[OpenAFS] Has anyone else ever seen the error "Illegal max volid increment" followed by very large jump in Volume ID numbers?

[Kim Kimball]

Kim Kimball wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> In the process of doing a dump/restore of a .backup volume to a new RW 
> volume, followed by a 'vos backup' of the new volume, I got the 
> following error:
>
> " Illegal max volid increment"
>
> The restore completed, the volume is OK, the new .backup volume can be 
> dumped and restored, so in general everything looks fine but the VolID 
> for new volumes are higher than anything I'm accustomed to seeing.
>
> Typical volIDs:
> root.afs
>    RWrite: 536870912     ROnly: 536870913     Backup: 536870914
>
> Post 'illegal max volid' error:
>
> gp.hr.010.r
>    RWrite: 1659489276    Backup: 1659489277
>
> '
> IIRC the typical volIDs are more accurately represented with a 
> prepended '0' -- i.e. 0536870912   
> Any info greatly appreciated.  Are these new volIDs OK?  How come the 
> bump from the nine digit (with leading 0)  to ten digit IDs?
>
> Should I try to restore a previous instance of the VLDB and get rid of 
> this thing, or is that futile and I'd end up in the same place?  Did I 
> exceed a field width and that's the reason for the bump?
>
> TIA
>
> Dexter "Kim" Kimball
>
>
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