Did you create the storage space on each system:
server1:pvfs2-server -f fs.conf -a server1

server2:pvfs2-server -f fs.conf -a servers

What happens if you issue pvfs2-ping from either server?

server1:pvfs2-ping -m /mnt/pvfs2

server2:pvfs2-ping -m /mnt/pvfs2


Becky

On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 7:59 AM, Miltiadis Koutsokeras <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> I have a setup of 2 servers sharing their available free space through the
> OrangeFS filesystem. Both servers have the filesystem mounted for client
> use. A user noticed today that sometimes, not always, the files created in
> one
> server are not accessible from the mount point in the other. The servers
> are
> setup so that users have the same uid and gid in both. The problematic
> files are perfectly accessible from the mount point on the localhost. The
> strange thing is that logs of pvfs2-server and pvfs2-client are clear of
> any
> errors on both servers.
>
> My setup in more detail:
>
> 2 servers X86_64 with Debian GNU/Linux unstable (sid), kernel 3.0.0-1-amd64
>
> OrangeFS 2.8.4 build from CVS repository version 141223, using kernel
> module for client access
> pvfs2-server --version:    2.8.4-orangefs-2011-09-08-**141223 (mode:
> aio-threaded)
> pvfs2-client --version:    2.8.4-orangefs-2011-09-08-**141223
>
> Mount command:
> mount -t pvfs2 tcp://`hostname`:3334/pvfs2-fs /mnt/pvfs2
>
> Servers configuration file:
> <Defaults>
>        UnexpectedRequests 50
>        EventLogging none
>        EnableTracing no
>        LogStamp datetime
>        BMIModules bmi_tcp
>        FlowModules flowproto_multiqueue
>        PerfUpdateInterval 1000
>        ServerJobBMITimeoutSecs 30
>        ServerJobFlowTimeoutSecs 30
>        ClientJobBMITimeoutSecs 300
>        ClientJobFlowTimeoutSecs 300
>        ClientRetryLimit 5
>        ClientRetryDelayMilliSecs 2000
>        PrecreateBatchSize 0,32,512,32,32,32,0
>        PrecreateLowThreshold 0,16,256,16,16,16,0
>
>        DataStorageSpace /pvfs2-storage-space
>        MetadataStorageSpace /pvfs2-storage-space
>
>        LogFile /var/log/pvfs2-server.log
> </Defaults>
>
> <Aliases>
>        Alias server1 tcp://server1:3334
>        Alias server2 tcp://server2:3334
> </Aliases>
>
> <Filesystem>
>        Name pvfs2-fs
>        ID 1034394795
>        RootHandle 1048576
>        FileStuffing yes
> <MetaHandleRanges>
>                Range server1 3-2305843009213693953
>                Range server2 2305843009213693954-**4611686018427387904
> </MetaHandleRanges>
> <DataHandleRanges>
>                Range server1 4611686018427387905-**6917529027641081855
>                Range server2 6917529027641081856-**9223372036854775806
> </DataHandleRanges>
> <StorageHints>
>                TroveSyncMeta yes
>                TroveSyncData no
>                TroveMethod alt-aio
> </StorageHints>
> </Filesystem>
>
>
> The problem explained with example command line prompts:
> user@server1:~# some_program_creating_files
> user@server1:~# ls -l /mnt/pvfs2/myfiles
> -rw-r--r-- 1 user group  441975 Oct  3 12:50 file1
> -rw-r--r-- 1 user group  441975 Oct  3 12:51 file2
> -rw-r--r-- 1 user group  400873 Oct  3 12:52 file3
>
> user@server2:~# ls -l /mnt/pvfs2/myfiles
> ls: cannot access  /mnt/pvfs2/myfiles/file1: Input/output error
> ls: cannot access  /mnt/pvfs2/myfiles/file3: Input/output error
>
> ?????????? ? ?      ?           ?            ? file1
> -rw-r--r-- 1 user group  441975 Oct  3 12:51 file2
> ?????????? ? ?      ?           ?            ? file3
>
>
> Thank you in advance fro any replies.
>
> --
> Koutsokeras Miltiadis M.Sc.
> Software Engineer
> Biovista Inc.
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Becky Ligon
OrangeFS Support and Development
Omnibond Systems
Anderson, South Carolina
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