[OpenAFS] Extremely slow startup of afs.

[Derek Atkins]

I believe you actually have to delete them.  I do not believe
there are comments allowed in the CellServDB.

Can you watch the startup screen and try to say what messages
are printed (and when) during the boot process?  Knowing what
stage of the startup is taking so long would really help.

-derek

Madhusudan Singh <chhabra@eecs.umich.edu> writes:

> Hi,
> 	Actually, I got this list from a UM webpage. I will now try to
> delete one or more of them and relate it to the change (if any) in the afs
> startup time.
> 	One question : is it possible to comment out lines in CellServDB
> file or do I have to actually delete them ?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Raja.
> 
> 
> 
> On 17 Aug 2001, Derek Atkins wrote:
> 
> > Madhusudan Singh <chhabra@eecs.umich.edu> writes:
> >
> > > AFS is not timing out. I can access my files on afs perfectly.
> > >
> > > One (possibly) related observation :
> > >
> > > The top few lines in my /usr/vice/etc/CellServDB are :
> > >
> > > >engin.umich.edu        #University of Michigan CAEN Network
> > > 141.212.2.75                    #artes.engin.umich.edu
> > > 141.212.2.76                    #scientia.engin.umich.edu
> > > 141.212.2.77                    #veritas.engin.umich.edu
> > >
> > > While I was setting up, I had (mistakenly) placed another server (not a
> > > database server, but a time sharing host) above these three. And when I
> > > booted the machine next, I got a long wait and an error message that made
> > > reference to that host. Is it possible that it is being asked to do the
> > > same thing thrice (I do not understand much of the way openafs works) ?
> >
> > Yes.  If your list of servers is incorrect, your client will time
> > out with the bad servers until it finds the good ones.  This means
> > that if you do not have the "right" server listing for your own
> > cell that it will take much longer to startup.
> >
> > So, yes, this "extra" server would be causing you problems.
> >
> > -derek
> >
> 
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