[OpenAFS] Unable to delete volume

Derrick Brashear shadow@dementia.org
Sun, 31 Jul 2011 21:23:18 -0400


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On Jul 31, 2011, at 14:51, Aaron Knister <aaronk@umbc.edu> wrote:

> There's a server that was decommissioned many moons ago that I'm trying to=
 delete. The problem is there's a volume still associated with it [1], a RO v=
olume at that. When I attempt to remove the volume usin its volume id I get t=
his message:
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> --BEGIN--
> Could not delete entry for volume 536988828
> You must specify a RW volume name or ID (the entire VLDB entry will be del=
eted)

so, what happened when you tried that?


> VLDB: no such entry
> Deleted 0 VLDB entries
> --END--
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> Here's the output of vos listvldb -server for the server in question:
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> --BEGIN--
> VLDB entries for server 130.85.60.43=20
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> g.ilin22.local=20
>     ROnly: 536988828=20
>     number of sites -> 1
>        server 130.85.60.43 partition /vicepa RO Site=20
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> Total entries: 1
> --END--
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> To make matters more interesting, there's another volume of the same name b=
ut with a different volume ID.
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> Does anyone have any suggestions?
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> -Aaron
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> --=20
> Aaron Knister
> Systems Administrator
> Division of Information Technology
> University of Maryland, Baltimore County
> aaronk@umbc.edu

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<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div><br><br><div><br></div></div><div><br>On Jul 31, 2011, at 14:51, Aaron Knister &lt;<a href="mailto:aaronk@umbc.edu">aaronk@umbc.edu</a>&gt; wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>There's a server that was decommissioned many moons ago that I'm trying to delete. The problem is there's a volume still associated with it [1], a RO volume at that. When I attempt to remove the volume usin its volume id I get this message:<br>

<br>--BEGIN--<br>Could not delete entry for volume 536988828<br>
You must specify a RW volume name or ID (the entire VLDB entry will be deleted)<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div>so, what happened when you tried that?<div><br></div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>
VLDB: no such entry<br>
Deleted 0 VLDB entries<br>--END--<br><br>Here's the output of vos listvldb -server for the server in question:<br><br>--BEGIN--<br>VLDB entries for server 130.85.60.43 <br><br>g.ilin22.local <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ROnly: 536988828 <br>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; number of sites -&gt; 1<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; server 130.85.60.43 partition /vicepa RO Site <br><br>Total entries: 1<br>--END--<br><br>To make matters more interesting, there's another volume of the same name but with a different volume ID.<br>

<br>Does anyone have any suggestions?<br><br>-Aaron<br><br>-- <br>Aaron Knister<br>Systems Administrator<br>Division of Information Technology<br>University of Maryland, Baltimore County<br><a href="mailto:aaronk@umbc.edu" target="_blank"><a href="mailto:aaronk@umbc.edu">aaronk@umbc.edu</a></a><br>


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