20.20 DFS Commands

We recommend that you use the DFS plug-ins for iManager or ConsoleOne to configure and monitor all DFS functions for your NetWare server. However, the following command line commands are available.

20.20.1 VLDB

The following table gives an alphabetical list of the vldb command options:

Table 20-5 DFS Volume Location Database (vldb) Commands

Options

Description

 
vldb cancel repair

Stop a running repair operation

 
vldb context

Display this VLDB server's management context

 
vldb exit

Terminate the Volume Location Service on this machine

 
vldb exit

Terminate the Volume Location Service on this machine

 
vldb help

Display a list of available VLDB commands

 
vldb refresh

Update the VLDB entries from the other VLDB server

 
vldb repair

Walk the eDirectory tree to rebuild the VLDB by adding the DFS GUID for all volumes with a Volume object in the DFS management context.

You must run the command from the server console to allow a username and password to be entered that is valid across multiple containers and management contexts.

Make sure you perform this task as an admin user with sufficient rights to access the necessary objects in the tree. Otherwise, VLDB Repair cannot scan the entire tree within the DFS Management Context, and the repair completes only those areas where you have sufficient rights. Problems that occur as a result of logging in with a username with insufficient rights (and any other errors such as crashed servers or eDir problems) are logged in the repair log. Administrators should review the repair log to look for errors.

 
vldb start service

Resume operation of the VLDB

 
vldb status

Display the current status of the Volume Location Service

 
vldb stop service

Suspend operation of the VLDB

20.20.2 VOLMN

The DFS Volume Manager ( volmn) command can be issued from the command line to display the current status of the DFS Volume Manager module and its jobs. 

volmn status