Hi Heiko. Since you have your bricks setup as Distribute, both bricks participate in the file system - if you look at the underlying directories that make up each brick, you will find some files on each server that appear to be under the same directory when mounted by a client. You must have both bricks up to present a valid filesystem. To get the scenario you are describing, you would have to delete and recreate your Gluster volume as Replicated-Distribute, using the arguments "replica 2" in your gluster volume create stanza. James Burnash, Unix Engineering -----Original Message----- From: gluster-users-bounces at gluster.org [mailto:gluster-users-bounces at gluster.org] On Behalf Of Heiko Schr?ter Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 8:26 AM To: gluster-users at gluster.org Subject: [SPAM?] STALE NFS Handle (Transport endpoint is not connected) Importance: Low Hello, the following produces STALE NFS Handle (Transport endpoint is not connected) Scenario: 2 bricks, 1 client Version: 3.1.2 1) Bring gluster system up rd32 ~ # gluster volume info Volume Name: test-volume Type: Distribute Status: Started Number of Bricks: 2 Transport-type: tcp Bricks: Brick1: rd32:/mnt/gluster1 Brick2: rd33:/mnt/gluster1 1a) mount /mnt/gluster on client. 2) Bring bricks down 3) Try to access /mnt/gluster on client: client# ls -la /mnt/gluster ls: cannot access /mnt/gluster: Transport endpoint is not connected 3) Start glusterd on Brick1: client# ls -la /mnt/gluster ls: cannot access /mnt/gluster: Stale NFS file handle 4) Start glusterd on Brick2: client# ls -la /mnt/gluster total 102408 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 58 Mar 14 15:48 . drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Mar 2 10:21 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1 Mar 14 14:36 .version -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 104857600 Mar 14 15:48 willi.dat STALE NFS Handle only vanishs when ALL bricks are up and running, when started as above. This is reproducable. Expected behaviour: Client should never ever see a STALE NFS Handle. i.e If no brick is running -> /mnt/gluster should be just empty. If at least one brick is running -> /mnt/gluster should show the files on that single brick. Thanks and Regards Heiko _______________________________________________ Gluster-users mailing list Gluster-users at gluster.org http://gluster.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users DISCLAIMER: This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this in error, please immediately notify me and permanently delete the original and any copy of any e-mail and any printout thereof. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. NOTICE REGARDING PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY Knight Capital Group may, at its discretion, monitor and review the content of all e-mail communications. http://www.knight.com
