Rabbitmq: “maybe_fix_corrupted_files” error message after customer upgraded the Rabbitmq code from 3.13.x to 4.0.3

Products

• VMware Tanzu RabbitMQ
• VMware RabbitMQ

Issue/Introduction

One of customers found lots of the “maybe_fix_corrupted_files” error message after they upgraded the Rabbitmq code from 3.13.x to 4.0.3.

 

 

 

It also presented some orphaned .nfs files.

Cause

Customer used the NFS file system for the mnesia database

Some filesystems (e.g. NFS) create hidden files to deal with deletion of open files. The presence of a file: .nfs000000000000000 would stop the osiris log from initialising

Resolution

R&D confirmed it was a bug and it should be fixed in 4.0.4

 

The workaround is to delete these .nfs hidden files or restart these rabbitmq nodes.