<tt><font size=2><br>>Basic query, "What is an orphaned file?"</font></tt><br><br><tt><font size=2>Orphan file have inode allocated but not initialized.
Orphan entries are created during the readdir on the AFM fileset, and they
get repaired (inode initialization) during the subsequent lookup.</font></tt><br><tt><font size=2><br>>we get a list of "orphaned" "unnamed" entries pointing
to the root of the fileset 200 plus times. Does anyone know what this might
mean? </font></tt><br><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Please ignore all the entries with fileset
root path, these are false postives generated by the policy. We will fix
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for priority messages to the Spectrum Scale (GPFS) team.</font><br><br><br><br><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">From:
</font><font size=1 face="sans-serif">"Peter Childs"
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AFM and Un-named orphed files</font><br><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">Sent by:
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<gpfsug-discuss-bounces@gpfsug.org></font><br><hr noshade><br><br><br><tt><font size=2>We are attempting to use AFM again, We are attempting
to use it do do a quick migration between two GPFS file systems. Hence
should only be using it for a few weeks.<br><br></font></tt><a href="https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/spectrum-scale/5.1.0?topic=afm-data-migration-by-using-migration-enhancements"><tt><font size=2>https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/spectrum-scale/5.1.0?topic=afm-data-migration-by-using-migration-enhancements</font></tt></a><tt><font size=2><br><br>Within a Read-Only Fileset, we are attempting to ensure that the cache
is as complete as possible before we plan a date to switch over.<br><br>using checkUncached<br><br>mmafmctl fs1 checkUncached -j RO-1<br><br>we get a list of "orphaned" "unnamed" entries pointing
to the root of the fileset 200 plus times. Does anyone know what this might
mean? <br><br>Basic query, "What is an orphaned file?"<br><br>My basic testing says they disappear once we switch to Local Update. so
I suspect they may have something to do with "open or changed files
on the source", which should go away once we have stopped work and
are able to switch over. <br><br>We're looking to get the final step in Local Update done in one go, (ie
never start work in local update mode), flush the fileset and switch afm
off hopefully getting the whole job done fairly quickly.<br><br><br>Peter Childs<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>gpfsug-discuss mailing list<br>gpfsug-discuss at gpfsug.org<br></font></tt><a href="http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss_gpfsug.org"><tt><font size=2>http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss_gpfsug.org</font></tt></a><tt><font size=2><br></font></tt><br><br><BR>
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