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Modified: xml/htdocs/doc/en openafs.xml |
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#108338 OpenAFS updated |
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Revision Changes Path |
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1.21 +133 -131 xml/htdocs/doc/en/openafs.xml |
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file : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/openafs.xml?rev=1.21&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=gentoo |
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plain: http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/openafs.xml?rev=1.21&content-type=text/plain&cvsroot=gentoo |
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diff : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/openafs.xml.diff?r1=1.20&r2=1.21&cvsroot=gentoo |
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Index: openafs.xml |
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=================================================================== |
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/openafs.xml,v |
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retrieving revision 1.20 |
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retrieving revision 1.21 |
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diff -u -r1.20 -r1.21 |
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--- openafs.xml 18 Jul 2005 10:44:57 -0000 1.20 |
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+++ openafs.xml 29 Oct 2005 20:20:57 -0000 1.21 |
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<?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?> |
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-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/openafs.xml,v 1.20 2005/07/18 10:44:57 swift Exp $ --> |
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+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/openafs.xml,v 1.21 2005/10/29 20:20:57 so Exp $ --> |
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<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> |
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-<guide link = "/doc/en/openafs.xml"> |
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+<guide link="/doc/en/openafs.xml"> |
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<title>Gentoo Linux OpenAFS Guide</title> |
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<author title="Editor"> |
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</author> |
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<abstract> |
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-This guide shows you how to install a openafs server and client on gentoo linux |
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+This guide shows you how to install an OpenAFS server and client on Gentoo |
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+Linux. |
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</abstract> |
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<!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license --> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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-This document provides you with all neccessary steps to install an openafs |
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-server on Gentoo Linux. Parts of this document are taken from the AFS FAQ and |
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-IBM's Quick Beginnings guide on AFS. Well, never reinvent the wheel :) |
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+This document provides you with all neccessary steps to install an OpenAFS |
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+server on Gentoo Linux. Parts of this document are taken from the AFS FAQ and |
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+IBM's Quick Beginnings guide on AFS. Well, never reinvent the wheel. :) |
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</p> |
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</body> |
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</section> |
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<section> |
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-<title>What is AFS ?</title> |
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+<title>What is AFS?</title> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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AFS is a distributed filesystem that enables co-operating hosts |
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(clients and servers) to efficiently share filesystem resources |
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-across both local area and wide area networks. Clients hold a |
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+across both local area and wide area networks. Clients hold a |
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cache for often used objects (files), to get quicker |
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access to them. |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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AFS is based on a distributed file system originally developed |
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at the Information Technology Center at Carnegie-Mellon University |
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-that was called the "Andrew File System". "Andrew" was the name of the |
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-research project at CMU - honouring the founders of the University. Once |
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-Transarc was formed and AFS became a product, the "Andrew" was dropped to |
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+that was called the "Andrew File System". "Andrew" was the name of the |
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+research project at CMU - honouring the founders of the University. Once |
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+Transarc was formed and AFS became a product, the "Andrew" was dropped to |
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indicate that AFS had gone beyond the Andrew research project and had become |
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-a supported, product quality filesystem. However, there were a number of |
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-existing cells that rooted their filesystem as /afs. At the time, changing |
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-the root of the filesystem was a non-trivial undertaking. So, to save the |
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-early AFS sites from having to rename their filesystem, AFS remained as the |
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+a supported, product quality filesystem. However, there were a number of |
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+existing cells that rooted their filesystem as /afs. At the time, changing |
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+the root of the filesystem was a non-trivial undertaking. So, to save the |
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+early AFS sites from having to rename their filesystem, AFS remained as the |
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name and filesystem root. |
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</p> |
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</body> |
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</section> |
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<section> |
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-<title>What is an AFS cell ?</title> |
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+<title>What is an AFS cell?</title> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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-An AFS cell is a collection of servers grouped together administratively |
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-and presenting a single, cohesive filesystem. Typically, an AFS cell is a set |
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-of hosts that use the same Internet domain name (like for example gentoo.org) |
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-Users log into AFS client workstations which request information and files |
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-from the cell's servers on behalf of the users. Users won't know on which server |
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-a file which they are accessing, is located. They even won't notice if a server |
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-will be located to another room, since every volume can be replicated and moved |
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-to another server without any user noticing. The files are always accessable. |
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-Well it's like NFS on steroids :) |
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+An AFS cell is a collection of servers grouped together administratively and |
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+presenting a single, cohesive filesystem. Typically, an AFS cell is a set of |
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+hosts that use the same Internet domain name (for example, gentoo.org) Users |
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+log into AFS client workstations which request information and files from the |
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+cell's servers on behalf of the users. Users won't know on which server a |
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+file which they are accessing, is located. They even won't notice if a server |
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+will be located to another room, since every volume can be replicated and |
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+moved to another server without any user noticing. The files are always |
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+accessable. Well, it's like NFS on steroids :) |
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</p> |
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</body> |
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</section> |
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<section> |
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-<title>What are the benefits of using AFS ?</title> |
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+<title>What are the benefits of using AFS?</title> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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-The main strengths of AFS are its: |
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+The main strengths of AFS are its: |
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caching facility (on client side, typically 100M to 1GB), |
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security features (Kerberos 4 based, access control lists), |
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simplicity of addressing (you just have one filesystem), |
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scalability (add further servers to your cell as needed), |
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-communications protocol. |
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+communications protocol. |
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</p> |
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</body> |
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</section> |
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<section> |
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-<title>Where can i get more information ?</title> |
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+<title>Where can I get more information?</title> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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-Read the <uri link="http://www.angelfire.com/hi/plutonic/afs-faq.html">AFS |
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+Read the <uri link="http://www.angelfire.com/hi/plutonic/afs-faq.html">AFS |
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FAQ</uri>. |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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-Openafs main page is at <uri |
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+OpenAFS main page is at <uri |
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link="http://www.openafs.org">www.openafs.org</uri>. |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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AFS was originally developed by Transarc which is now owned by IBM. |
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You can find some information about AFS on |
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-<uri link="http://www.transarc.ibm.com/Product/EFS/AFS/index.html">Transarcs |
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+<uri link="http://www.transarc.ibm.com/Product/EFS/AFS/index.html">Transarc's |
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Webpage</uri>. |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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OpenAFS has great logging facilities. However, by default it logs straight into |
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its own logs instead of through the system logging facilities you have on your |
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-system. To have the servers log through your system logger, use the |
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+system. To have the servers log through your system logger, use the |
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<c>-syslog</c> option for all <c>bos</c> commands. |
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</p> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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-You can get the original IBM AFS Documentation. It is very well written and you |
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+You can get the original IBM AFS Documentation. It is very well written and you |
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really want read it if it is up to you to administer a AFS Server. |
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</p> |
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<body> |
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<note> |
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-All commands should be written in one line !! In this document they are |
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+All commands should be written in one line!! In this document they are |
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sometimes wrapped to two lines to make them easier to read. |
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</note> |
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<note> |
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-Unfortunately the AFS Client needs a ext2 partiton for it's cache to run |
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-correctly, because there are some locking issues with reiserfs. You need to |
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-create a ext2 partition of approx. 200MB (more won't hurt) and mount it to |
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+Unfortunately the AFS Client needs a ext2 partiton for its cache to run |
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+correctly, because there are some locking issues with reiserfs. You need to |
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+create a ext2 partition of approx. 200MB (more won't hurt) and mount it to |
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<path>/usr/vice/cache</path> |
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</note> |
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<p> |
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-You should adjust the two files CellServDB and ThisCell before you build the |
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-afs client. (These files are in <path>/usr/portage/net-fs/openafs/files</path>) |
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+You should adjust the two files CellServDB and ThisCell before you build the |
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+AFS client. (These files are in <path>/usr/portage/net-fs/openafs/files</path>) |
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</p> |
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<pre caption="Adjusting CellServDB and ThisCell"> |
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</warn> |
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