[Pvfs2-developers] Re: I still got some problems.

[Sam Lang]

On May 18, 2007, at 1:48 PM, 1460701236 at bu.ac.th wrote:

> > This suggests you maybe started the metadata server with an old
> > fs.conf ? When you create the config files with 'pvfs2-genconfig'
> > you'll get an 'fs.conf' that should be used for all servers, and a
> > server-specific config file for local settings.
> >
> > Once all the servers are up and running with the same configuration
> > information, we can move on to the next problem.
> >
> > ==rob
> > Hi,
> >
> > You appear to have copied different config files to different  
> servers.
> > You should correct that first.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Rob
> >
> > 1460701236 at bu.ac.th wrote:
> >> I have a problem about installing PVFS2 on a cluster.I use Red Hat
> >> Enterprise 5 and PVFS-2.6.3.
> >>
> >> PVFS that I use includes 1 Metada(metadata) and 2 IO/node(ionode2,
> >> ionode3). I went to configuration in the server and client  
> procedure.
> >> As said in the Quick Start Guide(
> >> http://www.pvfs.org/pvfs2-quickstart.html )
>
> Hello again.
> I think I coppy files correcty but I still got some problems.these  
> are my configuration.
> ------------------------------------------------
> install pvfs to Metadata, Ionode2, Ionode3
>  ./configure --with-kernel=/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-1.2747.el5-i686/
>  make
>  make install
>  make kmod
>  make kmod_install
>  /sbin/insmod /lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2747.el5/kernel/fs/pvfs2/pvfs2.ko
> configuration to Metadata, Ionode2, Ionode3
>  /usr/local/bin/pvfs2-genconfig /etc/pvfs2-fs.conf /etc/pvfs2- 
> server.conf
> copyfile from Metadata to Ionode2, Ionode3
>  scp /etc/pvfs2-fs.conf ionode2:/etc
>  scp /etc/pvfs2-fs.conf ionode3:/etc
>  scp /etc/pvfs2-server.conf-ionode3 ionode3:/etc
>  scp /etc/pvfs2-server.conf-ionode2 ionode2:/etc
>  scp /usr/src/pvfs-2.6.3/examples/pvfs2-server.rc ionode2:/etc/rc.d/ 
> init.d/pvfs2-server
>  scp /usr/src/pvfs-2.6.3/examples/pvfs2-server.rc ionode3:/etc/rc.d/ 
> init.d/pvfs2-server
>  cp /usr/src/pvfs-2.6.3/examples/pvfs2-server.rc /etc/rc.d/init.d/ 
> pvfs2-server
>  /usr/local/sbin/pvfs2-server /etc/pvfs2-fs.conf /etc/pvfs2- 
> server.conf-metadata -f
>  /etc/rc.d/init.d/pvfs2-server start
> copyfile to client
>  scp /usr/local/bin/pvfs2-ls client1:/usr/local/bin/
>  scp /usr/local/bin/pvfs2-ping client1:/usr/local/bin/
>  scp /usr/local/bin/pvfs2-cp client1:/usr/local/bin/
>  scp /usr/src/pvfs-2.6.3/src/kernel/linux-2.6/pvfs2.ko client1:/usr/ 
> src/pvfs-2.6.3/src/kernel/linux-2.6/
> at client
>  ./configure --with-kernel=/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-1.2747.el5-i686/
>  make
>  make install
>  make kmod
>  make kmod_install
>  mkdir /mnt/pvfs2
>  touch /etc/pvfs2tab
>  chmod a+r /etc/pvfs2tab
> makefile /etc/pvfs2tab:
>  tcp://metadata:3334/pvfs2-fs /mnt/pvfs2 pvfs2 default,noauto 0 0
> load kernel module
>  insmod /usr/src/pvfs-2.6.3/src/kernel/linux-2.6/pvfs2.ko
>
>  cd /usr/src/pvfs-2.6.3/src/apps/kernel/linux
>  pvfs2-client -p pvfs2-client-core
>  /usr/local/bin/pvfs2-ping -m /mnt/pvfs2
> ------------------------------------------------
> ::Result::
>  (3) Initializing each file system found in tab file: /etc/pvfs2tab...
>  PVFS2 servers: tcp://metadata:3334
>  Storage name: pvfs2-fs
>  Local mount point: /mnt/pvfs2
>  [E 16:15:43.804866]     FS config file integrity checks failed;
>  [E 16:15:43.805660]      FS config file on tcp://metadata:3334 ->  
> (SHA1)
>  fb4fb28220028639c823bb936b09304701eac492
>  [E 16:15:43.805720]      FS config file on tcp://ionode2:3334 ->  
> (SHA1)
>  90f57402bdcb45eac525fc84fae62f8943b8356e
>  [E 16:15:43.805769]      FS config file on tcp://ionode3:3334 ->  
> (SHA1)
>  90f57402bdcb45eac525fc84fae62f8943b8356e
>  /mnt/pvfs2: FAILURE!
>                                           could you tell me what's  
> the mistake. ^^
>                                                         ..Thank you..

Nong,

You should try to use:  /etc/rc.d/init.d/pvfs2-server restart

As an added check, you should make sure the servers aren't already  
running before you try to start them.

-sam
>                                                              Nong
>
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