"Stale file handle" error

[Predrag Punosevac]

Just answered Emma. Thank you so much Abbu. That is a much more useful
problem report! I need to think a bit before pulling the trigger.

Predrag

On Thu, Aug 25, 2022 at 2:11 PM Abby Turner <abigailt at andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:

> Alas, that makes things more difficult. I tried lov2 and lov4.
>
> On Thu, Aug 25, 2022 at 1:57 PM Predrag Punosevac <predragp at andrew.cmu.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> 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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