[OpenAFS] Serious trouble, mounting /afs, ptserver, database rebuilding

[Hartmut Reuter]

kanou wrote:
> My logs on the second machine tell me:
> 
> ==> /var/log/openafs/FileLog.old <==
> Wed Jul 23 19:03:37 2008 File server starting
> Wed Jul 23 19:03:37 2008 afs_krb_get_lrealm failed, myserver2.
> Wed Jul 23 19:03:37 2008 VL_RegisterAddrs rpc failed; will retry  
> periodically (code=5376, err=4)


code 5376 means no quorum elected. Are you sure your database servers 
are all running?

Try "udebug <server> 7002" for the ptserver
and "udebug <server> 7003" for the vldb

> Wed Jul 23 19:03:37 2008 Couldn't get CPS for AnyUser, will try again  
> in 30 seconds; code=267275.
> 
> ==> /var/log/openafs/SalvageLog <==
> 07/23/2008 19:08:27 SALVAGING OF PARTITION /vicepa COMPLETED
> 
> and aklog gives me:
> aklog: Couldn't get hrf.uni-koeln.de AFS tickets:
> aklog: Cannot contact any KDC for requested realm while getting AFS  
> tickets
> 
> damn! i did not do anything on that second one!
> 
> 
>> Just to make sure you're working on the correct file:
>> As I understand you first deleted the file /var/lib/openafs/db/ prdb.DB0.
>> This file was then probably recreated when you restarted the ptserver.
>> Run this command on the backupfile you made first (or better on a  
>> copy of the backup file).
>>
>> T/Christof
>> ________________________________________
>> From: openafs-info-admin@openafs.org [openafs-info- admin@openafs.org] 
>> On Behalf Of kanou [kanou@gmx.ch]
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 6:46 PM
>> To: openafs-info@openafs.org
>> Subject: Re: [OpenAFS] Serious trouble, mounting /afs, ptserver,  
>> database rebuilding
>>
>> Thanks for your answer.
>> Well I found the file prdb_check. It doesnt print any errors. Only
>> thing I can find is with
>> ./prdb_check -database /var/lib/openafs/db/prdb.DB0 -uheader -verbose
>> this line:
>> Ubik header size is 0 (should be 64)
>>
>> So there are no errors! I can start the server and everything runs
>> fine but the machine wont mount /afs!
>> kanou
>>
>> Am 23.07.2008 um 17:26 schrieb Steven Jenkins:
>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 10:51 AM, kanou <kanou@gmx.ch> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>> well, there is a file called db_verify.c in the folder
>>>> /usr/src/modules/openafs/ptserver but I don' know how to build it.
>>>
>>>
>>> If I recall correctly, db_verify gets renamed to 'prdb_check' during
>>> the install, so you should check for the existence of that file.
>>>
>>> If you can't find it, you'll need to build it from source code: the
>>> directions on the AFSLore wiki are a good place to start:
>>>
>>> http://www.dementia.org/twiki/bin/view/AFSLore/HowToBuildOpenAFSFromSource 
>>>
>>>
>>> If you have problems building openafs-stable-1_4_x, you could get
>>> openafs-stable-1_4_7 instead, as that is the latest official release.
>>>
>>> Once you have built the tree, src/ptserver/db_verify should get  built,
>>> so you can simply copy it out of the source tree for your use.  If it
>>> doesn't get built automatically for you, you can cd into src/ptserver
>>> and do a 'make db_verify' manuall.
>>>
>>> Also, feel free to ask for help here  or on the irc channel.
>>>
>>> Steven Jenkins
>>> End Point Corporation
>>> http://www.endpoint.com/
>>
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