[OpenAFS] Status of cache after server restart

Jeffrey Altman jaltman@secure-endpoints.com
Tue, 02 Jun 2009 05:19:17 -0700


Wheeler, JF (Jonathan) wrote:
> I would like to know what is the status of the AFS cache on client
> machines if an AFS server is restarted.  Is the cache status for volumes
> mounted from that server marked invalid/out-of-date, so that access to
> such volumes requires a refresh from the server ?
> 
> Jonathan Wheeler 
> e-Science Centre 
> Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

In response to first RPC received from an otherwise unrecognized client
 the file server will send an InitCallBackState RPC which instructs the
client to invalidate any status information previously obtained from
that file server in the past.

Jeffrey Altman