[Pvfs2-users] Problem running the PVFS2 Installation Test

[Rob Ross]

Maybe you could send the list your config file? Looks like there might  
be one more bad parameter in there. -- Rob

On Jan 19, 2009, at 9:25 AM, FileSystem Novice wrote:

> Thanks for your feedback, Kyle & Phil.
> Actually I had edited the pvfs2-ping last Friday to find Clone1 at  
> tcp://clone1:3334
>
> But it still seems like there is a problem with pvfs server starting  
> up ... after I start up the server on Clone1 and enter 'ps -ax |  
> grep pvfs', there is no server processing running.
>
> Looking at the log file, it has the following entry :
>
> [D 1/19 10:15] PVFS2 Server version 2.7.1 starting.
> [D 1/19 10:15] Error initializing filesystem pvfs-fs
> [D 1/19 10:15] Error: Could not initialize server interfaces; aborting
> [D 1/19 10:15] Error: Could not initialize server; aborting
> [D 1/19 10:15] dbpf_finalize: Invalid argument
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 7:30 PM, Phil Carns <carns at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
> Also it looks like from your pvfs2-ping output that it is trying to  
> find the server at "tcp://clone2.3334".  From your description I  
> think the server is running on clone1, though.  You might want to  
> check your pvfs2tab file and make sure it has "tcp://clone1:3334" in  
> it (note the change from '.' to ':' as well).
>
> That tabfile entry needs to point to a server on the file system.   
> Most people use the first server (if there is more than one) but any  
> server will do.
>
> If the tab file entry is correct, then check your server  
> configuration file instead and make sure that it only has  
> clone1:3334 in it as well.
>
> -Phil
>
>
> Kyle Schochenmaier wrote:
> This usually is resultant of a server process not starting properly
> and exiting immediately
>
> Please check to see your server processes are indeed still running:
> `ps ax | grep pvfs`
>
> and then check /tmp/pvfs2-server.log  for further details.
>
> Good luck!
>
>
> Kyle Schochenmaier
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 4:42 PM, FileSystem Novice
> <filesysuser at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am new to PVFS [and linux/networking :-) ] ... I could compile the  
> code
> for PVFS2 and set it up as per the first few steps in the document  
> (A Quick
> Start Guide to PVFS2).
>
> As an FYI, I set up the PVFS2 server on a hostname called  
> ''clone1" (which
> is a Ubuntu VM running on my local box) using instructions mentioned  
> in
> Chapter 3.1 and 3.2 and started it.
>
> However once I do the Client Configuration on a different hostname  
> called
> "clone2" (which is also a different Ubuntu VM running on my local  
> box) as
> per Chapter 3.3 and try to Test the Installation as per Chapter 3.4,  
> I get
> the following error while running the following command on "clone2" :
>
> # ./pvfs2-ping -m /mnt/pvfs2
>
> .......
> .......
> (3) Initializing each file system found in tab file: /etc/pvfs2tab ...
>
> PVFS2 Servers: tcp://clone2.3334
> Storage name: pvfs2-fs
> Local mount point: /mnt/pvfs2
> [E 16:33:31.269173] msgpair failed, will retry: Connection refused
> ...............................................................
> ...............................................................
> [E 16:33:31.291384] msgpair failed, will retry: Connection refused
> [E 16:33:31.291811] *** msgpairarray_completion_fn: msgpair to server
> [UNKNOWN] failed: Connection refused
> [E 16:33:41.292067] *** Out of retries.
>
>   /mnt/pvfs2: FAILURE!
>
> Failure: could not initialize at least one of the target file systems.
>
> (4) Searching for /mnt/pvfs2 in pvfstab ...
> [E 16:33:41:294024] Error: /mnt/pvfs2/ resides on a PVFS2 file  
> system that
> has not yet been initialized.
> Failure: could not find filesystem for /mnt/pvfs2 in pvfs2tab /etc/ 
> pvfs2tab
> Entry 0: /mnt/pvfs2
>
>
> Is there something trivial that I am doing wrong ?
> Thanks for your help!
> PVFS Novice
>
>
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