Ah, yes, we do have failover configured.  Thanks for the explanation.

On Jan 8, 2010, at 11:38 AM, Andreas Dilger wrote:

> On 2010-01-08, at 12:19, John White wrote:
>>      We're getting some weird LustreError entries on a few OSTs in our 
>> cluster but no real disruption of service.  Any ideas what might cause such 
>> things?
>> 
>> n0003: LustreError: 137-5: UUID 'lrc-OST0000_UUID' is not available  for 
>> connect (no target)
>> n0003: LustreError: Skipped 2 previous similar messages
>> n0003: LustreError: 11954:0:(ldlm_lib.c:1863:target_send_reply_msg()) @@@ 
>> processing error (-19)  r...@ffff8102db286000 x1230507/t0 o8-><?>@<?>:0/0 
>> lens 304/0 e 0 to 0 dl 1261726242 ref 1 fl Interpret:/0/0 rc -19/0
>> n0003: LustreError: 11954:0:(ldlm_lib.c:1863:target_send_reply_msg()) 
>> Skipped 3 previous similar messages
>> 
>> 
>> There are no further messages concerning this OST and the FS is still in 
>> production accessing the OST with ease.  Are these clients having a problem 
>> or OSSs?
> 
> 
> Do you have failover configured?  It seems possible that the client is trying 
> the backup OSS, which indeed doesn't have that OST configured, then tries the 
> primary OSS and is successful.
> 
> Unfortunately, the "o8-><?>@<?>" is supposed to say where the "o8" 
> (OST_CONNECT) RPC is being sent, but I suspect the debug message is slightly 
> incorrect (i.e. a minor code bug) because it has no connection from which to 
> get this information.
> 
> Cheers, Andreas
> --
> Andreas Dilger
> Sr. Staff Engineer, Lustre Group
> Sun Microsystems of Canada, Inc.
> 

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