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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Sorry please Ignore me, I have now done a <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>mount -t lustre 143.234.96.46@tcp0:/testfs
/mnt/test<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>and can write to the /mnt/test area.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I thought I would be able to write to the
OST area, apologies<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Iain<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
lustre-discuss-bounces@clusterfs.com
[mailto:lustre-discuss-bounces@clusterfs.com] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Iain Grant<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 26 October 2007 09:42<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">lustre-discuss@clusterfs.com</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Lustre-discuss]
Experienced New User needing help</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Sorry folks I&#8217;m still not getting any life from
this. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I&#8217;ve followed the manual and the following
steps <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Module
options for networking should first be set up in /etc/modprobe.conf, e.g. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<pre><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>&nbsp; # Networking options, see /sys/module/lnet/parameters<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>&nbsp; options lnet networks=tcp<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>&nbsp; # end Lustre modules<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>[<a
href="http://wiki.lustre.org/index.php?title=Mount_Conf&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6"
title="Edit section: Making and starting a filesystem">edit</a>]<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<h3><a name="Making_and_starting_a_filesystem"></a><b><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Making and starting a
filesystem <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h3>

<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>combo
MDT/MGS on my single node' <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<pre><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>mkfs.lustre --fsname=testfs --mdt --mgs /dev/sda1<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>mkdir -p /mnt/test/mdt<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>mount -t lustre /dev/sda1 /mnt/test/mdt<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>cat /proc/fs/lustre/devices<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> &nbsp;&nbsp;0 UP mgs MGS MGS 5<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>&nbsp; 1 UP mgc MGC143.234.96.46@tcp 303242f4-5aa3-5377-4895-90a397d56153 5<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>&nbsp; 2 UP mdt MDS MDS_uuid 3<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>&nbsp; 3 UP lov testfs-mdtlov testfs-mdtlov_UUID 4<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>&nbsp; 4 UP mds testfs-MDT0000 testfs-MDT0000_UUID 3<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>

<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Then I
configured OST on the same node <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<pre><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>mkfs.lustre --fsname=testfs --ost --mgsnode=143.234.96.46@tcp0 /dev/sda2<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>mkdir -p /mnt/test/ost0<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>mount -t lustre /dev/sda2 /mnt/test/ost0<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>when I cd to /mnt/test/ost0 I get<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Not a directory messages ???<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>If&nbsp; I do a df I can see the filesystems mounted.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>When I look at /var/log/messages I can see<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Oct 26 09:33:40 fraggle kernel: Lustre: Filtering OBD
driver; info@clusterfs.com<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Oct 26 09:33:40 fraggle kernel: Lustre:
testfs-OST0000: new disk, initializing<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Oct 26 09:33:41 fraggle kernel: Lustre: OST
testfs-OST0000 now serving dev (testfs-OST0000/01493618-db27-ba73-4d41-6ab062fa5355)
with recovery enabled<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Oct 26 09:33:41 fraggle kernel: Lustre: Server
testfs-OST0000 on device /dev/sdb2 has started<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Oct 26 09:33:43 fraggle kernel: Lustre:
testfs-OST0000: received MDS connection from 0@lo<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Oct 26 09:33:43 fraggle kernel: Lustre: MDS
testfs-MDT0000: testfs-OST0000_UUID now active, resetting orphans<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

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10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>???? This is driving me nuts ???<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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