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Oracle Linux: AWS EC2 Error: "blk_update_request: I/O error, dev xvds, sector xxxxx" Entry in /var/log/messages Log (Doc ID 2433689.1)

Last updated on MAY 22, 2020

Applies to:

Linux OS - Version Oracle Linux 6.0 to Oracle Linux 8.0 [Release OL6 to OL8]
Linux x86-64
Linux x86

Symptoms

An Oracle Production Database Server (EC2 instance) running Oracle Linux was unexpectedly rebooted in the AWS Cloud.

The following error was found in the /var/log/messages prior to the reboot:

Jul 19 00:35:40 ec2_instance_name blk_update_request: I/O error, dev xvds, sector xxxxx

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Cause

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