Re: [OpenAFS] fs newcell / clients CellServDB / adding new db server

On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 10:33:24AM +0200, Andreas Ladanyi wrote: > > Is there a funtion / service in afs to manage clients cellservdb ? I > understand upclient/upserver are for servers only. The most scalable way seems to be to not use hardcoded CellServDB entries and instead use DNS SRV records

[OpenAFS] fs newcell / clients CellServDB / adding new db server

Hi Jeffrey, i want to give a little feedback. We finished the job. We bos added and then restarted / startet the pt/vl servers beginning with lowest ip. The new ubik election and syncing works great. We distributed the CellServDB to clients and the execution of "fs newcell"  with ansible. This

Re: [OpenAFS] fs newcell / clients CellServDB / adding new db server

On 6/18/2018 9:07 AM, Andreas Ladanyi wrote: >> >> The ubik clients do not rank servers based upon IP address. What they >> do is: > ok. Then maybe i misunderstood the documentation > (http://docs.openafs.org/QuickStartUnix/HDRWQ114.html) which tells me > the machine with lowest ip is "usually" 

Re: [OpenAFS] fs newcell / clients CellServDB / adding new db server

> > The ubik clients do not rank servers based upon IP address. What they > do is: ok. Then maybe i misunderstood the documentation (http://docs.openafs.org/QuickStartUnix/HDRWQ114.html) which tells me the machine with lowest ip is "usually"  elected as the ubik coordinator. I followed the

Re: [OpenAFS] fs newcell / clients CellServDB / adding new db server

On 6/15/2018 9:52 AM, Andreas Ladanyi wrote: > ok. so the process of change CellSrvDB on db servers and bos restart AND > updating (copying) new CellServDB to clients has to be done in a very > short time to minimize timeout symptoms for users, because db servers > has to be in sync and ubik

Re: [OpenAFS] fs newcell / clients CellServDB / adding new db server

Hi Jeffrey, >>> i understand that a change in CellServDB on client does have no effect >>> until reboot. >> The OpenAFS unix cache manager populates the list of location servers >> (vlservers) at startup. The loaded server list can be adjusted via the >> "fs newcell" command at runtime. >> >>

[OpenAFS] fs newcell / clients CellServDB / adding new db server

> On 6/13/2018 8:06 AM, Andreas Ladanyi wrote: >> Hi, >> >> by reading >> >> http://docs.openafs.org/QuickStartUnix/HDRWQ114.html >> >> and >> >> http://docs.openafs.org/Reference/1/fs_newcell.html >> >> i understand that a change in CellServDB on client does have no effect >> until reboot. > The

Re: [OpenAFS] fs newcell / clients CellServDB / adding new db server

On 6/13/2018 11:35 AM, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > Am 13.06.2018 um 14:06 schrieb Andreas Ladanyi: > >> i understand that a change in CellServDB on client does have no effect >> until reboot. > > Hmm, is this also true when using DNS SRV records instead of CellServDB? For OpenAFS, any server lists

Re: [OpenAFS] fs newcell / clients CellServDB / adding new db server

Am 13.06.2018 um 14:06 schrieb Andreas Ladanyi: > i understand that a change in CellServDB on client does have no effect > until reboot. Hmm, is this also true when using DNS SRV records instead of CellServDB? Bye...     Dirk -- Dirk Heinrichs GPG Public Key:

[OpenAFS] fs newcell / clients CellServDB / adding new db server

Hi, by reading http://docs.openafs.org/QuickStartUnix/HDRWQ114.html and http://docs.openafs.org/Reference/1/fs_newcell.html i understand that a change in CellServDB on client does have no effect until reboot. So i copied the CellServDB which contain a new db server (and the old db servers)