Lars Schimmer wrote: > Jeffrey Altman wrote: > >> >From your afsd_init.log: > >> 8/21/2008 9:55:06 AM: Default root volume name root.afs >> 8/21/2008 9:55:06 AM: DNS will not be used to find AFS cell servers >> 8/21/2008 9:55:06 AM: Freelance client feature is not activated >> 8/21/2008 9:55:07 AM: cm_GetRootCellName code 0, cm_freelanceEnabled= 0, >> rcn= cgv.tugraz.at > >> In other words you are instructing the client not to start if the VLDB >> server list for 'cgv.tugraz.at' cannot be obtained from the CellServDB >> file or the 'root.afs' volume cannot be located. > > I just use the .msi and set just auto obtain tolens active, our DNS does > not hold AFS entries. > >> The cache manager attempts to obtain the info for the root.afs volume >> and fails: > >> 8/21/2008 9:55:07 AM: cm_FindVolumeByName code 1501 root vol ffffffff >> 8/21/2008 9:55:07 AM: cm_FindVolumeByName code 1501 root vol ffffffff >> 8/21/2008 9:55:07 AM: cm_FindVolumeByName code 1501 root vol ffffffff >> 8/21/2008 9:55:07 AM: cm_FindVolumeByName code 1501 root vol ffffffff >> 8/21/2008 9:55:07 AM: cm_FindVolumeByName code 1501 root vol ffffffff >> 8/21/2008 9:55:07 AM: cm_FindVolumeByName code 1501 root vol ffffffff >> 8/21/2008 9:55:07 AM: cm_FindVolumeByName code 1501 root vol ffffffff >> 8/21/2008 9:55:07 AM: cm_FindVolumeByName code 1501 root vol ffffffff >> 8/21/2008 9:55:07 AM: cm_FindVolumeByName code 1501 root vol ffffffff >> 8/21/2008 9:55:07 AM: cm_FindVolumeByName code 1501 root vol ffffffff >> 8/21/2008 9:55:07 AM: afsd_InitDaemons failed: can't find root volume in >> root cell (code = -1) > >> a - dumping cells - cm_data.currentCells=2, cm_data.maxCells=1024 >> a cellp=0x02A1C550,name=Freelance.Local.Cell ID=-1 flags=0x38 >> a cellp=0x02A1C688,name=cgv.tugraz.at ID=2 flags=0x30 >> a - Done dumping cells. > >> Mask 0x2 in the cell flags field indicates the client is trying to >> obtain the CellServDB info from DNS which of course won't happen since >> DNS support is disabled. > >> The question is therefore, why isn't the VLDB info being found in the >> CellServDB file? > > I cannot tell. > I did some (cold) restarts of the win machines today and they never came > back to start the OpenAFS service, everytime this error. > > Just as the load on server went down a bit, I did a bos restart server > -all on ALL my db and fileserver. > And now the win machines boot up and AFS service starts like yesterday. > > Looks like a bad state of server/client communication, forced with often > up/down of network to one DB/fileserver, which keeps only a RO of the > root.cell/root.afs volumes. > > In other words: now it works and I cannot debug any further. And I did > nothing to the clients other than try to restart AFS service and reading > afsd_init.log. I just bos restart all servers (which are all debian, one > 1.4.6, three 1.4.7) > > MfG, > Lars Schimmer
If you want the clients to start when the root.afs volume is not available, use Freelance mode. Jeffrey Altman
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