[Gluster-devel] error message=> glusterfs: could not open specfile

Anand Avati avati at zresearch.com
Fri Sep 7 05:13:29 UTC 2007


Paul,
 can you please post your volume spec files and the command line with which
you are trying to start glusterfs?

avati

2007/9/7, Paul Jochum <jochum at alcatel-lucent.com>:
>
> Hi all:
>
>     I am trying out glusterfs 1.3.1 (from the download page), for the
> first time.  It compiled and installed fine.  I am running a simple
> configuration of one client and one brick, using the supplied example
> /etc/glusterfs vol files (just changed the address in the client's vol
> file), and seems to run on the server.  When I try to run it on the
> client, it immediately fails with the message:
> glusterfs: could not open specfile
>
>     On the client's log file, I am seeing:
> 2007-09-06 23:15:04 E [protocol.c:253:gf_block_unserialize_transport]
> trans: EOF from peer (192.168.1.225:6996)
>
>     On the server's log file, I am seeing:
> 2007-09-06 23:14:39 C [tcp.c:81:tcp_disconnect] server: connection
> disconnected
> 2007-09-06 23:14:39 E [server-protocol.c:197:generic_reply] server:
> transport_writev failed
>
>     I can ping, and ssh between the two hosts.  I have disabled iptables
> and ip6tables on the server and client.
>     So, I assume that I am missing something basic here, but don't know
> where to start looking.  Any suggestions?
>
> thanks,
>
> Paul Jochum
>
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