[OpenAFS] ubik problem in a mixed IBM AFS/OpenAFS environment

[Nicolescu, Edward L]

Hi everybody,

here is the problematic configuration:

2 afs db servers, one running IBM AFS 3.6 (on an AIX 5.1machine; ip address
xxx.xxx.6.69) and the other running
OpenAFS 1.2.11 (on a Solaris 5.9 machine; ip address xxx.xxx.6.52). The
OpenAFS server acts as the syncsite,
as expected, given the lower ip address. However, shutting down the db
server processes on the IBM AFS machine,
causes the other one to loose its ability to act as a sync site. This should
not happen as the lowered ip machine
should be able to cast a 1/2 vote in its favor and break the tie. But this
doesn't happen in the above configuration.

Any ideas ? If needed, I can provide related udebug and rxdebug output.
Thanks.

Edward Nicolescu
BNL