[OpenAFS] Upgrading Transarc servers
I think this is the case, but wanted to verify. When upgrading from Transarc fileserver binaries to OpenAFS, there are no disk format changes? Just swap out the binaries and go. Correct? Also, there is no need to change from the Transarc fsck program. Correct? Thanks! Kevin ___ OpenAFS-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info
Re: [OpenAFS] Upgrading Transarc servers
Depends on the architectures your fileservers are running on. For Linux and NT Transarc had implemented the NAMEI-interface where you don't need a special fsck. Here everything should be ok. On the other architectures I suggest to use also the NAMEI-interface for some reasons: 1) You get rid of the special fsck (may be a problem with software RAIDs etc) 2) salvage of single volumes is much faster because all files of a volume group are under the same directory 3) you can dump or tar and restore partitions and you can see the files. If you switch between the traditional mechanism and NAMEI you have to move the volumes by vos move because the NAMEI-fileserver does not understand the traditional partition and vice versa. If you keep using the traditional mechanism you schould be able to just start the new binaries with the old partitions. -Hartmut Kevin Coffman wrote: I think this is the case, but wanted to verify. When upgrading from Transarc fileserver binaries to OpenAFS, there are no disk format changes? Just swap out the binaries and go. Correct? Also, there is no need to change from the Transarc fsck program. Correct? Thanks! Kevin ___ OpenAFS-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info -- - Hartmut Reuter e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone +49-89-3299-1328 RZG (Rechenzentrum Garching) fax +49-89-3299-1301 Computing Center of the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (MPG) and the Institut fuer Plasmaphysik (IPP) - ___ OpenAFS-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info
Re: [OpenAFS] Upgrading Transarc servers
Sorry, I thought I had put more info in the original message. It is Solaris on Sparc and I'm not planning to move to the namei server at this time on that machine. (OK, never on that machine. It needs to be replaced before that happens.) Thanks again, Kevin Depends on the architectures your fileservers are running on. For Linux and NT Transarc had implemented the NAMEI-interface where you don't need a special fsck. Here everything should be ok. On the other architectures I suggest to use also the NAMEI-interface for some reasons: 1) You get rid of the special fsck (may be a problem with software RAIDs etc) 2) salvage of single volumes is much faster because all files of a volume group are under the same directory 3) you can dump or tar and restore partitions and you can see the files. If you switch between the traditional mechanism and NAMEI you have to move the volumes by vos move because the NAMEI-fileserver does not understand the traditional partition and vice versa. If you keep using the traditional mechanism you schould be able to just start the new binaries with the old partitions. -Hartmut Kevin Coffman wrote: I think this is the case, but wanted to verify. When upgrading from Transarc fileserver binaries to OpenAFS, there are no disk format changes? Just swap out the binaries and go. Correct? Also, there is no need to change from the Transarc fsck program. Correct? Thanks! Kevin ___ OpenAFS-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info -- - Hartmut Reuter e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone +49-89-3299-1328 RZG (Rechenzentrum Garching) fax +49-89-3299-1301 Computing Center of the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (MPG) and the Institut fuer Plasmaphysik (IPP) - ___ OpenAFS-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info
