*I try to install the MDT, OSS and client on the same server with Red hat Enterprise 5.3. And I tried to install all the RPMs required: * *Required Files: Lustre-patched kernel for ext4(MDS/MGS/OSS Only) kernel-2.6.18-164.11.1.el5_lustre.1.8.3.x86_64-ext4.rpm 17.50 MB Backing filesystem kernel module for ext4 (MDS/MGS/OSS Only) lustre-ldiskfs-3.0.9-2.6.18_164.11.1.el5_lustre.1.8.3.x86_64-ext4.rpm 1.15 MB Lustre client modules (Client for unpatched vendor kernel) lustre-client-modules-1.8.3-2.6.18_164.11.1.el5_lustre.1.8.3.x86_64.rpm 14.34 MB Backing filesystem kernel module (MDS/MGS/OSS Only) lustre-ldiskfs-3.0.9-2.6.18_164.11.1.el5_lustre.1.8.3.x86_64.rpm 0.93 MB Lustre userland tools (Client and server for patched Lustre kernel) lustre-1.8.3-2.6.18_164.11.1.el5_lustre.1.8.3.x86_64.rpm 4.49 MB Lustre modules for ext4 (Client and Server for Lustre patched kernel) lustre-modules-1.8.3-2.6.18_164.11.1.el5_lustre.1.8.3.x86_64-ext4.rpm 17.41 MB Lustre modules (Client and Server for Lustre patched kernel) lustre-modules-1.8.3-2.6.18_164.11.1.el5_lustre.1.8.3.x86_64.rpm 17.41 MB Lustre-patched kernel (MDS/MGS/OSS Only) kernel-2.6.18-164.11.1.el5_lustre.1.8.3.x86_64.rpm 17.50 MB Backing filesystem creation and repair tools (MDS/MGS/OSS Only) e2fsprogs-1.41.10.sun2-0redhat.rhel5.x86_64.rpm 0.95 MB Lustre client userland tools (Client for unpatched vendor kernel) lustre-client-1.8.3-2.6.18_164.11.1.el5_lustre.1.8.3.x86_64.rpm 4.49 MB Lustre userland tools for ext4 (Client and server for patched Lustre kernel) lustre-1.8.3-2.6.18_164.11.1.el5_lustre.1.8.3.x86_64-ext4.rpm* *There are lots of conflict such as * *[root at localhost Desktop]# rpm -ivh lustre-client-1.8.3-2.6.18_164.11.1.el5_lustre.1.8.3.x86_64.rpm Preparing... ########################################### [100%] file /usr/bin/lfs from install of lustre-client-1.8.3-2.6.18_164.11.1.el5_lustre.1.8.3.x86_64 conflicts with file from package lustre-1.8.3-2.6.18_164.11.1.el5_lustre.1.8.3.x86_64 file /usr/lib64/liblustre.a from install of lustre-client-1.8.3-2.6.18_164.11.1.el5_lustre.1.8.3.x86_64 conflicts with file from package lustre-1.8.3-2.6.18_164.11.1.el5_lustre.1.8.3.x86_64 file /usr/lib64/liblustre.so from install of lustre-client-1.8.3-2.6.18_164.11.1.el5_lustre.1.8.3.x86_64 conflicts with file from package lustre-1.8.3-2.6.18_164.11.1.el5_lustre.1.8.3.x86_64 file /usr/lib64/liblustreapi.a from install of lustre-client-1.8.3-2.6.18_164.11.1.el5_lustre.1.8.3.x86_64 conflicts with file from package lustre-1.8.3-2.6.18_164.11.1.el5_lustre.1.8.3.x86_64 file /usr/lib64/libptlctl.a from install of lustre-client-1.8.3-2.6.18_164.11.1.el5_lustre.1.8.3.x86_64 conflicts with file from package lustre-1.8.3-2.6.18_164.11.1.el5_lustre.1.8.3.x86_64 file /usr/sbin/lctl from install of lustre-client-1.8.3-2.6.18_164.11.1.el5_lustre.1.8.3.x86_64 conflicts with file from package lustre-1.8.3-2.6.18_164.11.1.el5_lustre.1.8.3.x86_64 file /usr/sbin/loadgen from install of lustre-client-1.8.3-2.6.18_164.11.1.el5_lustre.1.8.3.x86_64 conflicts with file from package lustre-1.8.3-2.6.18_164.11.1.el5_lustre.1.8.3.x86_64* *Then, I kept going according to the "Lustre file system: demo quick start guide", every thing went fine. I can mount both MDT and OSTs, till I came to mount the client with:* *[root at localhost Desktop]# mount -t lustre 192.168.5.131 at tcp0:/lustre /mnt/lustre mount.lustre: mount 192.168.5.131 at tcp0:/lustre at /mnt/lustre failed: Invalid argument This may have multiple causes. Is ''lustre'' the correct filesystem name? Are the mount options correct? Check the syslog for more info.* * So, I check the syslog it shows the message of:* *Oct 13 17:44:38 localhost kernel: LustreError: 156-2: The client profile ''lustre-client'' could not be read from the MGS. Does that filesystem exist? Oct 13 17:44:38 localhost kernel: LustreError: 6046:0:(obd_mount.c:2045:lustre_fill_super()) Unable to mount (-22)* I have check the former question of the list, none of the solution works. Do you guys have any suggestion? Thanks a lot! -- -- Li, Tan PhD Student & Teaching Assistant, Electrical Engineering, Stony Brook University, NY Personal Web Site: https://sites.google.com/site/homepagelitan/Home Email: fanqielee at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.lustre.org/pipermail/lustre-discuss/attachments/20101013/f7d321a2/attachment.html