[Gluster-users] Automounting problems

[Dan Bretherton]

Please can someone help with this problem - I really need to be able
to auto-mount Glusterfs.  I realise there were a lot of separate
issues in my first posting and it would probably be better to
concentrate on one at a time.  So can anyone tell me why this autofs
file line doesn't work?

/data-alt/gorgon  -fstype=glusterfs
:/usr/local/Cluster-Config/etc/glusterfs/gorgon-mount.vol

When I tried this I got the following error in my client log file,
with date and time removed for brevity:

E [glusterfsd.c:394:_get_specfp] glusterfs: error while getting volume
file from server
/usr/local/Cluster-Config/etc/glusterfs/gorgon-mount.vol

Thanks in advance
-Dan Bretherton

On 7 September 2010 13:47:19 UTC+1, Dan Bretherton
<d.a.bretherton at reading.ac.uk> wrote:
> Dear All,
> I would like to mount a GlusterFS volume via autofs, but I have been
> having some problems after following the instructions in the Client
> Installation and Configuration Guide.  I am using GlusterFS version
> 3.0.5.
>
> In my first attempt I tried specifying the path to a volume file, as
> in the example from the Guide.  Here is my autofs file entry.
>
> /data-alt/gorgon  -fstype=glusterfs
> :/usr/local/Cluster-Config/etc/glusterfs/gorgon-mount.vol
>
> When I tried this I got the following error in my client log file,
> with date and time removed for brevity:
>
> E [glusterfsd.c:394:_get_specfp] glusterfs: error while getting volume
> file from server
> /usr/local/Cluster-Config/etc/glusterfs/gorgon-mount.vol
>
> Secondly, I tried pointing at one of the GlusterFS servers, as in
> another example from the Guide.  Here is the line from my autofs file.
>
> /data-alt/gorgon  -fstype=glusterfs  :behemoth.nerc-essc.ac.uk
>
> The server in question has the client volfile in /etc/glusterfs, but
> the client is not able to fetch the file from the server.  Here is the
> error from the client log file.
>
> E [glusterfsd.c:394:_get_specfp] glusterfs: error while getting volume
> file from server behemoth.nerc-essc.ac.uk
>
> Obviously the server needs to be configured in some way to allow
> clients to fetch volfiles from it.  Can somebody explain to me how to
> do this?  I also tried some variations on the same theme, as shown
> below with their corresponding errors.
>
> /data-alt/gorgon  -fstype=glusterfs behemoth:/etc/glusterfs/gorgon-mount.vol
> E [fetch-spec.c:60:fetch_cbk] top: GETSPEC from server returned -1 (No
> such file or directory)
> E [glusterfsd.c:394:_get_specfp] glusterfs: error while getting volume
> file from server behemoth
>
> /data-alt/gorgon  -fstype=glusterfs
> :behemoth:/etc/glusterfs/gorgon-mount.vol
> mount.vol' does not conform to standards.
> E [fetch-spec.c:203:get_shrub] trans: validating translator failed
> lusterfs/gorgon-mount.vol
>
> /data-alt/gorgon  -fstype=glusterfs behemoth:gorgon-mount
> W [socket.c:1468:socket_init] trans: disabling non-blocking IO
> W [socket.c:1468:socket_init] trans: disabling non-blocking IO
> E [fetch-spec.c:60:fetch_cbk] top: GETSPEC from server returned -1 (No
> such file or directory)
> E [glusterfsd.c:394:_get_specfp] glusterfs: error while getting volume
> file from server behemoth
>
> The last of these was an attempt to mimic how I mount the volume
> exported by my Gluster Storage Platform cluster.  Unfortunately  I
> can't automount that either, even though the client does manage to
> fetch the volfile from the Plaform cluster head node.  When I try to
> automount the directorythe mount process just hangs.  Here is my
> autofs file entry associated with this separate problem.
>
> /data-alt/bdan  -fstype=glusterfs bdan0:bdan-tcp
>
> The volfile is successfully fetched from the server and echoed to the
> client log file, but then nothing happens.  I would appreciate any
> suggestions relating to both these problems.
>
> Regards,
> Dan B.
>
>
> /data-alt/gorgon  -fstype=glusterfs bdan0:bdan-tcp
>
> --
> Mr. D.A. Bretherton
> Reading e-Science Centre
> Environmental Systems Science Centre
> Harry Pitt Building
> 3 Earley Gate
> University of Reading
> Reading, RG6 6AL
> UK
>
> Tel. +44 118 378 7722
> Fax: +44 118 378 6413
>



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Mr. D.A. Bretherton
Reading e-Science Centre
Environmental Systems Science Centre
Harry Pitt Building
3 Earley Gate
University of Reading
Reading, RG6 6AL
UK

Tel. +44 118 378 7722
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