Hi Andrew, Thanks a lot of a very informative response.
You are right.. testing/backup environment is a way to go. I will start working on it.... Have a good weekend, Asya On Apr 7, 2011, at 4:27 PM, Andrew Deason wrote: > On Thu, 7 Apr 2011 15:13:24 -0400 > "Dvorkin, Asya" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> At my current position, I was given an already running Centos server >> with a cell setup on it, which is up and running. I know how to do >> basic maintenance (increase quotas, check permissions). My main >> concern is how can I prepare for emergencies? What can I do/learn in >> advance with a running/working openafs setup that would "train" me for >> when something will actually go wrong? > > If you only have one server, you may want to practice constructing a new > server and cell entirely from backups. That should tell you how easily > you can recover from a disaster scenario, and whether your backups are > actually adequate. But that concept isn't really AFS-specific. > > If you set up more fileservers or database servers (which tends to be a > good idea for other reasons anyway), you can move/create 'test' volumes > to them and experiment with known failure scenarios. e.g. see what > happens when a fileserver or dbserver drops off the network, when > garbage is written to /vicep*, or when you pull the power cord or 'kill > -9' AFS daemons. You could even set up a separate "test" cell and realm > depending on how much effort and resources you want to spend on it. Some > sites find such a thing also useful for testing new versions, new > functionality, etc. > > And, of course, you can "be prepared" by purchasing a commercial support > contract :) <http://www.openafs.org/support.html>. > > -- > Andrew Deason > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > OpenAFS-info mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info _______________________________________________ OpenAFS-info mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info
