[Lustre-discuss] Lustre installation and configuration problems

[Carlos Santana]

Thanks for the update Sheila. I am using manual for Lustre 1.8 (May-09).

Arden, as per the 1.8 manual:
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Install the kernel, modules and ldiskfs packages.
Use the rpm -ivh command to install the kernel, module and ldiskfs
packages. For example:
$ rpm -ivh kernel-lustre-smp-<ver> \
kernel-ib-<ver> \
lustre-modules-<ver> \
lustre-ldiskfs-<ver>
c. Install the utilities/userspace packages.
Use the rpm -ivh command to install the utilities packages. For example:
$ rpm -ivh lustre-<ver>
d. Install the e2fsprogs package.
Use the rpm -i command to install the e2fsprogs package. For example:
$ rpm -i e2fsprogs-<ver>
If you want to add any optional packages to your Lustre file system, install
them
now.
4. Verify that the boot loader (grub.conf or lilo.conf) has
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I followed the same order.


The lconf and lmc are not available on my system. I am not sure what are
they and when will I need it. I continued to explore other things in lustre
and have created MDS and OST mount points on the same system. I have
installed lustre client on a separate machine and when I tried to mount
lustre MGS on it, I received following error:

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[root at localhost ~]# mount -t lustre 10.0.0.42 at tcp0:/lustre /mnt/lustre
mount.lustre: mount 10.0.0.42 at tcp0:/lustre at /mnt/lustre failed: No such
device
Are the lustre modules loaded?
Check /etc/modprobe.conf and /proc/filesystems
Note 'alias lustre llite' should be removed from modprobe.conf
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The modprobe on client says, 'module lustre not found'. Any clues?

Client: Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.18-92.el5 #1 SMP Tue Jun 10 18:49:47
EDT 2008 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
MDS/OST: Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.18-92.1.17.el5_lustre.1.8.0smp #1
SMP Wed Feb 18 18:40:54 MST 2009 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

Thanks,
CS.



On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 5:16 PM, Arden Wiebe <albert682 at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> Carlos:
>
> I'm not clear on which kernel package you tried to install.  There is
> pretty much a set order to install the packages from my understanding of the
> wording in the manual.  From experience:
>
> rpm -ivh kernel-lustre-smp-2.6.18-92.1.17.el5_lustre.1.8.0.x86_64.rpm
> rpm -ivh lustre-1.8.0-2.6.18_92.1.17.el5_lustre.1.8.0smp.x86_64.rpm
> rpm -ivh lustre-ldiskfs-3.0.8-2.6.18_92.1.17.el5_lustre.1.8.0smp.x86_64.rpm
> rpm -ivh lustre-modules-1.8.0-2.6.18_92.1.17.el5_lustre.1.8.0smp.x86_64.rpm
> rpm -Uvh e2fsprogs-1.40.11.sun1-0redhat.rhel5.x86_64.rpm
>
> Hope that helps as that order has worked for me many times.
>
> Arden
>
>
> --- On Mon, 6/15/09, Carlos Santana <neubyr at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > From: Carlos Santana <neubyr at gmail.com>
> > Subject: [Lustre-discuss] Lustre installation and configuration problems
> > To: lustre-discuss at lists.lustre.org
> > Date: Monday, June 15, 2009, 2:07 PM
> > Hello list,
> >
> > I am struggling to install Lustre 1.8 on a CentOS 5.2 box.
> > I am referring to Lustre manual
> > http://manual.lustre.org/index.php?title=Main_Page
> > and Lustre HowTo http://wiki.lustre.org/index.php/Lustre_Howto
> > guide. Following is the installation order and warning/error
> > messages (if any) associated with it.
> >
> >  - kernel-lustre patch
> >  - luster-module: http://www.heypasteit.com/clip/8UJ
> >
> >  - lustre-ldiskfs http://www.heypasteit.com/clip/8UK
> >
> >
> >  - lustre-utilities
> >  - e2fsprogs: http://www.heypasteit.com/clip/8UL
> >
> >
> > I did not see any test examples under
> > /usr/lib/lustre/examples directory as mentioned in the HowTo
> > document. In fact, I do not have 'examples' dir at
> > all. So I skipped to
> http://wiki.lustre.org/index.php/Lustre_Howto#Using_Supplied_Configuration_Tools
> > section. But I did not have lmc, lconf, and lctl commands
> > either. Any clues on how should I proceed with installation
> > and configuration? Is there any guide for step-by-step
> > installation? Feedback/comments welcome.
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > CS.
> >
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