[OpenAFS] Unexpected behavior when renaming volumes

Derrick J Brashear shadow@dementia.org
Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:43:45 -0400 (EDT)


On Thu, 26 Apr 2007, Bastian wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> I have a strange observation. If I rename a volume and I create another 
> volume using the old name, the two volumes have the same contents.

Not really.

> Changes to one volume are reflected in both volumes immediately. Though the

Not really. Your client just hasn't relooked-up the name yet.

> volumes do not have the same ID, it looks like they are one and the same. I 
> repeated the action several times with the same effect. Deleting and 
> recreating both volumes solved the problem.

fs checkv would also have done so, as would have being more patient (2 
hours)