=head1 NAME vos_status - Reports a Volume Server's status =head1 SYNOPSIS =for html

B S<<< B<-server> > >>> S<<< [B<-cell> >] >>> [B<-noauth>] [B<-localauth>] [B<-verbose>] [B<-encrypt>] [B<-noresolve>] S<<< [B<-config> >] >>> [B<-help>] B S<<< B<-s> > >>> S<<< [B<-c> >] >>> [B<-noa>] [B<-l>] [B<-v>] [B<-e>] [B<-nor>] S<<< [B<-co> >] >>> [B<-h>] =for html

=head1 DESCRIPTION The B command reports on what the Volume Server on a certain file server machine is doing at the moment the command is issued. If there is no activity, the following message appears: No active transactions on This command is useful mainly if there is concern that the Volume Server is not performing requested actions. =head1 OPTIONS =over 4 =item B<-server> > Identifies the file server machine running the Volume Server for which to display status information. Provide the machine's IP address or its host name (either fully qualified or using an unambiguous abbreviation). For details, see L. =include fragments/vos-common.pod =back =head1 OUTPUT There are two possible types of output. The following message indicates that the Volume Server is not currently performing any actions. No active transactions on I The other possible output is a set of information which is probably more useful to programmers than to system administrators. A full understanding of all the fields requires familiarity with the code for the Volume Server, as many of the fields report ID numbers and flag values that the Volume Server sets for internal use. Among the fields of possible interest to an administrator are: =over 4 =item * C on the first line, which indicates the time at which this transaction started =item * In OpenAFS 1.5.75 and later, C on the second line, which indicates the last time an RPC interacted with this transaction =item * C on the third line, where a value of C indicates that the volume is not available for other read or write operations during this transaction =item * C on the fourth line, which specifies the affected volume's ID number =item * C on the fourth line, which indicates where the affected volume resides (at the beginning of the transaction if this is a move) =item * C on the fourth line, which indicates the internal subprocedure being executed =back A fifth line can appear during certain transactions, and includes the following fields: =over 4 =item * C tracks whether information is being read into the volume. Its absolute value is not informative, but the way it changes shows whether the B command is executing properly. As the B command is issued repeatedly during a restore, C increases monotonically to indicate that information is being read into the volume. =item * C tracks whether information is being sent out of the volume. Its absolute value is not informative, but the way it changes shows whether the B command is executing properly. As the B command is issued repeatedly during a dump, C increases monotonically to indicate that information is being transferred from the volume into the dump file. =back The C and C are for internal use. =head1 EXAMPLES The following example illustrates the kind of output that sometimes appears when the Volume Server on C is executing a dump at the time this command is issued. % vos status fs1.example.com -------------------------------------------- transaction: 575 created: Tue Jan 2 8:34:56 1990 attachFlags: offline volume: 536871080 partition: /vicepb procedure: Dump packetRead: 2 lastReceiveTime: 113313 packetSend: 24588 lastSendTime: 113317 -------------------------------------------- =head1 PRIVILEGE REQUIRED None =head1 SEE ALSO L =head1 COPYRIGHT IBM Corporation 2000. All Rights Reserved. This documentation is covered by the IBM Public License Version 1.0. It was converted from HTML to POD by software written by Chas Williams and Russ Allbery, based on work by Alf Wachsmann and Elizabeth Cassell.