The -a options refers to the alias assigned in your pvfs2-fs.conf. Example:
<Aliases>
Alias pvfs001 tcp://pvfs001-myri0:3334
</Aliases>
The -a option refers to pvfs001 in the above example.
Hope this helps!
Becky
On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 8:08 AM, Dimokritos Stamatakis
<[email protected]>wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I have a problem while trying to run pvfs2 on a eucalyptus cloud.
> We have tested it to physical machines and it works perfectly, but when we
> move to the cloud there is a bind failure message. I try to run the I/O
> server with this command:
> pvfs2-server /etc/pvfs2-fs.conf -d -a 10.10.8.2
> and I get these messages
>
> [S 01/23 12:45] PVFS2 Server on node 10.10.8.2 version 2.8.1 starting...
> LINE 1777 per-collection enviroment!!
> Using cache style shm //pvfs2-storage-space/1375f222/
> [E 01/23 12:45] (null): can't bind socket to listening address: Cannot
> assign requested address
> LINE 1777 per-collection enviroment!!
> [E 01/23 12:45] Error adding handle range
> 3-4611686018427387904,4611686018427387905-9223372036854775806 to filesystem
> pvfs2-fs
> [E 01/23 12:45] Error: Could not initialize server interfaces; aborting.
> [E 01/23 12:45] Error: Could not initialize server; aborting.
> Segmentation fault
>
> It says it cannot bind socket to listening address... I have tested many
> applications before and they can bind normally to this private address
> (10.10.8.2) .
> So what is an explanation you can guess??
>
> I leave the default parameters at the configuration file, except the I/O
> hostname and metadata hostname where I put 10.10.8.2.
>
> Many thanks,
> Dimos.
>
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Becky Ligon
OrangeFS Support and Development
Omnibond Systems
Anderson, South Carolina
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