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From: Herbert Poetzl (herbert_at_13thfloor.at)
Date: Thu 23 Jun 2005 - 15:50:53 BST


On Thu, Jun 23, 2005 at 08:05:53AM -0600, Jon Scottorn wrote:
> Sorry, that was at the end of my day. I can today if you guys are

yes, please do so ...

> there, or through email, which ever works for me.

best,
Herbert

> Thanks,
>
> Herbert Poetzl wrote:
>
> >On Wed, Jun 22, 2005 at 03:55:54PM -0600, Jon Scottorn wrote:
> >
> >
> >>I have now upgraded to VS2.0-rc4 and I still have the same result.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >okay, looks like you're still? awake, so why not
> >join us at #vserver, irc.oftc.net?
> >
> >best,
> >Herbert
> >
> >
> >
> >>I go to start the vserver and it stalls. Again these are the processes
> >>running
> >>
> >>pts/0 S+ 0:00 /bin/bash /usr/local/sbin/vserver monitor start
> >> 5677 pts/0 S+ 0:00 /usr/local/lib/util-vserver/lockfile
> >>/var/lock/vserver.usrlocaletcvserversmonitor.startup
> >>5694 pts/0 D+ 0:00 /usr/local/lib/util-vserver/chroot-cat /etc/mtab
> >>
> >>Here is what is reported in syslog when I start it as well:
> >>
> >>idr_remove called for id=639838 which is not allocated.
> >> [<c01d983f>] sub_remove+0xef/0x100
> >> [<c017edbe>] invalidate_list+0x2e/0xe0
> >> [<c017eec5>] invalidate_inodes+0x55/0x70
> >> [<c01d987f>] idr_remove+0x2f/0xc0
> >> [<c016abc6>] kill_anon_super+0x36/0x50
> >> [<c016a141>] deactivate_super+0x61/0x80
> >> [<c018210c>] sys_umount+0x4c/0xd0
> >> [<c016de1b>] sys_stat64+0x1b/0x40
> >> [<c01821a5>] sys_oldumount+0x15/0x20
> >> [<c0103123>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
> >>
> >>Any ideas on what I can try next to see if this will work?
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>
> >>Jon
> >>
> >>Herbert Poetzl wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>On Wed, Jun 22, 2005 at 07:53:25AM -0600, Jon Scottorn wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>I will do some testing and yes we would really like it to work. Lustre
> >>>>is an awesome cluster filesystem that combined with the vserver software
> >>>>would have cool functionality. basically we cluster the vservers
> >>>>directory between a high end data server and have multiple front ends so
> >>>>that if any of the systems crash we can bring the vservers on that front
> >>>>end up within a couple of minutes of being down.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>sounds good, we are interested too :)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>I will try 2.6.12, but where do I get vs2-rc4? and will it possibily
> >>>>work with 2.6.11.11 kernel?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>yep,
> >>>
> >>>http://vserver.13thfloor.at/Experimental/patch-2.6.11.11-vs2.0-rc4.diff.bz2
> >>>http://www.13thfloor.at/~doener/vserver/patches/patch-2.6.12-vs2.0-rc4.diff
> >>>
> >>>best,
> >>>Herbert
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Thanks,
> >>>>
> >>>>Jon
> >>>>
> >>>>Herbert Poetzl wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>On Tue, Jun 21, 2005 at 04:53:50PM -0600, Jon Scottorn wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>Hello,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I am wondering if the Vserver software works on a Lustre Cluster file
> >>>>>>system. I have setup everything running linux 2.6.11.11 with Vserver
> >>>>>>1.9.5 and latest utils and when I go to start the vserver it stalls with
> >>>>>>no errors, but it never starts. Here are the processes that are running
> >>>>>>at the time:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>4287 pts/0 S+ 0:00 /bin/bash /usr/local/sbin/vserver awstats start
> >>>>>>4297 pts/0 S+ 0:00 /usr/local/lib/util-vserver/lockfile
> >>>>>>/var/lock/vserver.usrlocaletcvserversawstats.startup
> >>>>>>4314 pts/0 D+ 0:00 /usr/local/lib/util-vserver/chroot-cat /etc/mtab
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>To fix it I have to kill these processes and then vserver gives this error:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>/usr/local/lib/util-vserver/vserver.functions: line 653: 4297
> >>>>>>Terminated $_LOCKFILE "$1" $tmp $2 (wd: /vservers)
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Failed to start vserver 'awstats'
> >>>>>>Terminated
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Any ideas?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>first, try with 2.6.12 and vs2.0-rc4+ (tools 0.30.207),
> >>>>>then make some 'basic' tests with the Lustre FS regarding
> >>>>>namespaces, it might be, that it doesn't like them ...
> >>>>>
> >>>>>you can for example create/configure a guest to use chroot
> >>>>>and avoid the namespaces ...
> >>>>>
> >>>>>it is also possible that the networking? part of Lustre
> >>>>>is not able to bypass the chbind security ...
> >>>>>
> >>>>>anyway, if you know lustre details and/or are interested
> >>>>>in making this work, then we can investigate/fix it ...
> >>>>>but it will require some work (mainly testing/setup) on
> >>>>>your side (AFAIK it wasn't tested with lustre yet) ...
> >>>>>
> >>>>>best,
> >>>>>Herbert
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>Thanks in advance.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Jon S
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
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