[OpenAFS] Home volume replication

[Eric Sturdivant]

On Mon, 1 Nov 2004, Derek Harkness wrote:

> Does anyone have a good method for automatically keep volume synced?  I've 
> just started putting together a script to release the volumes but I've run 
> into a problem.  I can't tell which volumes need to be release.  Vos examine 
> or listvldb doesn't always tell me which volumes need to be released, and 
> releasing them all takes WAY to much bandwidth and WAY to much time.  Since I 
> will be running this script every 2 to 5 mins.
>
> Thanks,
> Derek
>
> Failure is not an option. It comes bundled with your Microsoft product.
>

We have used a script to do this for years. It uses vos exam to check 
the creation times of the read/write and readonly volumes, and will 
release the volume if needed. You can get a copy of it at:

/afs/glue.umd.edu/system/1.5/common/scripts/release_if_necessary

-- 
Eric Sturdivant
University of Maryland
Office of Information Technology
Distributed Computing Services
(301) 405-8473
sturdiva@umd.edu
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