<b>I try to install the MDT, OSS and client on the same server with Red hat Enterprise 5.3. And I tried to install all the RPMs required:<br></b><br><i>Required Files:<br>Lustre-patched kernel for ext4(MDS/MGS/OSS Only)<br>
kernel-2.6.18-164.11.1.el5_lustre.1.8.3.x86_64-ext4.rpm 17.50 MB<br><br>Backing filesystem kernel module for ext4 (MDS/MGS/OSS Only)<br>lustre-ldiskfs-3.0.9-2.6.18_164.11.1.el5_lustre.1.8.3.x86_64-ext4.rpm 1.15 MB<br><br>
Lustre client modules (Client for unpatched vendor kernel)<br>lustre-client-modules-1.8.3-2.6.18_164.11.1.el5_lustre.1.8.3.x86_64.rpm 14.34 MB<br><br>Backing filesystem kernel module (MDS/MGS/OSS Only)<br>lustre-ldiskfs-3.0.9-2.6.18_164.11.1.el5_lustre.1.8.3.x86_64.rpm 0.93 MB<br>
<br>Lustre userland tools (Client and server for patched Lustre kernel)<br>lustre-1.8.3-2.6.18_164.11.1.el5_lustre.1.8.3.x86_64.rpm 4.49 MB<br><br>Lustre modules for ext4 (Client and Server for Lustre patched kernel)<br>
lustre-modules-1.8.3-2.6.18_164.11.1.el5_lustre.1.8.3.x86_64-ext4.rpm 17.41 MB<br><br>Lustre modules (Client and Server for Lustre patched kernel)<br>lustre-modules-1.8.3-2.6.18_164.11.1.el5_lustre.1.8.3.x86_64.rpm 17.41 MB<br>
<br>Lustre-patched kernel (MDS/MGS/OSS Only)<br>kernel-2.6.18-164.11.1.el5_lustre.1.8.3.x86_64.rpm 17.50 MB<br><br>Backing filesystem creation and repair tools (MDS/MGS/OSS Only)<br>e2fsprogs-1.41.10.sun2-0redhat.rhel5.x86_64.rpm 0.95 MB<br>
<br>Lustre client userland tools (Client for unpatched vendor kernel)<br>lustre-client-1.8.3-2.6.18_164.11.1.el5_lustre.1.8.3.x86_64.rpm 4.49 MB<br><br>Lustre userland tools for ext4 (Client and server for patched Lustre kernel)<br>
lustre-1.8.3-2.6.18_164.11.1.el5_lustre.1.8.3.x86_64-ext4.rpm</i><br><br><b>There are lots of conflict such as </b><br><br><i>[root@localhost Desktop]# rpm -ivh lustre-client-1.8.3-2.6.18_164.11.1.el5_lustre.1.8.3.x86_64.rpm <br>
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]<br> file /usr/bin/lfs from install of lustre-client-1.8.3-2.6.18_164.11.1.el5_lustre.1.8.3.x86_64 conflicts with file from package lustre-1.8.3-2.6.18_164.11.1.el5_lustre.1.8.3.x86_64<br>
file /usr/lib64/liblustre.a from install of lustre-client-1.8.3-2.6.18_164.11.1.el5_lustre.1.8.3.x86_64 conflicts with file from package lustre-1.8.3-2.6.18_164.11.1.el5_lustre.1.8.3.x86_64<br> file /usr/lib64/liblustre.so from install of lustre-client-1.8.3-2.6.18_164.11.1.el5_lustre.1.8.3.x86_64 conflicts with file from package lustre-1.8.3-2.6.18_164.11.1.el5_lustre.1.8.3.x86_64<br>
file /usr/lib64/liblustreapi.a from install of lustre-client-1.8.3-2.6.18_164.11.1.el5_lustre.1.8.3.x86_64 conflicts with file from package lustre-1.8.3-2.6.18_164.11.1.el5_lustre.1.8.3.x86_64<br> file /usr/lib64/libptlctl.a from install of lustre-client-1.8.3-2.6.18_164.11.1.el5_lustre.1.8.3.x86_64 conflicts with file from package lustre-1.8.3-2.6.18_164.11.1.el5_lustre.1.8.3.x86_64<br>
file /usr/sbin/lctl from install of lustre-client-1.8.3-2.6.18_164.11.1.el5_lustre.1.8.3.x86_64 conflicts with file from package lustre-1.8.3-2.6.18_164.11.1.el5_lustre.1.8.3.x86_64<br> file /usr/sbin/loadgen from install of lustre-client-1.8.3-2.6.18_164.11.1.el5_lustre.1.8.3.x86_64 conflicts with file from package lustre-1.8.3-2.6.18_164.11.1.el5_lustre.1.8.3.x86_64</i><br>
<br><b>Then, I kept going according to the "Lustre file system: demo quick start guide", every thing went fine. I can mount both MDT and OSTs, till I came to mount the client with:</b><br><i>[root@localhost Desktop]# mount -t lustre 192.168.5.131@tcp0:/lustre /mnt/lustre<br>
mount.lustre: mount 192.168.5.131@tcp0:/lustre at /mnt/lustre failed: Invalid argument<br>This may have multiple causes.<br>Is 'lustre' the correct filesystem name?<br>Are the mount options correct?<br>Check the syslog for more info.</i><br>
<b><br>So, I check the syslog it shows the message of:</b><br><br><i>Oct 13 17:44:38 localhost kernel: LustreError: 156-2: The client profile 'lustre-client' could not be read from the MGS. Does that filesystem exist?<br>
Oct 13 17:44:38 localhost kernel: LustreError: 6046:0:(obd_mount.c:2045:lustre_fill_super()) Unable to mount (-22)</i><br><br><br>I have check the former question of the list, none of the solution works. Do you guys have any suggestion? Thanks a lot!<br>
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