1 vos syncvldb AFS Commands vos syncvldb
6 vos syncvldb -- synchronize VLDB entry with volume headers
11 vos syncvldb -server <machine name> [-partition <partition
12 name>] [-cell <cell name>] [-noauth] [-localauth]
16 ACCEPTABLE ABBREVIATIONS/ALIASES
18 vos syncv -s <machine name> [-p <partition name>] [-c
24 Inspects the volumes housed on the file server machine
25 indicated with -serverMEITHER all of the volumes OR only the
26 volumes on the optionally specified -partition. It checks
27 that the VLDB properly records every volume whose volume
28 header is marked On-line. In case of discrepancies, this
29 command alters VLDB entries to reflect the true status of
30 volumes on -server. It has other side effects:
32 - If it finds a Backup volume whose ReadWrite source
33 no longer exists at the same site, it removes the
34 Backup. The VLDB status flag for the Backup
35 changes to invalid. The issuer will have to issue
36 the vos backup command to create a new Backup if
39 - The VL Server keeps track of the next available
40 volumeID number with a counter. This command
41 changes the counter to the highest volumeID number
44 - If it encounters multiple ReadOnly copies of a
45 volume at the same site, or multiple Backup
46 copies, it removes all but the newest one (as
47 determined by the Creation Date field in the
48 volume header) from that site.
50 After running this command, execute vos syncserv, preferably
51 on all file server machines in the cell.
55 -server names the file server machine from which to
56 compare volumes to VLDB entries.
57 Abbreviated forms of machine names may be
58 allowed depending on the naming service
59 available at the time the command is issued;
60 see page xii in the introductory About This
61 Manual chapter. -partition
62 names the partition from which to compare
63 volumes to VLDB entries. In addition to the
64 full /vicepx form of a partition name, three
68 shorter forms are acceptable; see page xii
69 in the introductory About This Manual
72 -cell specifies the cell in which to run the
73 command. See section 8.3 in the Reference
74 Manual for more details. -noauth
75 tells the Volume and Volume Location Servers
76 to assign the identity anonymous to the
77 issuer. See section 8.3 in the Reference
78 Manual for more details. -localauth
79 constructs a server ticket using a key from
80 /usr/afs/etc/KeyFile. See section 8.3 in
81 the Reference Manual for more details.
83 tells the Volume and Volume Location Servers
84 to report on what they are doing as they
85 execute the command. See section 8.3 in the
86 Reference Manual for more details. -help
87 prints the online help for this command. Do
88 not provide any other arguments or flags
89 with this one. See section 8.3 in the
90 Reference Manual for more details.
94 The following makes sure that the VLDB matches the volume
95 headers found at sites on fs4.transarc.com.
97 % vos syncvldb fs4.transarc.com
101 Issuer must be listed in /usr/afs/etc/UserList on -server.
105 vos backup vos syncserv