This usually is resultant of a server process not starting properly and exiting immediately
Please check to see your server processes are indeed still running: `ps ax | grep pvfs` and then check /tmp/pvfs2-server.log for further details. Good luck! Kyle Schochenmaier On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 4:42 PM, FileSystem Novice <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am new to PVFS [and linux/networking :-) ] ... I could compile the code > for PVFS2 and set it up as per the first few steps in the document (A Quick > Start Guide to PVFS2). > > As an FYI, I set up the PVFS2 server on a hostname called ''clone1" (which > is a Ubuntu VM running on my local box) using instructions mentioned in > Chapter 3.1 and 3.2 and started it. > > However once I do the Client Configuration on a different hostname called > "clone2" (which is also a different Ubuntu VM running on my local box) as > per Chapter 3.3 and try to Test the Installation as per Chapter 3.4, I get > the following error while running the following command on "clone2" : > > # ./pvfs2-ping -m /mnt/pvfs2 > > ....... > ....... > (3) Initializing each file system found in tab file: /etc/pvfs2tab ... > > PVFS2 Servers: tcp://clone2.3334 > Storage name: pvfs2-fs > Local mount point: /mnt/pvfs2 > [E 16:33:31.269173] msgpair failed, will retry: Connection refused > ............................................................... > ............................................................... > [E 16:33:31.291384] msgpair failed, will retry: Connection refused > [E 16:33:31.291811] *** msgpairarray_completion_fn: msgpair to server > [UNKNOWN] failed: Connection refused > [E 16:33:41.292067] *** Out of retries. > > /mnt/pvfs2: FAILURE! > > Failure: could not initialize at least one of the target file systems. > > (4) Searching for /mnt/pvfs2 in pvfstab ... > [E 16:33:41:294024] Error: /mnt/pvfs2/ resides on a PVFS2 file system that > has not yet been initialized. > Failure: could not find filesystem for /mnt/pvfs2 in pvfs2tab /etc/pvfs2tab > Entry 0: /mnt/pvfs2 > > > Is there something trivial that I am doing wrong ? > Thanks for your help! > PVFS Novice > > > _______________________________________________ > Pvfs2-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.beowulf-underground.org/mailman/listinfo/pvfs2-users > > _______________________________________________ Pvfs2-users mailing list [email protected] http://www.beowulf-underground.org/mailman/listinfo/pvfs2-users
