Fwd: [Pvfs2-developers] config file issue

[Sam Lang]

I think the hostname command uses the uname system call rather than  
gethostname.  We could add a match for whatever uname returns as well.

-sam

On Feb 24, 2009, at 10:50 AM, Walter Ligon wrote:

> ah, so you're saying the command line hostname and the library call  
> the server uses aren't returning the same thing?  That makes sense.
>
> I ended up removing the domain from the config file and it worked.   
> Must be an oddity of the way my machine is configed that the name is  
> reported two different ways.
>
> If there isn't a more robust mechanism (which there may not be) then  
> maybe the install guide should simply warn the user that it might be  
> an issue.
>
> Thanks for you help Sam!
>
> Walt
>
> Sam Lang wrote:
>> Hi Walt,
>> With the single config file in place now, the server has to be told  
>> (with the -a command line option) or guess which server it is.  It  
>> guesses by simply using the hostname, and you may have run into a  
>> bug.  I'll play with it and see if I can make it more robust.  In  
>> the meantime, you can use:   -a 172-22-9-126.lwapp.clemson.edu
>> -sam
>> On Feb 24, 2009, at 10:06 AM, Walter Ligon wrote:
>>> I probably did something wrong, but I got this error:
>>>
>>> sh-3.2# sbin/pvfs2-server /etc/pvfs2-fs.conf -f
>>> [S 02/24 10:58] PVFS2 Server on node 172-22-9-126 version  
>>> 2.7.1pre1-2009-01-27-183824 starting...
>>> [E 10:58:18.292013] Configuration file error. No host ID specified  
>>> for alias 172-22-9-126.
>>> [E 02/24 10:58] Could not find handle range for host (null)
>>> [E 02/24 10:58] Please make sure that the host names in /etc/pvfs2- 
>>> fs.conf are consistent
>>> [D 02/24 10:58] PVFS2 Server: storage space created. Exiting.
>>>
>>> here is my config file:
>>>
>>> <Defaults>
>>>      UnexpectedRequests 50
>>>      EventLogging none
>>>      LogStamp datetime
>>>      BMIModules bmi_tcp
>>>      FlowModules flowproto_multiqueue
>>>      PerfUpdateInterval 1000
>>>      ServerJobBMITimeoutSecs 30
>>>      ServerJobFlowTimeoutSecs 30
>>>      ClientJobBMITimeoutSecs 300
>>>      ClientJobFlowTimeoutSecs 300
>>>      ClientRetryLimit 5
>>>      ClientRetryDelayMilliSecs 2000
>>>
>>>      StorageSpace /pvfs2-storage-space
>>>      LogFile /tmp/pvfs2-server.log
>>> </Defaults>
>>>
>>> <Aliases>
>>>      Alias 172-22-9-126.lwapp.clemson.edu tcp:// 
>>> 172-22-9-126.lwapp.clemson.edu:3334
>>> </Aliases>
>>>
>>> <Filesystem>
>>>      Name pvfs2-fs
>>>      ID 43450330
>>>      RootHandle 1048576
>>>      <MetaHandleRanges>
>>>              Range 172-22-9-126.lwapp.clemson.edu  
>>> 3-4611686018427387904
>>>      </MetaHandleRanges>
>>>      <DataHandleRanges>
>>>              Range 172-22-9-126.lwapp.clemson.edu  
>>> 4611686018427387905-9223372036854775806
>>>      </DataHandleRanges>
>>>      <StorageHints>
>>>              TroveSyncMeta yes
>>>              TroveSyncData no
>>>      </StorageHints>
>>> </Filesystem>
>>>
>>> and for reference:
>>>
>>> sh-3.2# hostname
>>> 172-22-9-126.lwapp.clemson.edu
>>>
>>>
>>> Should I have dropped the domain name when I created the config  
>>> file? The install instructions don't say anything about that.
>>>
>>> Walt
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