This is very strange, can you please describe your systems in more detail?
Kernel version, distribution, etc.?

And has anyone else out here done pvfs2 on VM's?

~Kyle
Kyle Schochenmaier



On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 10:56 AM, FileSystem Novice
<[email protected]> wrote:
> I tried changing both the pvfs2-fs.conf on the server (on clone1) and
> pvfs2tab (on clone2) to both use port 3344, but still get the same error as
> before for the server not being able to startup :
>
> [D 01/19 11:47] PVFS2 Server version 2.7.1 starting.
> [E 01/19 11:47] Error initializing filesystem pvfs2-fs
> [E 01/19 11:47] Error: Could not initialize server interfaces; aborting.
> [E 01/19 11:47] Error: Could not initialize server; aborting.
> [E 01/19 11:47] dbpf_finalize: Invalid argument
>
> Regarding the connection between the 2 virtual machines (clone1 & clone2), I
> can do "ping clone2" from clone1 and vice versa with no problem. Not sure
> where to look next.
>
> On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 11:41 AM, Kyle Schochenmaier <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>>
>> FSN -
>> Looks like your config file is in order.
>> According to your log file however, it seems something is wrong on
>> your server, a config problem with tcp or your port is being used
>> already, maybe you dont have a proper ethernet connection running?
>> Can you try changing the tcp port in your config to something else,
>> 3344 or something?
>> It needs to be changed in the Alias section of the pvfs2.conf file,
>> and then again pvfs2tab
>>
>> See if that works, if not at least we've narrowed it down.
>>
>> ~Kyle
>>
>>
>> Kyle Schochenmaier
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 10:26 AM, FileSystem Novice
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > Rob, here is the config file of the server (pvfs2-fs.conf) :
>> >
>> > <Defaults>
>> >     UnexpectedRequests 50
>> >     EventLogging none
>> >     LogStamp datetime
>> >     BMIModules bmi_tcp
>> >     FlowModules flowproto_multiqueue
>> >     PerfUpdateInterval 1000
>> >     ServerJobBMITimeoutSecs 30
>> >     ServerJobFlowTimeoutSecs 30
>> >     ClientJobBMITimeoutSecs 300
>> >     ClientJobFlowTimeoutSecs 300
>> >     ClientRetryLimit 5
>> >     ClientRetryDelayMilliSecs 2000
>> >
>> >     StorageSpace /pvfs2-storage-space
>> >     LogFile /tmp/pvfs2-server.log
>> > </Defaults>
>> >
>> > <Aliases>
>> >     Alias clone1 tcp://clone1:3334
>> > </Aliases>
>> >
>> > <Filesystem>
>> >     Name pvfs2-fs
>> >     ID 1774738514
>> >     RootHandle 1048576
>> >     <MetaHandleRanges>
>> >         Range clone1 3-4611686018427387904
>> >     </MetaHandleRanges>
>> >     <DataHandleRanges>
>> >         Range clone1 4611686018427387905-9223372036854775806
>> >     </DataHandleRanges>
>> >     <StorageHints>
>> >         TroveSyncMeta yes
>> >         TroveSyncData no
>> >     </StorageHints>
>> > </Filesystem>
>> >
>> > And on the client, the pvf2stab file has the following :
>> >
>> > tcp://clone1:3334/pvfs2-fs /mnt/pvfs2 pvfs2 defaults,noauto 0 0
>> >
>> > Thanks!
>> >
>> >
>> > On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Rob Ross <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Maybe you could send the list your config file? Looks like there might
>> >> be
>> >> one more bad parameter in there. -- Rob
>> >>
>> >> On Jan 19, 2009, at 9:25 AM, FileSystem Novice wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Thanks for your feedback, Kyle & Phil.
>> >>> Actually I had edited the pvfs2-ping last Friday to find Clone1 at
>> >>> tcp://clone1:3334
>> >>>
>> >>> But it still seems like there is a problem with pvfs server starting
>> >>> up
>> >>> ... after I start up the server on Clone1 and enter 'ps -ax | grep
>> >>> pvfs',
>> >>> there is no server processing running.
>> >>>
>> >>> Looking at the log file, it has the following entry :
>> >>>
>> >>> [D 1/19 10:15] PVFS2 Server version 2.7.1 starting.
>> >>> [D 1/19 10:15] Error initializing filesystem pvfs-fs
>> >>> [D 1/19 10:15] Error: Could not initialize server interfaces; aborting
>> >>> [D 1/19 10:15] Error: Could not initialize server; aborting
>> >>> [D 1/19 10:15] dbpf_finalize: Invalid argument
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 7:30 PM, Phil Carns <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >>> Also it looks like from your pvfs2-ping output that it is trying to
>> >>> find
>> >>> the server at "tcp://clone2.3334".  From your description I think the
>> >>> server
>> >>> is running on clone1, though.  You might want to check your pvfs2tab
>> >>> file
>> >>> and make sure it has "tcp://clone1:3334" in it (note the change from
>> >>> '.' to
>> >>> ':' as well).
>> >>>
>> >>> That tabfile entry needs to point to a server on the file system.
>> >>>  Most
>> >>> people use the first server (if there is more than one) but any server
>> >>> will
>> >>> do.
>> >>>
>> >>> If the tab file entry is correct, then check your server configuration
>> >>> file instead and make sure that it only has clone1:3334 in it as well.
>> >>>
>> >>> -Phil
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Kyle Schochenmaier wrote:
>> >>> 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
>> >>>
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