[OpenAFS] dot path times out after root.cell was moved to a different fileserver

[warlord@MIT.EDU]

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-derek

Marc Schmitt <mschmitt@inf.ethz.ch> writes:

> Hi all,
>
> We're having problems with our Linux clients after the root.cell
> volume was moved to a different fileserver and, on the same token,
> that fileserver became a DB server only.
>
> Last Sunday, the root.cell volume was moved from server X to server
> Y. Then server X was removed from the list of fileservers and is DB
> server only now. Today, I happened to access the dot path on several
> Linux clients (RedHat 7.3, 2.4.20-20.7, OpenAFS 1.2.10) and see:
>
> ls: /afs/.ethz.ch: Connection timed out
>
> On the console of the clients, I get then:
>
> afs: Lost contact with file server X in cell ethz.ch (all multi-homed
> ip addresses down for the server)
>
> Somehow, the Linux clients still expect root.cell to be on fileserver
> X, which looks like a client bug. Doing a reboot of the clients solves
> the problem, but... Interestingly, I do not see this problem on our
> Solaris machines (running OpenAFS and TransarcAFS).
>
> Is there a way to "purge" X from the clients' fileserver list w/o
> having to reboot them? I tried to restart afsd, but it the kernel
> module appeared to be busy, the service could not be stopped (maybe
> because it waits for X to come back?).
>
> TIA
>
>     Marc
>
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