[167] in Info-AFS_Redistribution
Re: Salvager (Re: Missing Backup Volumes)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bob Oesterlin)
Mon Jun 24 12:59:35 1991
Reply-To: "Bob Oesterlin" <oester@rchland.vnet.ibm.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1991 10:57:51 -0500 (CDT)
From: Bob Oesterlin <oester@rchland.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Info-AFS@transarc.com
In-Reply-To: <YcNUawa00WBwE8tAEu@andrew.cmu.edu>
Excerpts from info-afs: 24-Jun-91 Salvager (Re: Missing Backu.. John
Gardiner Myers@RCHG (1020)
> After a server gets disk corruption, we frequently find it necessary
> to run a full salvage *twice*. The first salvage fixes the RW volumes,
> but leaves the backup (and possibly readonly) volumes in a wierd
> state. Of course, it marks the volume group as "clean".
> The second full salvage removes the volume headers of these screwed-up
> backup volumes.
This has been a complaint of mine for some time. Almost 100% of the time
I end up doing a second salvage. Is this ever going to be fixed?
Bob