vos_zap - Removes a volume from its site without writing to the VLDB

       Do not use this command as the standard way to remove a volume, as it is likely to put the VLDB out of
       sync with the volumes on servers. Use the vosremove command instead.

       This command is useful in situations where it is important to delete the volume, but for some reason the
       VLDB is unreachable -- for example, because the Volume Location Server is unavailable. The issuer can
       remove the VLDB entry later with the vosremove or vosdelentry command, or it is removed automatically
       when the vossyncserv and vossyncvldb commands run.

       To remove a read-only site defined in the VLDB by mistake, before a copy actually exists at the site, use
       the vosremsite command. To remove an entire VLDB entry without affecting volumes at their sites, use the
       vosdelentry command.

       Do not use the -force flag if the volume is online, but only when attempts to remove the volume with the
       vosremove or the voszap command have failed, or the volume definitely cannot be attached. After using
       the -force flag, make sure that the volume's VLDB entry is also removed (issue the vosdelentry command
       if necessary).

       Adding the -force flag makes the command take considerably longer -- about as long as a salvage of the
       relevant partition -- since the Volume Server examines all inodes on the partition for traces of the
       volume.

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       The voszap command removes the volume with the specified volumeID from the site defined by the -server
       and -partition arguments, without attempting to change the corresponding Volume Location Database (VLDB)
       entry. If removing the volume can possibly result in incorrect data in the VLDB, a warning message is
       displayed.

       The -force flag removes a volume even if it cannot be "attached" (brought online), which can happen
       either because the volume is extremely damaged or because the Salvager functioned abnormally. Without
       this flag, this command cannot remove volumes that are not attachable. See also "CAUTIONS".

       To remove the specified read/write volume's backup version at the same time, include the -backup flag.

       The  following example removes the volume with volume ID 536870988 from the /vicepf partition of the file
       server machine "fs6.example.com", without noting the change in the VLDB.

          % vos zap -server fs6.example.com -partition f -id 536870988

       vos_zap - Removes a volume from its site without writing to the VLDB

-server <servername>
           Identifies the file server machine from which to remove the volume.  Provide the machine's IP address
           or  its  host  name  (either  fully qualified or using an unambiguous abbreviation). For details, see
           vos(1).

       -partition <partitionname>
           Identifies the partition (on the file server machine specified by the -server argument) from which to
           remove the volume.  Provide  the  partition's  complete  name  with  preceding  slash  (for  example,
           "/vicepa") or use one of the three acceptable abbreviated forms. For details, see vos(1).

       -id <volumeID>
           Specifies  the  volume ID number of the volume to remove, which can be of any of the three types. The
           volume name is not acceptable.

       -force
           Removes the volume even though it cannot be attached (brought online). Use only after the failure  of
           previous attempts to remove the volume by using the vosremove command or the voszap command without
           this flag.

       -backup
           Removes  the  backup  version of the read/write volume specified by the -id argument. Do not use this
           flag if the -id argument identifies a read-only or backup volume.

       -cell <cellname>
           Names the cell in which to run the command. Do not combine this argument with  the  -localauth  flag.
           For more details, see vos(1).

       -noauth
           Assigns  the  unprivileged  identity  "anonymous"  to  the  issuer. Do not combine this flag with the
           -localauth flag. For more details, see vos(1).

       -localauth
           Constructs a server ticket using a key from  the  local  /etc/openafs/server/KeyFile  file.  The  vos
           command  interpreter  presents  it  to  the  Volume  Server  and Volume Location Server during mutual
           authentication. Do not combine this flag with the -cell argument or -noauth flag. For  more  details,
           see vos(1).

       -verbose
           Produces  on the standard output stream a detailed trace of the command's execution. If this argument
           is omitted, only warnings and error messages appear.

       -encrypt
           Encrypts the command so that the operation's results are not transmitted across the network in  clear
           text. This option is available in OpenAFS versions 1.4.11 or later and 1.5.60 or later.

       -noresolve
           Shows  all  servers  as  IP  addresses  instead  of the DNS name. This is very useful when the server
           address is registered as 127.0.0.1 or when dealing with multi-homed servers. This option is available
           in OpenAFS versions 1.4.8 or later and 1.5.35 or later.

       -config <configurationdirectory>
           Set the location of the configuration directory to be used. This defaults to /etc/openafs, except  if
           -localauth is specified, in which case the default is /etc/openafs/server. This option allows the use
           of alternative configuration locations for testing purposes.

       -help
           Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are ignored.

       The issuer must be listed in the /etc/openafs/server/UserList file on  the  machine  specified  with  the
       -server argument and on each database server machine. If the -localauth flag is included, the issuer must
       instead be logged on to a server machine as the local superuser "root".

vos(1), vos_delentry(1), vos_remove(1), vos_remsite(1)

voszap-server <machinename>
           -partition <partitionname>
           -id <volumeID>
           [-force] [-backup]
           [-cell <cellname>]
           [-noauth] [-localauth]
           [-verbose] [-encrypt] [-noresolve]
           [-config <configdirectory>]
           [-help]

       vosz-s <machinename>
           -p <partitionname>
           -i <volumeID>
           [-f] [-b] [-c <cellname>]
           [-noa] [-l] [-v] [-e] [-nor]
           [-co <configdirectory>]
           [-h]