Re: How to get out of snapshot mode?

On Monday 20 March 2006 16:06, Ed Leafe wrote:

> Snapshot mode
> The storage is currently in snapshot mode recombining/startup.

OK, so you already have restarted the storage server. DirectoryStorage has 
started recombining changes made during that previous snapshot mode, and wont 
let another snapshot mode start until that process is complete.

Why did it not complete? Maybe there is some clue in the error log. Maybe try 
restarting the storage server again. (or, maybe it is just taking a while. Is 
there lots of IO on this machine right now?)

> > Both of those options will fail if you still have a stale backup  
> > (or other)
> > process lying around holding a lock open on the misc/sublock file.
> 	
> 	How would I be able to tell if this is the case? And if so, what
> 	steps would I take? 

lsof, then kill it.

However Im now sure thats not the case. On startup DirectoryStorage has 
decided to start recombining. If something had still locked misc/sublock then 
DirectoryStorage would not have been able to start recombining. (in this case 
there would be an entry in the error log saying 'Engaging in snapshot mode')


-- 
Toby Dickenson

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