[OpenAFS] fs checkservers issue

[Jeffrey Hutzelman]

On Wednesday, October 22, 2003 11:27:57 -0700 David Bear 
<David.Bear@asu.edu> wrote:

> running openafs 1.2.7 (installed from compiled rpms) on redhat 7.3.
>
> I find the 'fs checkservers' always reports that all servers are
> running.  Even when I know there are problems with one or more of
> them.  Is this a known issue?

It's a common misunderstanding.  'fs checkservers' doesn't give you a 
complete picture of what's working and what's not, and it was never 
intended to do so.  What it does is tell you which fileservers your cache 
manager has marked as 'down'.  That happens only when the cache manager 
tries to communicate with a non-responsive server, so if a given CM hasn't 
had a reason to talk to a particular fileserver, then it won't notice if 
that server is broken.

-- Jeffrey T. Hutzelman (N3NHS) <jhutz+@cmu.edu>
   Sr. Research Systems Programmer
   School of Computer Science - Research Computing Facility
   Carnegie Mellon University - Pittsburgh, PA