[OpenAFS] Moving AFS server processes

[Michael Aldrich]

I moved the volumes and the AFS server processes as well, renamed the
BosConfig file on the old server (so it is not read at boot time). When I
rebooted the new Linux server machine, /afs is not mounted (22).
Everything else worked fine...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Derrick J Brashear" <shadow@dementia.org>
To: "openafs" <openafs-info@openafs.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 11:22 AM
Subject: Re: [OpenAFS] Moving AFS server processes


>
> If you're migrating you didn't need to create a new "admin", you already
> had one. If you started setting up the new machine as if it was a new
> cell, you may run into some problems. If you want to move from one server
> to another, configure the new machine as a server, but leave the first
> server alone, and don't remove it from your CellServDB.
>
> Here are instructions. If you get to any of the "stop. you lost" points,
> tell us what you did. (openafs-info, not me directly)
>
> Start by setting up the KeyFile on the new machine. It should be the same
> as on the old machine. You should copy it securely somehow (not with
> unencrypted ftp, unless you're on a private network); Set up the UserList,
> CellServDB and ThisCell file for the server (/usr/afs/etc if you use
> Transarc paths; otherwise, you need to know what paths you're using). The
> CellServDB should only have the old machine in it.
>
> Start the bosserver and then create the fileserver bnode. at this point
> you should be able to klog admin and create a volume on your new
> fileserver. If you can't, stop here. You've already lost. Otherwise,
> continue.
>
> Copy the AFS database files securely from the old machine to the new
> machine. If you use upserver, you can ujse upclient on the new machine to
> get them, otherwise, scp, encrypted ftp, or being on a private network is
> ok. Put them in your db directory. (/usr/afs/db or where your installation
> wants them).
>
> Configure the CellServDB on your old server and your new server to have
> the new server listed. bos restart the vlserver, kaserver and ptserver on
> the old machine. bos create a kaserver, ptserver and vlserver on the new
> machine. Wait. In about 90 seconds you should be able to e.g. udebug
> newserver 7004 and/or udebug oldserver 7004 and see that one or the other
> has become sync site for the kaserver service, and that recovery state is
> "1f". If after 5 minutes this hasn't happened (just to be safe), stop,
> you've lost. The logs in /usr/afs/logs may tell you why.
>
> You should also check the services on 7002 (ptserver) and 7003 (vlserver),
> but if the kaserver works, they likely will also.
>
> Ok, now you should be ok to shut down the old database servers. Update all
> CellServDBs to only know about the new server. Stop the
> kaserver/vlserver/ptserver on the old server. Restart the
> kaserver/vlserver/ptserver on the new server. udebug newserver 7004 should
> show the new server as sync site. If after about 5 minutes it doesn't (and
> this is really unnecessary as in a single server installation it either
> works or not) stop. You've lost.
>
> At this point you can use vos move to move all the volumes from the old
> server to the new server, if there are any. You'll need to klog admin
> (well, actually you won't, but to make sure everything is ok, you want
> to).
>
> After this finishes the old server can stop being an AFS server entirely.
> Make sure all your clients get updated CellServDBs and get restarted.
>
>
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