<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">When you say install the associated kernel do you mean patching the kernel like below<div class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">sudo /sbin/new-kernel-pkg --package kernel --mkinitrd&nbsp; --dracut --depmod --install&nbsp;</span>2.6.32-573.12.1.el6_lustre.x86_64</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">I have already done rpm -ivh kernel-</span>2.6.32-573.12.1.el6_lustre.x86_64.rpm</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><br class=""></div><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jun 22, 2016, at 2:51 PM, Patrick Farrell &lt;<a href="mailto:paf@cray.com" class="">paf@cray.com</a>&gt; wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
  
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    The kernel version is found with uname -r or cat /proc/version.<br class="">
    <br class="">
    That needs to match the kernel version in the Lustre RPMs.&nbsp; (The
    version string is the 2.6.32-573.12.1.el6_lustre) part.<br class="">
    <br class="">
    In fact, it looks like you've got Lustre server RPMs, given the
    _lustre in the name of the kernel.&nbsp; That means you need to install
    the associated kernel.<br class="">
    <br class="">
    - Patrick<br class="">
    <br class="">
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 06/22/2016 01:43 PM, Sangeetha
      Banavathi Srinivasa wrote:<br class="">
    </div>
    <blockquote cite="mid:7110EC3C-9C01-4F1C-8ADE-E4D2D4AEBB3E@vt.edu" type="cite" class="">
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      Patrick,
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      <div class="">The CentOS version on the machines is 6.8</div>
      <div class="">
        <div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal;
          font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=""><br class="">
          </span></div>
        <div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal;
          font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>[lustre@hulk2
            ~]$ cat /etc/redhat-release&nbsp;</span></div>
        <div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal;
          font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>CentOS
            release 6.8 (Final)</span></div>
        <div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal;
          font-family: Menlo;" class=""><br class="">
        </div>
      </div>
      <div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal;
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        <div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><br class="">
        </div>
        <div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class="">The
          kernel version that I have installed is what I found along
          with the lustre RPMs</div>
        <div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class="">[lustre@amaranth3
          ~]$ uname -r</div>
        <div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class="">2.6.32-573.12.1.el6_lustre.x86_64</span></div>
        <div class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures:
            no-common-ligatures" class=""><br class="">
          </span></div>
        <div class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures:
            no-common-ligatures" class=""><br class="">
          </span></div>
        <div class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures:
            no-common-ligatures" class="">And I am trying to install
            lustre 2.8.</span></div>
        <div class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures:
            no-common-ligatures" class=""><br class="">
          </span></div>
        <div class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures:
            no-common-ligatures" class="">Should the CentOS release
            version be 2.7??</span></div>
        <div class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures:
            no-common-ligatures" class=""><br class="">
          </span></div>
        <div class=""><br class="">
        </div>
      </div>
      <div class=""><br class="">
        <div class="">
          <blockquote type="cite" class="">
            <div class="">On Jun 22, 2016, at 2:17 PM, Patrick Farrell
              &lt;<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:paf@cray.com" class="">paf@cray.com</a>&gt; wrote:</div>
            <br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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              <div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" class=""> Well, it
                says to check dmesg...&nbsp; Though that will just list the
                symbols.&nbsp; In general, this usually means you've got a
                mismatch between the version of the kernel (or OFED)
                Lustre is built against and your version of either the
                kernel or OFED.&nbsp; Given the number and locations of the
                mismatches, I'm guessing it's the kernel.<br class="">
                <br class="">
                So, compare your kernel version and your Lustre RPMs.<br class="">
                <br class="">
                Regards,<br class="">
                - Patrick<br class="">
                <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 06/22/2016 12:47 PM,
                  Sangeetha Banavathi Srinivasa wrote:<br class="">
                </div>
                <blockquote cite="mid:AFFCF292-0A36-4024-9F67-E77A152487FE@vt.edu" type="cite" class=""> When I try modprobe lustre, I
                  see the below errors:
                  <div class="">
                    <div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px;
                      line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures:
                        no-common-ligatures" class="">[</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:
                        no-common-ligatures; color: #afad24" class=""><b class="">05:44:03</b></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:
                        no-common-ligatures" class="">] </span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:
                        no-common-ligatures; color: #34bd26" class=""><b class="">root@hulk2</b></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:
                        no-common-ligatures; color: #5330e1" class=""><b class=""> lustre #</b></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:
                        no-common-ligatures" class=""> modprobe lustre</span></div>
                    <div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px;
                      line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures:
                        no-common-ligatures" class="">WARNING: Error
                        inserting obdclass
                        (/lib/modules/2.6.32-573.12.1.el6_lustre.x86_64/extra/kernel/fs/lustre/obdclass.ko):

                        Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter
                        (see dmesg)</span></div>
                    <div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px;
                      line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures:
                        no-common-ligatures" class="">WARNING: Error
                        inserting ptlrpc
                        (/lib/modules/2.6.32-573.12.1.el6_lustre.x86_64/extra/kernel/fs/lustre/ptlrpc.ko):

                        Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter
                        (see dmesg)</span></div>
                    <div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px;
                      line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures:
                        no-common-ligatures" class="">WARNING: Error
                        inserting fld
                        (/lib/modules/2.6.32-573.12.1.el6_lustre.x86_64/extra/kernel/fs/lustre/fld.ko):

                        Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter
                        (see dmesg)</span></div>
                    <div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px;
                      line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures:
                        no-common-ligatures" class="">WARNING: Error
                        inserting lmv
                        (/lib/modules/2.6.32-573.12.1.el6_lustre.x86_64/extra/kernel/fs/lustre/lmv.ko):

                        Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter
                        (see dmesg)</span></div>
                    <div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px;
                      line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures:
                        no-common-ligatures" class="">WARNING: Error
                        inserting fid
                        (/lib/modules/2.6.32-573.12.1.el6_lustre.x86_64/extra/kernel/fs/lustre/fid.ko):

                        Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter
                        (see dmesg)</span></div>
                    <div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px;
                      line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures:
                        no-common-ligatures" class="">WARNING: Error
                        inserting mdc
                        (/lib/modules/2.6.32-573.12.1.el6_lustre.x86_64/extra/kernel/fs/lustre/mdc.ko):

                        Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter
                        (see dmesg)</span></div>
                    <div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px;
                      line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures:
                        no-common-ligatures" class="">WARNING: Error
                        inserting lov
                        (/lib/modules/2.6.32-573.12.1.el6_lustre.x86_64/extra/kernel/fs/lustre/lov.ko):

                        Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter
                        (see dmesg)</span></div>
                    <div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px;
                      line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures:
                        no-common-ligatures" class="">FATAL: Error
                        inserting lustre
                        (/lib/modules/2.6.32-573.12.1.el6_lustre.x86_64/extra/kernel/fs/lustre/lustre.ko):

                        Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter
                        (see dmesg)</span></div>
                    <div class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures:
                        no-common-ligatures" class=""><br class="">
                      </span></div>
                    <div style="" class="">
                      <blockquote type="cite" class="">
                        <div class="">On Jun 22, 2016, at 1:44 PM,
                          Sangeetha Banavathi Srinivasa &lt;<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:bsangee@vt.edu" class="">bsangee@vt.edu</a>&gt;

                          wrote:</div>
                        <br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
                        <div class="">
                          <div style="word-wrap: break-word;
                            -webkit-nbsp-mode: space;
                            -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi,
                            <div class=""><br class="">
                            </div>
                            <div class="">Below are the steps I executed
                              in configuring MDS.</div>
                            <div class=""><br class="">
                            </div>
                            <div class="">1.&nbsp;<span style="color: rgb(6,
                                8, 8); font-family: Courier; font-size:
                                8pt; font-weight: 700;" class="">mkfs.lustre
                                --fsname lustre --mdt --mgs
                                /dev/vg00/mdt</span></div>
                            <div class="page" title="Page 12">
                              <div class="section">
                                <div class="layoutArea">
                                  <div class="column"><p class=""><span style="font-size:
                                        8.000000pt; font-family:
                                        'Courier'; font-weight: 700;
                                        color: rgb(2.460608%, 3.152672%,
                                        3.229536%)" class="">2.&nbsp;</span><span style="color: rgb(6, 8, 8);
                                        font-family: Courier; font-size:
                                        8pt; font-weight: 700;" class="">mkdir

                                        /mdt</span></p>
                                    <div class="page" title="Page 13">
                                      <div class="section">
                                        <div class="layoutArea">
                                          <div class="column"><p class=""><span style="font-size:
                                                8.000000pt; font-family:
                                                'Courier'; font-weight:
                                                700; color:
                                                rgb(2.460608%,
                                                3.152672%, 3.229536%)" class="">3.&nbsp;</span><span style="color: rgb(6, 8,
                                                8); font-family:
                                                Courier; font-size: 8pt;
                                                font-weight: 700;" class="">mount -t lustre
                                                /dev/vg00/mdt /mdt</span></p>
                                            <div class="page" title="Page 13">
                                              <div class="section">
                                                <div class="layoutArea">
                                                  <div class="column"><p class=""><font class="" color="#060808">I
                                                        see the below
                                                        error after step
                                                        3:</font></p>
                                                    <div class="">
                                                      <div style="margin:
                                                        0px; font-size:
                                                        11px;
                                                        line-height:
                                                        normal;
                                                        font-family:
                                                        Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures:

no-common-ligatures" class="">mount.lustre: mount /dev/mapper/vg00-mdt1
                                                          at /mdt
                                                          failed: No
                                                          such device</span></div>
                                                      <div style="margin:
                                                        0px; font-size:
                                                        11px;
                                                        line-height:
                                                        normal;
                                                        font-family:
                                                        Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures:

no-common-ligatures" class="">Are the lustre modules loaded?</span></div>
                                                      <div style="margin:
                                                        0px; font-size:
                                                        11px;
                                                        line-height:
                                                        normal;
                                                        font-family:
                                                        Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures:

no-common-ligatures" class="">Check /etc/modprobe.conf and
                                                          /proc/filesystems</span></div>
                                                      <div style="margin:
                                                        0px; font-size:
                                                        11px;
                                                        line-height:
                                                        normal;
                                                        font-family:
                                                        Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures:

no-common-ligatures" class="">[root@amaranth3 lustre]#&nbsp;</span></div>
                                                    </div>
                                                    <div class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures:

no-common-ligatures" class=""><br class="">
                                                      </span></div>
                                                    <div class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures:

no-common-ligatures" class=""><br class="">
                                                      </span></div>
                                                    <div class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures:

no-common-ligatures" class="">I tried modprobe lustre and retried
                                                        mounting but it
                                                        resulted in the
                                                        same error. &nbsp;Any
                                                        help will be
                                                        appreciated.</span></div>
                                                    <div class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures:

no-common-ligatures" class=""><br class="">
                                                      </span></div>
                                                    <div class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures:

no-common-ligatures" class=""><br class="">
                                                      </span></div>
                                                    <div class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures:

no-common-ligatures" class="">For your info, the lustre modules that I
                                                        have installed
                                                        are:</span></div>
                                                    <div style="margin:
                                                      0px; font-size:
                                                      11px; line-height:
                                                      normal;
                                                      font-family:
                                                      Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures:

no-common-ligatures" class="">[root@amaranth3 lustre]# rpm -qa |grep
                                                        lustre</span></div>
                                                    <div style="margin:
                                                      0px; font-size:
                                                      11px; line-height:
                                                      normal;
                                                      font-family:
                                                      Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures:

no-common-ligatures" class="">lustre-osd-ldiskfs-mount-2.8.0-2.6.32_573.12.1.el6_lustre.x86_64.x86_64</span></div>
                                                    <div style="margin:
                                                      0px; font-size:
                                                      11px; line-height:
                                                      normal;
                                                      font-family:
                                                      Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures:

no-common-ligatures" class="">lustre-tests-2.8.0-2.6.32_573.12.1.el6_lustre.x86_64.x86_64</span></div>
                                                    <div style="margin:
                                                      0px; font-size:
                                                      11px; line-height:
                                                      normal;
                                                      font-family:
                                                      Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures:

no-common-ligatures" class="">lustre-modules-2.8.0-2.6.32_573.12.1.el6_lustre.x86_64.x86_64</span></div>
                                                    <div style="margin:
                                                      0px; font-size:
                                                      11px; line-height:
                                                      normal;
                                                      font-family:
                                                      Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures:

no-common-ligatures" class="">lustre-osd-ldiskfs-2.8.0-2.6.32_573.12.1.el6_lustre.x86_64.x86_64</span></div>
                                                    <div style="margin:
                                                      0px; font-size:
                                                      11px; line-height:
                                                      normal;
                                                      font-family:
                                                      Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures:

no-common-ligatures" class="">lustre-iokit-2.8.0-2.6.32_573.12.1.el6_lustre.x86_64.x86_64</span></div>
                                                    <div style="margin:
                                                      0px; font-size:
                                                      11px; line-height:
                                                      normal;
                                                      font-family:
                                                      Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures:

no-common-ligatures" class="">kernel-2.6.32-573.12.1.el6_lustre.x86_64</span></div>
                                                    <div class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures:

no-common-ligatures" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo;
                                                          font-size:
                                                          11px;" class="">lustre-2.8.0-2.6.32_573.12.1.el6_lustre.x86_64.x86_64</span></span></div>
                                                    <div class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures:

no-common-ligatures" class=""><br class="">
                                                      </span></div>
                                                    <div style="margin:
                                                      0px; font-size:
                                                      11px; line-height:
                                                      normal;
                                                      font-family:
                                                      Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures:

no-common-ligatures" class="">[root@amaranth3 lustre]# rpm -qa |grep
                                                        e2fs</span></div>
                                                    <div style="margin:
                                                      0px; font-size:
                                                      11px; line-height:
                                                      normal;
                                                      font-family:
                                                      Menlo;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures:

no-common-ligatures" class="">e2fsprogs-libs-1.42.13.wc5-7.el6.x86_64</span></div>
                                                    <div class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures:

no-common-ligatures" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo;
                                                          font-size:
                                                          11px;" class="">e2fsprogs-1.42.13.wc5-7.el6.x86_64</span></span></div>
                                                    <div class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures:

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                                                        libss</span></div>
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no-common-ligatures" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo;
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no-common-ligatures" class="">root@amaranth3 lustre]# rpm -qa |grep
                                                        libcom</span></div>
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no-common-ligatures" class="">libcom_err-1.42.13.wc5-7.el6.x86_64</span></div>
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no-common-ligatures" class="">[root@amaranth3 lustre]# uname -a</span></div>
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no-common-ligatures" class="">Linux amaranth3
                                                        2.6.32-573.12.1.el6_lustre.x86_64
                                                        #1 SMP Tue Feb
                                                        23 22:41:09 PST
                                                        2016 x86_64
                                                        x86_64 x86_64
                                                        GNU/Linux</span></div>
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no-common-ligatures" class="">[root@amaranth3 lustre]#&nbsp;</span></div>
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no-common-ligatures" class="">Thanks,</span></div>
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no-common-ligatures" class="">Sangeetha&nbsp;</span></div>
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