Hi Peng,
This looks a bit like a hostname resolving issue, since you can ping
the server from everywhere but pvfs2-ping fails from client1 and
client2. It looks like your tabfile has server1 as the hostname.
Are you able to run: host server1 successfully from client1 and client2?
-sam
On Dec 18, 2005, at 7:53 PM, Peng Gu wrote:
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>
--Peng Gu=============================Computer Science
&EngineeringUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln 122A Avery Hall Lincoln,
NE 68588-0115Tel: (402) 417-5529 URL:http://cse.unl.edu/~penggu
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