I am familiar with IBM AFS 3.6 2.38 client and server on AIX 4.3.3. I am now experimenting with using OpenAFS 1.2.6 instead. I installed the pre-compiled code from openafs/1.2.6/aix-4.3.3/rs_aix42.tar.gz.
The client seems to run without problems. I can also start the server, but when I create a volume, it is stored in the respective /vicep filesystem with the same structure as IBM AFS would do it, i.e. 'ls' can see just a Vnnnnnnnnnn.vl volume header, while all the actual data is hidden. IBM AFS comes with a modified /sbin/helpers/v3fshelper to allow running 'fsck' on /vicep filesystems without destroying the hidden data. Unsurprisingly, however, the modified v3fshelper is missing from OpenAFS 1.2.6, and running 'fsck' with the standard AIX version causes all data on the partition to be wiped out. I would have expected OpenAFS on AIX to structure /vicep partitions the same way it does on Linux, i.e. showing a Vnnnnnnnnnn.vol volume header plus a visible AFSIDat directory containing the actual data, which should allow to run a standard 'fsck' without losing data. Is it possible that the pre-compiled AIX 4.3.3 code was built with incorrect options? Is there a run-time option to change how /vicep partitions are structured by the fileserver? -- Michael Niksch /Zurich/IBM @ IBMCH IBM Zurich Research Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] Saeumerstrasse 4 http://www.zurich.ibm.com/~nik/ CH-8803 Rueschlikon / Switzerland P: +41-1-724-8913 F: +41-1-724-8080 _______________________________________________ OpenAFS-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-devel
