[OpenAFS] Rx call failed during dump ==> VAttachVolume: Error reading namei vol header?

Derrick Brashear shadow@gmail.com
Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:22:24 -0400


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On 6/26/07, Adam Megacz <megacz@cs.berkeley.edu> wrote:
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> Can anybody help me figure out what happened here?  How can an Rx call
> failure during a volume dump result in the volume-being-dumped
> becoming unattachable?


Needing salvage is not the same as unattachable. Did you salvage it?

The real issue is why did the call fail?

A volume was taken offline for "something", it's not necessarily safe to
just bring it back online unless "something" ended cleanly.

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<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/26/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Adam Megacz</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:megacz@cs.berkeley.edu">megacz@cs.berkeley.edu</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>Can anybody help me figure out what happened here?&nbsp;&nbsp;How can an Rx call<br>failure during a volume dump result in the volume-being-dumped<br>becoming unattachable?</blockquote><div><br>Needing salvage is not the same as unattachable. Did you salvage it?
<br><br>The real issue is why did the call fail?&nbsp; <br></div><br>A volume was taken offline for &quot;something&quot;, it&#39;s not necessarily safe to just bring it back online unless &quot;something&quot; ended cleanly.<br>
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