I had another AIX AFS "event" yesterday and would like some advice.
I was trying to copy AIX "info" database files from CDROM into AFS.
I tried two methods - back-to-back tar and just plain "cp".
tar would say that it restored 56412160 bytes, but when I looked at
the file with "ls -l" it would have significantly less than that.
cp gave the same behavior.
After repeated attempts, I would get the right number of bytes and go
on to the next database file.
While I was transferring a file, my RS6000 fileserver crashed (crazy 8's).
When it rebooted, the filesystem containing the partition containing the
volume I had been using for the "info" database files had a corrupted
superblock. The alternate superblock was also corrupted.
The only good news here is that due to AIX's wonderful LVM and JFS, and
AFS's wonderful backup and restoration mechanisms, the partition was
restored (minus all my work for the day) within 5 hours.
Questions:
Why can't I copy a file from here to there and get the right number (let
alone the right kind) of bytes?
The "corrupted superblock in filesystem containing AFS partition" problem
has happened to me before. Is this the problem which the AIX PTF U433623
is supposed to fix? I certainly hope so.
My fileservers are currently running AIX 3.2.4 AFS 3.3. I am about to
upgrade them to AIX 3.2.5 AFS 3.3a.
Thanks.
-Rick
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