Yes, I can ping the server from both clients with no problem.icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.609 ms Peng On 12/18/05, Rob Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> Can you ping (the regular UNIX utility) from the clients to the server?> This really looks like a TCP routing problem.>> Rob>> Peng Gu wrote:> > Hi Rob,> >> > pvfs2-ping works fine on server1 itself, but failed on both client1 and client2.> > Even using IP address in the /etc/pvfs2tab file does not help.> > The pvfs2 version is 1.3.2, the latest release, from> > ftp://ftp.parl.clemson.edu/pub/pvfs2/pvfs2-1.3.2.tar.gz.> > The detailed information is shown as below.> >> > Peng> >> > From server1, on which PVFS2 works, the results is:> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# pvfs2-ping -m /mnt/pvfs2> >> > (1) Parsing tab file...> >> > (2) Initializing system interface...> >> > (3) Initializing each file system found in tab file: /etc/pvfs2tab...> >> > /mnt/pvfs2: Ok> >> > (4) Searching for /mnt/pvfs2 in pvfstab...> >> > PVFS2 servers: tcp://server1:3334> > Storage name: pvfs2-fs> > Local mount point: /mnt/pvfs2> >> > meta servers:> ! > tcp://server1:3334> >> > data servers:> > tcp://server1:3334> >> > > (5) Verifying that all servers are responding...> >> > meta servers:> > > tcp://server1:3334 Ok> >> > data servers:> > tcp://server1:3334 Ok> >> > > (6) Verifying that fsid 526730110 is acceptable to all servers...> >> > > Ok; all servers understand fs_id 526730110> >> > (7) Verifying that root > handle is owned by one server...> >> > Root handle: 1048576> > Ok; root > handle is owned by exactly one server.> >> > > ============================================================> >> > The PVFS > filesystem at /mnt/pvfs2 appears to be correctly configured.> >> >> > From > client1, with 2.4.20-8 kernel:> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# pvfs2-ping -m > /mnt/pvfs2/> >> > (1) Parsing tab file...> >> > (2) Initializing system > interface...> >> > (3) Initializing each file system found in tab file: > /etc/fstab...> >> > [E 16:05:10.117316] *** msgpairarray_completion_fn: > msgpair failed, no> > retry: No route to host> ! > [E 16:05:10.117445] PINT_server_get_config failed: No route to host> > > /mnt/pvfs2: FAILURE!> > Failure: could not initialize at least one of the > target file systems.> >> >> >> > From client2, with 2.6.5 kernel,> > [EMAIL > PROTECTED] ~]# pvfs2-ping -m /mnt/pvfs2/> > (1) Parsing tab file...> >> > (2) > Initializing system interface...> >> > (3) Initializing each file system > found in tab file: /etc/pvfs2tab...> >> > [E 15:28:40.137400] *** > msgpairarray_completion_fn: msgpair failed, no> > retry: No route to host> > > [E 15:28:40.137529] PINT_server_get_config failed: No route to host> > > /mnt/pvfs2: FAILURE!> > Failure: could not initialize at least one of the > target file systems.> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > I tried both hostname and IP > address, the pvfs2-ping gives the same results.> > For hostname, the content > of the /etc/pvfs2tab file (the same on all> > the three machines) is :> > > tcp://server1:3334/pvfs2-fs /mnt/pvfs2 default,noauto 0 0> >> > For IP > addresses, the content is:! > > tcp://129.93.164.223:3334/pvfs2-fs /mnt/pvfs2 default,noauto 0 0> >> >> >> > > > On 12/17/05, Rob Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> >> Hi,> >>> >> Can you > > "ping" between the various machines using those same names?> >> Does > > pvfs2-ping work with those hostnames? Does it work with IP> >> addresses? > > What version of PVFS2 is this?> >>> >> At least the second error looks like > > a networking problem.> >>> >> Thanks,> >>> >> Rob> >>> >> Peng Gu wrote:> > > >>> When I tried to mount the pvfs2, I got the error: "mount: No route to > > host".> >>> The detailed information is as follows:> >>> I have three Linux > > machines altogether, namely server1, clients1 and client2.> >>> server1 > > serves as both metadata server and I/O server. All the threemachines are > > clients, including the server itself.> >>> The problem is, I managed to > > mount the pvfs file system on the server1, however,I failed on both client1 > > and client2.> >>> The kernels for the three machines:server1: > > 2.6.9-5ELsmp with Fedorac! lient1: 2.4.20-8 with Redhat 9client2: 2.6.9-5ELsmp with Fedora> >>>> >>> On client1, when I type,mount -t pvfs2 pvfs2 /mnt/pvfs2 -o tcp://server1:3334/pvfs2-fs> >>> the outcome is:pvfs2_get_sb -- wait timed out (ec0001). aborting attempt.pvfs2_get_sb: mount failed with 15466497mount: Invalid argument> >>>> >>> On client2, when I type,mount -t pvfs2 tcp://server1:3334/pvfs2-fs /mnt/pvfs2-fs> >>> the outcome is:mount: No route to host.> >>> Any suggestion is appreciated!> >>>> >>> Peng>
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