[OpenAFS] XDR_integer overflow and IBM/Transarc AFS issues

[Dave McMurtrie]

On Fri, 9 Aug 2002 cball@bu.edu wrote:

> Has anyone encountered issues with a transition from Transarc to openafs
> database servers?  In particular, is the 3.5 -> 3.6 database upgrade code
> still in openafs or is it necessary or desirable to upgrade to Transarc
> 3.6 prior to switching to openafs?  Also, is it safe to simply upgrade the
> database server binary given an intact database or is it preferable to add
> openafs servers to (and remove transarc servers from) an existing cell?

We upgraded our db servers from Transarc AFS 3.4a 5.77 to openafs 1.2.5 in
one fell swoop with no problems.

-Dave
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