Coda File System

Re: How can I Check if an replicated Volume already exist?

From: Marko Klaus <marko.klaus_at_ice.rewiss.fu-berlin.de>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 13:28:35 +0000 (UTC)
On Thu, 6 Nov 2003, Jan Harkes wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 05:13:03PM +0000, Marko Klaus wrote:
> > >> ++ cat /vice/db/scm
> > >> + volutil -h desaster.rewiss.fu-berlin.de dumpvrdb /vice/db/VRList.new
> > >> V_BindToServer: binding to host desaster.rewiss.fu-berlin.de
> > >> RPC2_NewBinding to server desaster.rewiss.fu-berlin.de failed with 
> > >RPC2_NOBINDING (F)
> > >
> > >This just looks like the coda server isn't running.
> 
> ... This is still valid ... it looks like your Coda server is not
> running.
> 
> createvol_rep needs to connect to the server to get a current copy of
> the 'volume replication database' (VRDB). It uses this to check if
> you've already created a volume with the same name.  
> 
> As it can't talk to the server, it can't check if the volume already
> exists, and it clearly can't create a volume either, because we need to
> be able to talk to the server to create one.
> 
> Jan
> 

Hello,
 
 and thanks,  I was blind. Now it works


Marko 
Received on 2003-11-10 07:39:07