"Doug Engert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Is there some other changes to the database servers over and
> above what was in AFS 3.3a? If I can run the AFS 3.3a on a
> multi-homed host carefully, why would I have to change this with
> AFS 3.4?
There were no such changes to the database servers. We didn't
knowingly break something with 3.4.
As you say, one must configure multi-homed database servers very
carefully. We have heard of a couple of cases where multi-homed
database servers, though apparently carefully configured, developed
problems with establishing quorum. It is possible that the problems
are operating system-dependent. We can certainly revise the protocol
to eliminate the risk of multi-homed database servers, but I believe
that supporting multi-homed file servers is a higher priority.
Because of the difficulty and uncertainty involved, we are trying to
discourage people from using multi-homed database servers until a
simple solution can be devised.
> Is what the manual is trying to say is that clients can contact
> the file server on any address, but the database servers must
> communicate among themselves using single addresses for each
> server? We have forced this by using the /etc/hosts entries.
What the manual is trying to say is that if you are having quorum
problems with multi-homed database servers and you call in for
support, you probably won't get a lot of help other than a pointer
to udebug and a reminder that multihomed db servers are unsupported.
But if you have something set up that works for you, we're not going
to send out a kneecapper and repo your software, no. Good luck.
