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Conference iosg::all-in-1_v30

Title:*OLD* ALL-IN-1 (tm) Support Conference
Notice:Closed - See Note 4331.l to move to IOSG::ALL-IN-1
Moderator:IOSG::PYE
Created:Thu Jan 30 1992
Last Modified:Tue Jan 23 1996
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:4343
Total number of notes:18308

2428.0. "HOW TO FIX DAF FILE ?" by HGOVC::NGSIUON () Wed Mar 17 1993 17:33

    Anyone experience the following strange problem in ALL-IN-1 ?
    
    Situation:
    The disk that ALL-IN-1 DAF index file and ALL-IN-1 mails reside is
    corrupted at night and I start to restore from backup the next
    afternoon.  During that period, new mails were send and received. 
    The strange thing is:
    
    Users are able to read and <GOLD> get mails that were send/received
    during that period of time.  However users are unable to print or
    attached those mails.  Users will get an error message from ALL-IN-1. 
    I use SH (show header) to get the physical location of those mails. 
    But I get a no such file not message when I do a directory using the
    address information I get from SH.  How can ALL-IN-1 still able let
    users to read or input a file that is not exist ?
     
    A few of the users sometimes get an error message "invalid DAF pointer"
    when they send mails
    
    I suspect DAF may need to be repair.  Is there a way to repair DAF of a
    specific mail area ?  Also, is there any solution to clean up the above
    "ghost" mail ?
    
    Thanks & regards

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2428.1Tried the CSC ??AIMTEC::VOLLER_IGordon (T) Gopher for PresidentWed Mar 17 1993 18:3724
    	Have you analyzed the SDAF ?
    
    	If so, what errors (if any) are reported ? Depending on the errors
    	it may be possible to fix the file (the CSC should have people
    	skilled in this type of work).
    
�    But I get a no such file not message when I do a directory using the
�    address information I get from SH.  How can All-in-1 still able let
    
    	Which message are you seeing ?
    
    		NOSUCHFILE, no such file
    
    	   or
    
    		FNF, file not found
    
    	The first may indicate corruption of INDEXF.SYS, or the result of
        an attempt to use ANAL/DISK not being successful.
    
    
    Cheers,
    
    Iain.
2428.3ALL-IN-1 support without taking a course in ALL-IN-1HGOVC::NGSIUONTue Mar 23 1993 17:597
    Can you tell me where is the "SDAF" file ?  Do you mean OA$DAF_xxx ?
    
    The error message is "NOSUCHFILE".  In ALL-IN-1 manager, I heard there's a
    procedure to check and remove mails without "child" i.e. a mail only
    has header but without content.  I think I may need to run this
    procedure. What's the name of the procedure ? 
     
2428.4SDAF = "Shared DAF" - history rears its head!IOSG::SHOVEDave Shove -- REO2-G/M6Tue Mar 23 1993 18:207
    Yes, he means OA$SHARx:OA$DAF_x.DAT, where x could be A,B,C,D, or E.
    
    By "analyze" I think he means use the command $ANAL/RMS from DCL, to
    see if the file has become corrupted as far as the operating system is
    concerned.
    
    D.