vos examine root.afs vos examine root.cell you might consider configuring the client with -dynroot (probably in the client options in /etc/sysconfig/afs; it's an afsd switch) in which case the panic will go away regardless and you can focus on the core issue of unbreaking your cell.
On 7/3/07, Gerald Macinenti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Marcus Watts wrote: >> Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 20:48:44 +0200 >> To: [email protected] >> From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?G=E9rald_Macinenti?= < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: [OpenAFS] dual database configuration >> >> Hi, >> I've tried to follow the AFS Quick Start Guide for configuring two=20 >> database servers for a unique Cell, but it doesn't seam to work perfectly= >> . >> What I've done: >> configured a full-featured server with Kerberos,AFS databse and file=20 >> server: worked OK, configured AFS client on the machine and on a second=20 >> machine with success. >> Then I configured a file server on the second machine, it was visible=20 >> and usable from the first machine (after KeyFile copy), could do vos=20 >> addsite and so on with no problem. >> At last, I added this second machine in CellServDB on both machines and=20 >> created the buserver, ptserver and vlserver on this second machine.=20 >> Did a (few) reboot of both machines, the first has the lowest IP, when=20 >> the second boots, I see a "Fileserver ready" on the first one which=20 >> seams a good sign, but I can't have any client working with this=20 >> configuration: "Can't mount AFS...", did I forget something? (I've=20 >> tried with only the first server and both servers in CellServDB of=20 >> clients...) >> >> Cheers >> >> >> --=20 >> G=E9rald Macinenti - Admistrator > ... > > Does root.afs exist? root.cell? yes, everything worked well before adding the second server administrative database now things are getting worst: I've stopped administrative database on the second server and tried to use it as a simple client (after reboot), and I still can't mount /afs but for more, doing fs checkvolumes on the client raises a kernel panic on the client and the server!! here is the server trace: Process afsd (...) Call trace: :libafs:afs_CheckVolumeNames :libafs:afs_Daemon :libafs:afsd_launcher+0x0/0x40 :libafs:afsd_thread+0x21b/0x7c0 child_rip+0xa/0x11 :libafs:afsd_launcher+0x0/0x40 :libafs:afsd_thread+0x0/0x7c0 child_rip+0x0/0x11 <0>kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception Have you tried using "tcpdump" or related > when the cache manager tries to mount /afs? will try that -- Gérald Macinenti - Administrator / / ___ / /_ / _/ /_ | | / /___ __ _____ / / / _ \/ __/ / // __/ | | /| / / __ `/ | / / _ \ / /___/ __/ /_ _/ // /_ | |/ |/ / /_/ /| |/ / __/ /_____/\___/\__/ /___/\__/ |__/|__/\__,_/ |___/\___/ 8-16, rue Paul-Vaillant-Couturier, 92240 Malakoff; FRANCE Tel +33 1 4092 5454 - Fax +33 1 4092 5441 - http://www.letitwave.fr
