----- On 25 Jan, 2016, at 19:20, Nikolaus Rath [email protected] wrote:
> On Jan 25 2016, Igor Galić <[email protected]> wrote: >> Everything works super fine, except when it fails, then it fails horribly. >> Even just a shutdown of the vm (which, in theory, unmounts all file systems) >> will make it so that it's impossible to mount the fs on another machine: >> >> Backend reports that fs is still mounted elsewhere, aborting. >> >> What can i do in such situations? > > Avoid them in the first place, by ensuring that file systems are > unmounted not just in theory but in practice. split brain situations aren't theoretical. completely avoiding them is sometimes impossible. http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=2655736 Sometimes you lose a machine because it's literally on fire, or just because its hard disk(s) breaks… > If the damage is already done, you can get the file system mountable > again by running fsck.s3ql, but you will most likely loose data. from what my understanding, this only works on the original machine. am I mistaken? Also: I don't mind dataloss too much, cuz in such a timeframe it's most likely to be log entires or temporary files. > Best, > -Nikolaus > > (No Cc on replies please, I'm reading the list) > -- > GPG encrypted emails preferred. Key id: 0xD113FCAC3C4E599F > Fingerprint: ED31 791B 2C5C 1613 AF38 8B8A D113 FCAC 3C4E 599F > > »Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a Banana.« > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google > Groups "s3ql" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/s3ql/PJOvzga1MXY/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Igor Galić Tel: +43 (0) 664 886 22 883 Mail: [email protected] URL: https://brainsware.org/ GPG: 8716 7A9F 989B ABD5 100F 4008 F266 55D6 2998 1641 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "s3ql" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
