[OpenAFS] AFS from NFS Mount

[Derek Atkins]

John Rudd <jrudd@ucsc.edu> writes:

> > From: tino.schwarze@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de (Tino Schwarze)
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 10, 2003 at 01:05:10AM -0700, Brent Johnson wrote:
> > > So the only way I could run (theoretically) a fileserver over nfs is by 
> > > using a namei fileserver?
> > > 
> > > Also, any good info out there on what namei is and why we should use it? 
> >
> > Short answer:
> > http://grand.central.org/twiki/bin/view/AFSLore/SupportedConfigurations
> >
> 
> So, then, how do we enable it?  Is this an OpenAFS only feature?  If so,
> is it a compile time feature? or a run time conf file feature? or a run
> time command line feature?

It is an OpenAFS-only feature.  It is a compile-time feature.

> Or is it something the last transarc version can do? (and again, conf file,
> command line, etc.?)
> 
> And is it something that we can do to convert an existing cell, or do we
> have to start over with a new cell?  or what?

You can use existing cell, but not an existing filestore.  You need to
set up a new server as a namei fileserver and then "vos move" all the
volumes off the old server and onto the new one.

-derek

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