FSSYNC-DEBUG_OFFLINE(8)

💖 FSSYNC-DEBUG_OFFLINE — like, the fssync-debug offline era 💖

okay bestie, so this is fssync-debug_offline, section 8 of the AFS Command Reference, and it's literally the girl whose whole job is: take a volume. bring it offline. that's it. that's the post. 💅

---

✨ NAME ✨

fssync-debug_offline — brings a volume offline, using the FSYNC_VOL_OFF opcode. no cap, that's the entire personality.

---

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

fssync-debug offline -volumeid <volume ID>
    [-partition <exact partition name>]
    [-reason <sync protocol reason code>]
    [-programtype <program type code>]
    [-help]

fssync-debug of -v <volume ID>
    [-pa <exact partition name>]
    [-r <sync protocol reason code>]
    [-pr <program type code>]
    [-h]

---

💫 DESCRIPTION 💫

The fssync-debug offline command brings a volume offline. that's it, that's the whole plot, and honestly? it ate. 👑

---

🌸 OPTIONS 🌸

• -volumeid <volume ID> — gives the numeric volume ID. volume names are NOT permitted — numbers only, bestie, we don't do name-calling here. 🚫
• -partition <exact partition name> — the exact partition name, like /vicepa. and I mean exact exact. abbreviations are not permitted, so no -pa /vicep shortcuts, she will not be playing that game. 🙅
• -reason <sync protocol reason code> — the numeric sync protocol reason code. all the available codes live in the OpenAFS source file src/vol/fssync_inline.h (iykyk, go read it). and for SYNC_REASON_NONE, you use -reason 0. ⭐
• -programtype <program type code> — the program type code. permitted values are fileServer, volumeUtility, salvager, salvageServer, volumeServer and volumeSalvager. six options, pick your fighter. 🎀
• -help — prints the online help for this command, and all other valid options get straight up ignored. she said help is help. 💀

---

👑 PRIVILEGE REQUIRED 👑

The issuer must have write access to the file server. usually that means the issuer has to be the local superuser root on the file server machine. so like… root energy only, main character privileges, no borrowed accounts. 🔥

---

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

fssync-debug_attach(8), fssync-debug_detach(8), fssync-debug_callback(8), fssync-debug_online(8), fssync-debug_leaveoff(8), fssync-debug_error(8)

(the whole fssync-debug friend group, go say hi 🫶)

---

💜 COPYRIGHT 💜

Copyright 2010 Davor Ocelic <docelic@spinlocksolutions.com>

This documentation is covered by the IBM Public License Version 1.0. This man page was written by Davor Ocelic for OpenAFS, based on documentation from Steven Jenkins, Tom Keiser and Simon Wilkinson.

---

and that's the tea, bestie 🍓 this was OpenAFS, dated 2026-07-27, from your fave FSSYNC-DEBUG_OFFLINE(8) girlie. stay offline (the volume, not you). mwah 💖✨