[OpenAFS] Why does CopyOnWrite corrupt RW volume during non backup times

[Derrick J Brashear]

The aforementioned Copy On Write corruption bug was fixed in 1.2.5, so if 
you have a bug it's a new one. Don't just reference something 3 years old, 
tell us about *your* problem.

On Thu, 7 Apr 2005, Loni Ly wrote:

> Based on the listing below it appears that COW occurs
> when cloning does.  However, I have a situation with a
> "GYM" user who has had this happen several times
> during backup and regular hours.  The RW is a home
> volume without a RO site, just a backup volume.  The
> backup volume has been zapped several times to resolve
> issues, but always reappears with the same volume ID.
> How can I remove the backup volume completely and
> recreate it with a new volume ID?  Does this require
> some changes to the RW volume?

Why do you want to do this? What do you think it will fix?

> COW only hits this user in the cell.  Be great to
> quiet this permanently, but I'm at a lost for now.
> Thanks in advance.
> BTW: Cell is 1.2.13...more info needed?
>
> https://lists.openafs.org/pipermail/openafs-info/2002-June/005013.html