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VLSERVER(8)		     AFS Command Reference		   VLSERVER(8)

NAME
       vlserver - Initializes the Volume Location Server

SYNOPSIS
       vlserver [-p <number of threads>] [-nojumbo] [-jumbo] [-rxbind]
       [-d <debug level>]
	   [-allow-dotted-principals] [-enable_peer_stats]
       [-enable_process_stats]	     [-auditlog <log path>] [-audit-interface
       (file | sysvmq)]
	   [-help]

DESCRIPTION
       The vlserver command initializes the Volume Location (VL) Server, which
       runs on every database server machine. In the conventional
       configuration, its binary file is located in the /usr/afs/bin directory
       on a file server machine.

       The vlserver command is not normally issued at the command shell prompt
       but rather placed into a file server machine's /usr/afs/local/BosConfig
       file with the bos create command. If it is ever issued at the command
       shell prompt, the issuer must be logged onto a database server machine
       as the local superuser "root".

       As it initializes, the VL Server process creates the two files that
       constitute the Volume Location Database (VLDB), vldb.DB0 and
       vldb.DBSYS1, in the /usr/afs/db directory if they do not already exist.
       Use the commands in the vos suite to administer the database.

       The VL Server maintains the record of volume locations in the Volume
       Location Database (VLDB). When the Cache Manager fills a file request
       from an application program, it first contacts the VL Server to learn
       which file server machine currently houses the volume that contains the
       file.  The Cache Manager then requests the file from the File Server
       process running on that file server machine.

       The VL Server records a trace of its activity in the
       /usr/afs/logs/VLLog file. Use the bos getlog command to display the
       contents of the file. By default, it records on a minimal number of
       messages. For instructions on increasing the amount of logging, see
       VLLog(5).

       By default, the VL Server runs nine lightweight processes (LWPs). To
       change the number, use the -p argument.

       This command does not use the syntax conventions of the AFS command
       suites. Provide the command name and all option names in full.

OPTIONS
       -d <debug level>
	   Sets the detail level for the debugging trace written to the
	   /usr/afs/logs/VLLog file. Provide one of the following values, each
	   of which produces an increasingly detailed trace: 0, 1, 5, 25, and
	   125.

       -p <number of threads>
	   Sets the number of server lightweight processes (LWPs or pthreads)
	   to run.  Provide an integer between 3 and 16. The default is 9.

       -jumbo
	   Allows the server to send and receive jumbograms. A jumbogram is a
	   large-size packet composed of 2 to 4 normal Rx data packets that
	   share the same header. The VL Server does not use jumbograms by
	   default, as some routers are not capable of properly breaking the
	   jumbogram into smaller packets and reassembling them.

       -nojumbo
	   Deprecated; Jumbograms are disabled by default.

       -enable_peer_stats
	   Activates the collection of Rx statistics and allocates memory for
	   their storage. For each connection with a specific UDP port on
	   another machine, a separate record is kept for each type of RPC
	   (FetchFile, GetStatus, and so on) sent or received. To display or
	   otherwise access the records, use the Rx Monitoring API.

       -enable_process_stats
	   Activates the collection of Rx statistics and allocates memory for
	   their storage. A separate record is kept for each type of RPC
	   (FetchFile, GetStatus, and so on) sent or received, aggregated over
	   all connections to other machines. To display or otherwise access
	   the records, use the Rx Monitoring API.

       -allow-dotted-principals
	   By default, the RXKAD security layer will disallow access by
	   Kerberos principals with a dot in the first component of their
	   name. This is to avoid the confusion where principals user/admin
	   and user.admin are both mapped to the user.admin PTS entry. Sites
	   whose Kerberos realms don't have these collisions between principal
	   names may disable this check by starting the server with this
	   option.

       -auditlog <log path>
	   Turns on audit logging, and sets the path for the audit log.	 The
	   audit log records information about RPC calls, including the name
	   of the RPC call, the host that submitted the call, the
	   authenticated entity (user) that issued the call, the parameters
	   for the call, and if the call succeeded or failed.

       -audit-interface (file | sysvmq)
	   Specifies what audit interface to use. Defaults to "file". See
	   fileserver(8) for an explanation of each interface.

       -rxbind
	   Bind the Rx socket to the primary interface only.  (If not
	   specified, the Rx socket will listen on all interfaces.)

       -help
	   Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options
	   are ignored.

EXAMPLES
       The following bos create command creates a vlserver process on the
       machine "fs2.abc.com" that uses six lightweight processes. Type the
       command on a single line:

	  % bos create -server fs2.abc.com -instance vlserver -type simple \
		       -cmd "/usr/afs/bin/vlserver -p 6"

PRIVILEGE REQUIRED
       The issuer must be logged in as the superuser "root" on a file server
       machine to issue the command at a command shell prompt. It is
       conventional instead to create and start the process by issuing the bos
       create command.

SEE ALSO
       BosConfig(5), VLLog(5), vldb.DB0(5), bos_create(8), bos_getlog(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				  2013-10-09			   VLSERVER(8)
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