[OpenAFS] Automatic move of volumes

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:06:24 -0400

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I've got a variety of scripts to do volume moves in interesting ways,  
here's a summary:

grabuser: Run it on an afs server, it moves the users volume 'here'.

mvvols: read a list of volumes, move every n-th one as prescribed.  
Useful for thinning a file server.

On Oct 24, 2007, at 12:34 PM, Derrick Brashear wrote:
> On 10/24/07, Steven Jenkins <steven.jenkins@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> It has _everything_ to do with namespace management.  In absence of
> better tools, people are using vos release to do just that.  Note that
> vos release isn't a bad tool; it's just being stretched beyond its
> design because people need a way to do versioning of their namespaces.
>
> you want to dump and restore volumes. that's ugly. it's not a  
> namespace issue; you want versioned volume clones.

Versioned clones. Now *that's* an interesting idea. I predict great  
client-side confusion. Gotta be an afs3 thing.
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I've got a variety of scripts to do volume moves in interesting ways, =
here's a summary:<div><br =
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server, it moves the users volume 'here'.</div><div><br =
class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>mvvols: read a list of =
volumes, move every n-th one as prescribed. Useful for thinning a file =
server.</div><div><br><div><div>On Oct 24, 2007, at 12:34 PM, Derrick =
Brashear wrote:</div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div><span =
class=3D"gmail_quote">On 10/24/07, <b class=3D"gmail_sendername">Steven =
Jenkins</b> &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:steven.jenkins@gmail.com">steven.jenkins@gmail.com</a>&gt; =
wrote:</span><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left: 1px =
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1ex;"><br></blockquote><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" =
style=3D"border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt =
0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">It has _everything_ to do with namespace =
management.=A0=A0In absence of <br>better tools, people are using vos =
release to do just that.=A0=A0Note that<br>vos release isn't a bad tool; =
it's just being stretched beyond its<br>design because people need a way =
to do versioning of their namespaces. </blockquote><div><br>you want to =
dump and restore volumes. that's ugly. it's not a namespace issue; you =
want versioned volume =
clones.<br></div></div></blockquote><br></div><div>Versioned clones. Now =
*that's* an interesting idea. I predict great client-side confusion. =
Gotta be an afs3 thing.</div></div></body></html>=

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