"Stale file handle" error

[Predrag Punosevac]

Could you be more specific? Which node? It is NFS client error. Contrary to
widespread belief I can't read people's minds and I am not clairvoyant. You
have to give me some info to work with.


Predrag

On Thu, Aug 25, 2022, 12:35 PM Abby Turner <abigailt at andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:

> Just for the record, I've had this issue since yesterday as well.
>
> Best,
> Abby
>
> On Thu, Aug 25, 2022 at 12:26 PM Predrag Punosevac <
> predragp at andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:
>
>> This will require very invasive action. I need to do a bit of planning
>> before I pull the trigger on this. Are you sure you see this on your
>> desktop. IIRC zfsauton is not mounted on you personal workstation. You can
>> always try to reboot it.
>>
>> Predrag
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 25, 2022, 12:21 PM Emma Erickson <eerickso at andrew.cmu.edu>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Predrag,
>>>
>>> Thank you for getting back so quickly. I first encountered the issue on
>>> my lab desktop, but receive the same errors regardless of whether I try
>>> upload, bash, or lop2.
>>> [image: image.png]
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Emma
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Aug 25, 2022 at 12:03 PM Predrag Punosevac <
>>> predragp at andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Which computer are you using? The stale file handles is NFS client
>>>> problem which can be only fix by rebooting the host. I might need to reboot
>>>> file server hosting project and data folders as well but that will not fix
>>>> the client side.. I was unable the other day to clear stale ZFS snapshots
>>>> from the same server. In spite of  the fact that the file server was
>>>> trashed in June by a fellow grad student I take a full responsibility for
>>>> being a fool and allowing lab members to create and excessively use public
>>>> directory. Will not happen in the future.
>>>>
>>>> I did apply multiple bandaids but it appears that more invasive
>>>> procedure will be necessary to fix the fallout. Thanks for you report.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Predrag
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Aug 25, 2022, 11:50 AM Emma Erickson <eerickso at andrew.cmu.edu>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello Predrag,
>>>>>
>>>>> I am trying to access some data from the '/zfsauton/data' folder.
>>>>> Though it shows up when I list directories in zfsauton, I get a "stale file
>>>>> handle" error when trying to access its contents. Rachel had the same
>>>>> issue. Is there any way to access the files in this folder?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you,
>>>>> Emma
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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