NAME

       SALVAGE.fs - Triggers salvaging of AFS server partitions

DESCRIPTION

       The SALVAGE.fs file, if present in a file server machine's /var/lib/openafs/local directory, indicates to
       the Basic OverSeer (BOS) Server (bosserver process) that it must invoke the Salvager (salvager process)
       during recovery from a failure of the File Server (fileserver process).

       The BOS Server creates the zero-length file each time it starts or restarts the "fs" process. When the
       File Server exits normally (for example, in response to the bos shutdown or bos stop command), the BOS
       Server removes the file. However, if the File Server exits unexpectedly, the file remains in the
       /var/lib/openafs/local directory as a signal that the BOS Server must invoke the Salvager process to
       repair any file system inconsistencies possibly introduced during the failure, before restarting the File
       Server and Volume Server processes.

       Do not create or remove this file. To invoke the Salvager process directly, use the bos salvage command
       or log onto the file server machine as the local superuser "root" and issue the salvager command.

SEE ALSO

       bos_salvage(8), bosserver(8), fileserver(8), salvager(8), volserver(8)

COPYRIGHT

       IBM Corporation 2000. <http://www.ibm.com/> 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.

OpenAFS                                            2024-08-27                                      SALVAGE.FS(5)