So the test you mentioned from vcld -setup works with out any issue. The I grep the log and the here are a couple lines from the log:
2014-03-06 12:07:59|12867|75207:75207|timeout|utils.pm:is_inblockrequest(5793)|zero rows were returned from database select 2014-03-06 12:08:03|12905|75274:75274|reload|utils.pm:is_inblockrequest(5793)|zero rows were returned from database select The last couple of hours have been like that and I have been creating new blocks in order to test the functionality. After submitting the new block allocation it immediately goes to a failed state. Norvin [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> On Mar 6, 2014, at 11:02 AM, Josh Thompson <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Norvin, vcld picks up Block Allocations up to 6 hours before the start time of the allocation to process it (assign nodes and create reload reservations for those nodes). So, you should see entries in your vcld.log file showing that it picked up the allocation to process it. Run grep blockrequest /var/log/vcld.log on your management node to see entries about it processing Block Allocations. If everything goes correctly, you should see a line like: 2014-03-06 03:00:58|30756|530||blockrequest|blockrequest.pm:process|208| success blockTimes id 11695 processed and allocated 8 nodes |30756|530||blockrequest|blockrequest.pm:process|208| status= success Also, there is a way to test that things are configured correctly for vcld to be able to process them. vcld actually connects to the web frontend via the XML RPC API to process Block Allocations. To test that things are configured correctly, run /usr/local/vcl/bin/vcld -setup Then, choose option 1 (VCL Base Module), then option 3 (Test RPC-XML Access) Josh On Thursday, March 06, 2014 3:08:09 PM Basilio, Norvin wrote: Hello everyone, I’m having a problem with block request in our vcl 2.3 environment. This was previously working but stopped at some point. I’m a little lost as to where to start troubleshooting this issue as its not showing me a failure in the vcld.log file. Its basically not able to correctly reserve the computers. Thus when the time comes to use the reservation the users are not allowed to create a reservation for the image as they are all reserved for the Block which was not correctly processed. When i look at the Block Allocation page I see “Next Start Time” in red. When I click the red link I see that all the machines are failed. Can anyone help me with a starting point on troubleshooting this issue. Norvin Basilio [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> - -- - ------------------------------- Josh Thompson VCL Developer North Carolina State University my GPG/PGP key can be found at pgp.mit.edu<http://pgp.mit.edu> All electronic mail messages in connection with State business which are sent to or received by this account are subject to the NC Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlMYnCYACgkQV/LQcNdtPQNCWwCfZGc2VfmRvZvlCx9DXWWK9dRX HzsAnRgA+WAD37muQMvxOR0kCj3Ki637 =R2uf -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
