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 > >> > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Vserver mailing list > >>Vserver@list.linux-vserver.org > >>http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver > >> > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ Vserver mailing list Vserver@list.linux-vserver.org http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver