[OpenAFS] issue with rename/copy/move and locks

Rod Widdowson rdw@steadingsoftware.com
Thu, 3 Jan 2013 09:50:30 -0000


> Volume Shadow Copy Service error: The I/O writes cannot be held during =
the shadow copy creation period on volume =
\\?\Volume{ced7ad8f-db91-11df-aa8e-806e6f6e6963}\.

It might we worth seeing whether this is the volume where the AFS cache =
is situated, but it doesn't seem relevant. =20

Other things you might want to check is whether there is a layered =
product installed which filters AFS ("fltmc instances -v =
\device\afsredirector") - these can get confused very easily.

> We are fairly certain that users do NOT have files open underneath =
these folders open. But we have not=20
> test this. The users report that they do not have the files open.

You probably know this but the easiest way to check this is with =
handle.exe (available from Microsoft/sysinternals)..