[PVFS2-users] Re: PVFS2 gm setup help...

[Thomas Blum]

Hello,

it looks like the line in your fstab is not correct.

> gm://n1:6/pfvs /pvfshome pvfs2 default,noauto 0 0

I guess it should be:

gm://n1:6/pfvs2-fs /pvfshome pvfs2 default,noauto 0 0

Hope it works then.

Thomas


>
> I have a question about PVFS2 setup that I cannot find in the PVFS2 users
> or developers archives. After compiling pvfs2-1.0.1 for gm interface and
> 2.4 kernel, pvfs2-ping is complaining as follows:
>
>> (1) Parsing tab file...
>>
>> (2) Initializing system interface...
>>
>> (3) Initializing each file system found in tab file: /etc/fstab...
>>
>> Warning:
>>  Cannot retrieve information about pvfstab entry gm://n1:6
>>
>> HINTS: If you're sure that your pvfstab file contains valid information,
>>  please make sure that you are not out of disk space and that you have
>>  write permissions in the current directory or in the /tmp directory
>>
>> PINT_server_get_config failed: No such device
>>    /pvfshome: FAILURE!
>> Failure: could not initialize at least one of the target file systems.
>>
>
> pvfs2-server is running and gm_board_info indicates the server's PID is
> associated with gm port 6. Kernel module is installed.
>
> My server.conf is:
>
> StorageSpace /pvfs
> HostID "gm://n1:6"
>
> My fs.conf is at the bottom of this message
>
> pvfs2-server.log is empty...
>
> The line in /etc/fstab is:
>
> gm://n1:6/pfvs /pvfshome pvfs2 default,noauto 0 0
>
> Is that the correct fstab syntax for 2.4 kernel? Research needs of my
> colleagues will not allow me to upgrade to 2.6 kernel.
>
>
> CP
>
> | Christopher K. Pinnow (ckpinnow at mtu.edu)
> | Computational Science and Engineering
> | Research Institute - Systems Support
> | Michigan Technological University
>
> <Defaults>
> 	UnexpectedRequests 50
> 	LogFile /tmp/pvfs2-server.log
> 	EventLogging none
> 	BMIModules bmi_gm
> 	FlowModules flowproto_multiqueue
> 	PerfUpdateInterval 1000
> </Defaults>
>
> <Aliases>
> 	Alias n1 gm://n1:6
> 	Alias n10 gm://n10:6
> 	Alias n11 gm://n11:6
> 	Alias n12 gm://n12:6
> 	Alias n13 gm://n13:6
> 	Alias n14 gm://n14:6
> 	Alias n15 gm://n15:6
> 	Alias n16 gm://n16:6
> 	Alias n2 gm://n2:6
> 	Alias n3 gm://n3:6
> 	Alias n4 gm://n4:6
> 	Alias n5 gm://n5:6
> 	Alias n6 gm://n6:6
> 	Alias n7 gm://n7:6
> 	Alias n8 gm://n8:6
> 	Alias n9 gm://n9:6
> </Aliases>
>
> <Filesystem>
> 	Name pvfs2-fs
> 	ID 1793708766
> 	RootHandle 1048576
> 	<MetaHandleRanges>
> 		Range n1 4-252645138
> 	</MetaHandleRanges>
> 	<DataHandleRanges>
> 		Range n1 252645139-505290273
> 		Range n10 505290274-757935408
> 		Range n11 757935409-1010580543
> 		Range n12 1010580544-1263225678
> 		Range n13 1263225679-1515870813
> 		Range n14 1515870814-1768515948
> 		Range n15 1768515949-2021161083
> 		Range n16 2021161084-2273806218
> 		Range n2 2273806219-2526451353
> 		Range n3 2526451354-2779096488
> 		Range n4 2779096489-3031741623
> 		Range n5 3031741624-3284386758
> 		Range n6 3284386759-3537031893
> 		Range n7 3537031894-3789677028
> 		Range n8 3789677029-4042322163
> 		Range n9 4042322164-4294967298
> 	</DataHandleRanges>
> 	<StorageHints>
> 		HandleRecycleTimeoutSecs 360
> 		TroveSyncMeta yes
> 		TroveSyncData yes
> 		AttrCacheKeywords datafile_handles,metafile_dist
> 		AttrCacheKeywords dir_ent, symlink_target
> 		AttrCacheSize 4093
> 		AttrCacheMaxNumElems 32768
> 	</StorageHints>
> </Filesystem>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> _______________________________________________
> PVFS2-users mailing list
> PVFS2-users at beowulf-underground.org
> http://www.beowulf-underground.org/mailman/listinfo/pvfs2-users
>
> End of PVFS2-users Digest, Vol 14, Issue 13
> *******************************************
>