[comp.sys.apollo] VTOC trouble flag

hanche@imf.unit.no (Harald Hanche-Olsen) (03/12/91)

In article <911@nddsun1.sps.mot.com> mathys@dover.sps.mot.com (Yves Mathys) writes:

   In article <9103081802.AA02918@cadnet.micro.honeywell.com> dwv%cadnet@UMIX.CC.UMICH.EDU (Doug Vander Wilt) writes:
   >Here's some Apollo acronyms defined, including DOMAIN:

   >>> What's a VTOC?

   Stand for : 
	   Volume Table of Content 

    Disk super block referencing the disk i-nodes (called VTOCEntry).

And what should I do when salvol tells me that the VTOC trouble flag
has been set for a certain file?

- Harald Hanche-Olsen <hanche@imf.unit.no>
  Division of Mathematical Sciences
  The Norwegian Institute of Technology
  N-7034 Trondheim, NORWAY

ahmet@hpubhga.gsr.hp.com (Ahmet Ertem) (03/15/91)

In article <HANCHE.91Mar12114839@hufsa.imf.unit.no> hanche@imf.unit.no
(Harald Hanche-Olsen) writes:

> In article <911@nddsun1.sps.mot.com> mathys@dover.sps.mot.com (Yves Mathys)
> writes:
>
>   In article <9103081802.AA02918@cadnet.micro.honeywell.com>
>   dwv%cadnet@UMIX.CC.UMICH.EDU (Doug Vander Wilt) writes:
>   >Here's some Apollo acronyms defined, including DOMAIN:
>
>   >>> What's a VTOC?
>
>   Stand for :
>   Volume Table of Content 
>
>    Disk super block referencing the disk i-nodes (called VTOCEntry).
>
>And what should I do when salvol tells me that the VTOC trouble flag
>has been set for a certain file?

Salvol has found a disk block that was multiply allocated, i.e. to more
than one file. If it can tell which file is the real owner of a disk block
using the block headers, salvol will leave the file intact and set the
VTOCE trouble flag for all other files that claim to own the block. Each of
those files will have the disk block removed from their file map.

The only way to recover the file(s) is to manually fix it. To see if the
flag is set, do an:

$ /com/ld -a

A "T" in the "attr" column indicates the trouble flag is set.

Hope this helps.
Ahmet Ertem.
System Engineer.
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