[OpenAFS] Problem accessing AFS from other systems
Kurt Seiffert
seiffert@indiana.edu
Fri, 17 Jun 2005 09:14:57 -0500
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This indeed looks like the problem with the /etc/hosts.
Now the question is how do I correct the problem. Do I have to
recreate all the volumes?
Thanks.
-KAS
Kurt A. Seiffert | seiffert@indiana.edu
UITS Distributed Storage Services Group | C: 812-345-1892
Indiana University, Bloomington | W: 1 812-855-5089
On Jun 16, 2005, at 4:04 PM, Jeffrey Hutzelman wrote:
> On Thursday, June 16, 2005 09:02:41 AM -0500 Kurt Seiffert
> <seiffert@indiana.edu> wrote:
>
>
>>> [seiffert@mystery seiffert]$ vos exam root.cell
>>> Could not fetch the information about volume 536870915 from the
>>> server
>>> Possible communication failure
>>> Error in vos examine command.
>>> Possible communication failure
>>>
>>> Dump only information from VLDB
>>>
>>> root.cell
>>> RWrite: 536870915 ROnly: 536870916
>>> number of sites -> 2
>>> server localhost.localdomain partition /vicepa RW Site
>>> server localhost.localdomain partition /vicepa RO Site
>>>
>
>
> Looks to me like you have a VLDB entry pointing to 127.0.0.1
> instead of your server's real address. Check that your server does
> not have a broken /etc/hosts which has the server's real hostname
> listed on the same line as 127.0.0.1.
>
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margin-left: 0px; ">On Thursday, June 16, 2005 09:02:41 AM -0500 Kurt =
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"><BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">[seiffert@mystery seiffert]$ vos exam =
root.cell</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Could not fetch the information =
about volume 536870915 from the server</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Possible =
communication failure</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Error in vos examine =
command.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Possible communication =
failure</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV =
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margin-left: 0px; ">Dump only information from VLDB</DIV><DIV =
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margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
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">root.cell</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 =A0 </SPAN>RWrite: 536870915 <SPAN =
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536870916</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 =A0 </SPAN>number of sites -> =
2</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: =
0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0=A0 =A0 =
=A0 </SPAN>server localhost.localdomain partition /vicepa RW =
Site</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0=A0 =A0 =A0 </SPAN>server =
localhost.localdomain partition /vicepa RO Site</DIV> =
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14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">Looks to me like you have a VLDB entry pointing to =
127.0.0.1 instead of your server's real address.<SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>Check that your server does =
not have a broken /etc/hosts which has the server's real hostname listed =
on the same line as 127.0.0.1.</DIV> <BR =
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