vos - manage AFS volumes and the VLDB
vos [command] [args]
The vos utility is used to manage AFS volumes and the volume
location
database (VLDB).
vos provides several commands:
addsite not yet implemented
apropos apropos
backup make a backup copy of a volume
backupsys make backup copies of a number of volumes
changeaddr not yet implemented
create create a volume
createentry create a vldb entry
delentry not yet implemented
dump dump a volume
endtrans end a transaction
examine print information about a volume
volinfo print information about a volume
help print help
? print help
listaddrs list registered addresses in vldb
listpart list partitions on a server
listvldb list volumes in volume-location-database
listvol list volumes on a server
lock not yet implemented
move not yet implemented
partinfo print partition information on a server
release not yet implemented
remove not yet implemented
remsite not yet implemented
rename not yet implemented
restore not yet implemented
status show volume server transactions
syncserv not yet implemented
syncvldb not yet implemented
syncsite print the syncsite
unlock not yet implemented
unlockvldb not yet implemented
zap not yet implemented
quit exit interactive mode
Most vos commands accept the following general arguments:
[-cell cellname] Specifies which AFS cell to use, if
the default
cell is not to be used.
[-noauth] Specifies that vos should not try to authenticate the
connection to the server. This may be useful with
shell scripts,
or if there is a problem with the AFS cell. Note that
the server
will reject many commands if -noauth is specified.
[-localauth] Create a ticket using the AFS server key,
that is, you
don't need a token. This will generally only work on
AFS servers,
and is very useful for performing automatic tasks.
The syntax of the vos commands:
vos addsite
Not yet implemented.
vos apropos string
Search for a command matching string.
vos backup [-id] volumeid [-cell cellname] [-noauth]
[-localauth]
[-verbose]
Make a backup copy of a single volume. This command
clones the volume
given as argument into a backup volume with the
postfix
.backup.
vos backupsys [-cell cellname] [-noauth] [-localauth]
[-verbose]
Makes backup copies of all the volumes in a cell. The
volumes are
cloned into backup volumes with the postfix .backup.
vos changeaddr
Not yet implemented.
vos create [-server] servername [-part] partition [-volume]
volumename
[-cell cellname] [-noauth] [-localauth] [-verbose]
Create a new volume named volumename on server
servername partition
partition. Note that volumename can be no longer than
22 characters.
vos createentry [-id] volumeid [-host] host [-fsserver]
fileserver [-rw]
rwvolumeid [-ro] rovolumeid [-bk] bkvolumeid [-noauth]
[-localauth]
Create a vldb entry manually. This command should not
be used unless
you know exactly what you are doing.
vos delentry
Not yet implemented.
vos dump [-id] volume [-server fileserver] [-partition
partition] [-cell
cellname] [-file filename] [-noauth] [-localauth] [-verbose]
Dump volume on fileserver to a filename.
vos endtrans [-server] server [-trans] transaction [-cell
cellname]
[-noauth] [-verbose]
End a transaction.
vos examine [-id] volume [-host] server [-cell cellname]
[-noauth]
[-localauth] [-verbose] [-extended]
Print detailed information about volume on server.
vos volinfo
vos volinfo is an alias for the vos examine command.
vos help
Print help.
vos ?
vos ? Shorthand for help.
vos listaddrs [-cell cellname] [-noauth] [-localauth]
[-noresolve]
[-printuuid]
Lists all addresses registered in the vldb
vos listpart [-server] fileserver [-cell cellname] [-noauth]
[-localauth]
[-verbose]
List partitions on a fileserver.
vos listvldb [-fileserver fileserver] [-cell cellname]
[-noauth]
[-localauth] [-verbose]
List volumes in the volume location database without
reading them
on the fileserver, optionally restricting the list to
the volumes
located on a specific fileserver.
vos listvol [-server] fileserver [-partition] partition
[-cell cellname]
[-noauth] [-localauth] [-verbose]
List volumes on fileserver, without consulting the
volume location
database, optionally restricting the list to the volumes located on
a specific fileserver.
vos lock
Not yet implemented.
vos move
Not yet implemented.
vos partinfo [-server] fileserver [-partition] partition
[-cell cellname]
[-noauth] [-localauth] [-verbose]
List the total and remaining diskspace on fileserver,
optionally
restricting the list to a specific partition.
vos release
Not yet implemented.
vos remove
Not yet implemented.
vos remsite
Not yet implemented.
vos rename
Not yet implemented.
vos restore
Not yet implemented.
vos status [-server] fileserver [-cell cellname] [-noauth]
[-verbose]
Show volume server transactions.
vos syncserv
Not yet implemented.
vos syncvldb
Not yet implemented.
vos syncsite
Print the syncsite.
vos unlock
Not yet implemented.
vos unlockvldb
Not yet implemented.
vos zap
Not yet implemented.
vos quit
Exit interactive mode.
fs(1), pts(1), afsd(8), bos(8)
The Arla authors are trying to mimic the behaviour of the
original AFS
utilities.
The Arla project <http://www.stacken.kth.se/project/arla/>.
Quite a lot of commands are not implemented yet.
The Arla Project March 26, 2000
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