:46:58 csco_config/locale/LC_MESSAGES/banners.po

38 8386560 Sep 28 2007 07:41:54 asa723-k8.bin

39 6287244 Sep 28 2007 07:42:34 asdm-523.bin

207650816 bytes available (47775744 bytes used)

File Allocation Table might be corrupted. Recommend running "fsck disk0:"

FW01(config)# fsck disk0:

Checking the boot sector and partition table...

Checking FAT, Files and Directories...

Files

1) disk0:/.private/startup-config and

2) disk0:/.private/DATAFILE

have a common cluster. Size of file disk0:/.private/startup-config is incorrect

Files

1) disk0:/.private/startup-config and

2) disk0:/.private/DATAFILE

have a common cluster.

Press Y/y to truncate disk0:/.private/startup-config or any other character to truncate disk0:/.private/DATAFILE: [confirm]

File disk0:/.private/startup-config truncated.

Reclaiming unused space...

Updating FAT...

Destroying old disk cache...

Initializing disk0: cache, please wait.......Done.

fsck of disk0: complete

FW01(config)#

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jojuarez
Level 1
Level 1

Hey there,

Has the ASA crashed? It's likely to be a hardware issue but you'd need to open a case so TAC can check it out:

http://tools.cisco.com/ServiceRequestTool/create/launch.do

rmeans
Level 3
Level 3

I had similar issue

%Error opening disk0:/.private/startup-config

When I ran fsck on disk0, the ./private/startup-config file was not found. fsck stopped without any option to correct. I formated my disk0 and rebooted the ASA. I loaded a new image from rommon.

This appears to have cleared the error. The firewall is up and running.

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