I think this is it - this was a stateless image and /var/ was initially part of tmpfs...anyway i am 99% certain that this was the issue. when i get a chance to boot these again with stateless image i will report back.
thanks all for your help. damir On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 2:20 PM Sven Oehme <[email protected]> wrote: > I have seen this with a read-only or full /var/ filesystem before. Could that > be the case ? > > > Sent from IBM Verse > > > > [email protected] --- Re: [gpfsug-discuss] weird issue when > issuing mm commands --- > > From:"" <[email protected]>To:"gpfsug main discussion list" < > [email protected]>Date:Tue, Jan 12, 2016 12:17 PMSubject:Re: > [gpfsug-discuss] weird issue when issuing mm commands > ------------------------------ > > In the message dated: Tue, 12 Jan 2016 11:24:18 -0800, > The pithy ruminations from Yuri L Volobuev on > <Re: [gpfsug-discuss] weird issue when issuing mm commands> were: > => > => GPFS code determines the current OS by looking at the output of "uname > -s". > => On a regular Linux node, this command returns "Linux", so check whether > you > > I saw the same issue on several Scientific Linux release 6.7 machines last > week. > > These machines have been GPFS clients since ~ SL 6.3 & GPFS 3.5.9 > (~3 years). This error never happened previously. > > Various 'mm*' commands were returning the "Unknown OS" error. Note that > there was no OS named at the end of the error message, as if $osName > was not defined in /usr/lpp/mmfs/bin/mmglobfuncs. > > The 'uname -s' command on these nodes does return "Linux" both locally > and remotely via an ssh connection from a GPFS manager node. > > Updating OS distribution packages & rebooting the nodes & rebuilding the > kernel-specific gpfs.gplbin packge resolved the problem, so I'm not sure > of the exact cause. > > Mark > > => see the same, when the command is run locally on the node and through an > => ssh session. Since mmaddnode has to do some remote processing, make sure > => ssh works as expected, in particular in the locale setting area. > => > => yuri > => > => > => > => From: Damir Krstic <[email protected]> > => To: [email protected], > => Date: 01/12/2016 06:16 AM > => Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] weird issue when issuing mm commands > => Sent by: [email protected] > => > => > => > => I have just deployed a GPU node in our HPC environment and I am having > => couple of weird issues when trying to add it to our GPFS cluster. > mmaddnode > => command from NSD server returns with: unknown os > => > => mmgetstate on the node itself returns with unknown os > => > => I think I've traced it down to locale issue but reinstalling > glibc-common > => and making sure that /etc/sysconfig/i18n files are in place and OK does > not > => seem to fix the issue. This is on RedHat 6.6 > => > => Any help is appreciated. > => > => Thanks, > => Damir_______________________________________________ > => gpfsug-discuss mailing list > => gpfsug-discuss at spectrumscale.org > => http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss > => > => > >>> image/gif attachment, name=graycol.gif > => _______________________________________________ > => gpfsug-discuss mailing list > => gpfsug-discuss at spectrumscale.org > => http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss > => > -- > Mark Bergman Biker, Rock Climber, SCUBA Diver, Unix mechanic, IATSE #1 > Stagehand > '94 Yamaha GTS1000A^2 > [email protected] > > http://wwwkeys.pgp.net:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=bergman%40panix.com > > I want a newsgroup with a infinite S/N ratio! Now taking CFV on: > rec.motorcycles.stagehands.pet-bird-owners.pinballers.unix-supporters > 15+ So Far--Want to join? Check out: http://www.panix.com/~bergman > _______________________________________________ > gpfsug-discuss mailing list > gpfsug-discuss at spectrumscale.org > http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > gpfsug-discuss mailing list > gpfsug-discuss at spectrumscale.org > http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss >
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