Hi Taousif, first of all, I think you have to use linux-nfs mailing list instead of ietf one. anyway, check that layout driver is loaded ( lsmod ). Check as well that in /etc/modprobe.d exists a file with folloing line: alias nfs-layouttype4-1 nfs_layout_nfsv41_files Regards, Tigran. On 02/10/2011 01:44 PM, Taousif_Ansari@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hi, > I’m setting up an pNFS, > I’ve installed the pnfs kernel and pnfs-utils. > Following the way given at > _http://wiki.linux-nfs.org/wiki/index.php/Configuring_pNFS/spnfsd#Configuring_the_pNFS_Metadata_Server_ > <http://wiki.linux-nfs.org/wiki/index.php/Configuring_pNFS/spnfsd> > Copied the utils to /usr/sbin > cp utils/exportfs/exportfs /usr/sbin/exportfs > cp utils/mountd/mountd /usr/sbin/rpc.mountd > cp utils/mountd/nfsd /usr/sbin/rpc.nfsd > cp utils/nfsstat/nfsstat /usr/sbin/nfsstat > Configuration – > On data server > I’ve created a directory /export/spnfs > And the /etc/export is like > /export/spnfs > *(rw,sync,fsid=0,insecure,no_subtree_check,pnfs,no_root_suquash) > On Metadata server > I’ve created a directory /export > And the /etc/export is like > /export *(rw,sync,pnfs,fsid=0,insecure,no_subtree_check,no_root_squash) > And copied the spnfs.conf which looks like > [General] > Verbosity = 1 > Stripe-size = 8192 > Dense-striping = 0 > Pipefs-Directory = /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs > DS-Mount-Directory = /spnfs > [DataServers] > NumDS = 1 > DS1_IP = <DS-IP> > DS1_PORT = 2049 > DS1_ROOT = / > DS1_ID = 1 > On client > Inserted the module nfs_layout_nfsv41_files > # modprobe nfs_layout_nfsv41_files > Then mounted the MDS on client > # mount -t nfs4 -o minorversion=1 nfsmds:/ /mnt > In client’s /mnt directory, created a file hello > #cat > hello > Welcome to pNFS. > ^c > On MDS in /export I’m able to see the file and contents also. > But on Data server in directory /export/spnfs/ nothing it is showing. > Thank you, > Taousif > > > _______________________________________________ > nfsv4 mailing list > nfsv4@xxxxxxxx > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/nfsv4 > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
