What is the procedure for removing a file server from the cell?
Can you turn it off, then later tell the cell to forget about it,
or do you have to interact with the machine to get it out of the cell?
We have a Solaris 5.3 machine that was intended as a test platform when we
first set up the cell, but it has developed problems (independent of AFS)
that require rebuilding. It has AFS volumes, but refuses to serve them.
Before wiping its disk, I thought it would be nice to officially say goodbye.
Here is some of its nasty behavior (it is named pvtserver):
# fs checkservers
These servers unavailable due to network or server problems: pvtserver.
# vos examine sun4m_53
Could not fetch the information about volume 536870957 from the server
Possible communication failure
Error in vos examine command. Possible communication failure
Dump only information from VLDB
sun4m_53
RWrite: 536870957
number of sites -> 1
server pvtserver partition /vicepa RW Site
# vos listvol pvtserver
Could not fetch the list of partitions from the server
Possible communication failure
Error in vos listvol command. Possible communication failure
# bos status pvtserver
Instance upserver, currently running normally.
Instance upclientetc, temporarily disabled, stopped for too many errors,
currently shutdown.
Instance runntp, currently running normally.
Instance fs, has core file, currently running normally.
Auxiliary status is: salvaging file system.
Any insights about what condition this machine appears to be in would be
appreciated.
--Andrew Mickish
http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/~mickish
