[OpenAFS] can not attach to a read only volume

[Derek Atkins]

Unfortunately I don't know how the namei fileserver works in a
sufficient manner to help debug this.  Hopefully someone else
can help you?

-derek

"T. Matthew Cocker" <matt@cs.auckland.ac.nz> writes:

> Hi Derek
> 
> I tried to vos zap the volume but no luck (see output below). I also
> tried to force the vos zap no luck either. Interesting there is no
> entries for the volume in the vldb. I was wondering if the -oktozap
> option in salvager may help me.
> 
> 
> # vos zap -server afs-01 -partition /vicepa -id 536870916 -localauth -verbose
> Warning: Entry for volume number 536870916 exists in VLDB (but we're
> zapping it anyway!)
> Could not start transaction on volume 536870916
> Volume needs to be salvaged
> Error in vos zap command.
> Volume needs to be salvaged
> 
> # vos zap -server afs-01 -partition /vicepa -id 536870916 -localauth
> -verbose -force
> vos: forcibly removing all traces of volume 536870916, please
> wait...failed with code 2.
> 
> 
>   #vos listvldb -server afs-01 -localauth | grep 536870916
>   #vos listvldb -server afs-02 -localauth | grep 536870916
> 
> 
> At 04:39 p.m. 13/01/2002 -0500, Derek Atkins wrote:
> >you might try:
> >         vos zap <server> <partition> <volume>
> >         vos release <volume>
> >
> >You should be sure that you vos zap the .readonly and not the
> >readwrite..
> >
> >-derek
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Matt
> 

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