[PVFS-users] meta server and io servers out of sync

[Hale, Darrian J]

Is it safe to delete the file from the meta-server?  Will anything weird
happen to my filesystem besides the possible loss of space on the io nodes?

Thanks, Darrian

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nathan Poznick [mailto:poznick@conwaycorp.net] 
> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 2:02 PM
> To: 'pvfs-users@www.beowulf-underground.org'
> Subject: Re: [PVFS-users] meta server and io servers out of sync
> 
> 
> Thus spake Hale, Darrian J:
> > Sorry hit send accidentally.
> > 
> > Stat also gives a No such file or directory error.
> > 
> > This file exists on the meta server.
> 
> Have you tried removing the actual metadata file on the 
> manager?  The old data will be left on the iod, but if the 
> inode is reused, the iods will create .saveme files from the 
> old ones (I think that's how it works, at least)
> 
> 
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> Nathan Poznick <poznick@conwaycorp.net>
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