Hi Norman,
I don't believe you can use AFS "vos release" to do cross-cell
volume replication.
We use several techniques for keeping two directories
(in different cells) in synchronisation (eg a source
and a "mirror" copy).
One PD program that works pretty well is Ruten Gurin's "mirdir".
I found this via the info-afs archives. Another reference at [1].
[ Wouldn't it be nice if more of these useful tools were placed
in /afs/transarc.com/public/afs-contrib/tools/? ]
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References:
[1] "mirdir" directory structure mirroring
http://www.pi.infn.it/ASISdoc/HEPiX/mirdir.html
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>Here's a simple question: Can I replicate a volume on a fileserver machine for
>a different cell than my own? IOW, would there be a problem listing a
>"foreign" fileserver machine and cell name in a "vos addsite" command?
>
>Background: We have two cells, our production one, "nasec.ctc.com" with three
>fileservers, and a testbed cell, "testnet.ctc.com" with one fileserver, which
>is sometimes isolated from the rest of our network. We'd like them to share a
>particular application volume. I know we can have the "testnet" cell mount a
>volume from the "nasec" cell, but that volume would be unavailable when the
>"testnet" cell was isolated from the "nasec" cell. If a RO copy of the "nasec"
>cell's volume existed on a "testnet" cell server they ought to still have
>access to it, right? I'm not sure.
>
>Just looking for a sanity check. Thanks,
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