[OpenAFS] Re: odd problem with RW site after a botched replica

Timothy Balcer timothy@telmate.com
Tue, 30 Oct 2012 21:55:55 -0700


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> I did THAT because I noticed that the kernel killed the salvage operation
> the first two times due to out of memory conditions.. something I had not
> checked, or expected. So it may be that this is the second "true" salvage,
> and it may succeed.
>
> I'll keep you all posted. There wasn't an error in the AFS logs that
> indicated that salvager proceses had been killed due to OOM. It was only in
> the kernel logs.
>
> Salvage was a success!

The volume is back in operation and working correctly.

So, one more for the books. When salvaging, watch for OOM killing.



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> Timothy Balcer
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"gmail_quote"><div>I did THAT because I noticed that the kernel killed the =
salvage operation the first two times due to out of memory conditions.. som=
ething I had not checked, or expected. So it may be that this is the second=
 &quot;true&quot; salvage, and it may succeed.<br>

<br>I&#39;ll keep you all posted. There wasn&#39;t an error in the AFS logs=
 that indicated that salvager proceses had been killed due to OOM. It was o=
nly in the kernel logs.<span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"><br>
<br></font></span></div></div></blockquote><div>Salvage was a success!<br><=
br>The volume is back in operation and working correctly.<br><br>So, one mo=
re for the books. When salvaging, watch for OOM killing.<br><br>=A0<br></di=
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x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div><span class=
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<span style=3D"border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:=
verdana,sans-serif;font-size:x-small">Timothy Balcer </span><br>

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