there's an issue in the 1.6.0 fileserver but if you are also having it on 1.4.14 that's new
Derrick On Dec 7, 2011, at 19:19, Jonathan Nilsson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > We've had some strange file corruption and missing data issues with Microsoft > Excel 2010 on a Windows 7 OpenAFS 1.5.78 client. > > 1) A user creates an Excel file on their local drive, then copies it to an > AFS RW mount point (via mapped network drive). > 2) several clients read the file (no changes made) > 3) at some point the file is no longer able to be opened, or it opens but > warns of corruption and missing data > > When I recover the file from the backup on the day of the file's modification > timestamp, the restored file is fine. Curiously, the restored file appears > identical to the corrupted file: the file size (bytes) and timestamp are > identical. > > The fileservers housing volumes where this has happened are: > CentOS 6.0 2.6.32-71.29.1.el6.x86_64 with OpenAFS 1.6.0 > RHEL 6.1 2.6.32-131.2.1.el6.x86_64 with OpenAFS 1.4.14 > > We have upgraded the client to OpenAFS 1.7.2 (we did this just before the > 1.7.3 announcement) hoping to fix the issue if it is a bug... Is there any > known issue with 1.5.78 client that could have caused corruption like this? > > -- > Jonathan.Nilsson at uci dot edu > Social Sciences Computing Services > SSPB 1265 | 949.824.1536 >
