Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.
On Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 01:10:13PM +0200, Helmut Wollmersdorfer wrote: > Herbert Poetzl wrote: > >On Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 03:04:10AM +0200, Helmut Wollmersdorfer wrote: > > >>Debian Sarge > >>kernel-patch-vserver 1.9.5.3 > >>util-vserver 0.30.204-5sarge > >>kernel-image-2.6.8+vserver_custom01_i386 > >>drbd0.7-module-2.6.8+vserver_0.7.10-3+custom01_i386 > > >I'd advise to update to 2.0-rc4 and 0.30.207 > >(IIRC, the latter one should be in broken^Wunstable :) > > With utils upgraded, it is the same. > Hopefully I have time tomorrow to build 2.0-rc4. > Or are there working .debs somewhere? > > >>But I would like to have everything belonging to the guest on a > >>DRBD-device, to restart the guest in case of failover on the other node. > > >a single guest, or the /vservers (/var/lib/vservers > >on debian) path? > > Obviously only one guest per DRBD-device makes sense in conjunction with > heartbeat. But for testing^Wtrial /vservers would be enough. > > >should work fine with /dev/drbd0 mounted at /var/lib/vservers > > Thnx, some solutions are so simple;-) > > >but might give 'unexpected' issues on /var/lib/vservers/ha-vser42 > >(the common path for vservers is configured at build time, and > >for debian this is /var/lib/vservers) > > Is there a special reason for hardcoding? well, yes and no .. you have to ask Enrico for details here ... > As a naive user I would expect to configure the /path/to/my/vserver > _per_ vserver. > And newvserver(1) of debian-vservertools says > > | --vsroot location of "/vserver/" directory Required: > > whatever this means ... it's not the only error in this manpage. the newvserver is a debian specific tool, which is not maintained by linux-vserver, so you have to check with the author (Ola) but I guess it's a 'future' option ... > >>After some trial and error I did 'cp -a /etc/vservers' to /ha-vser42, > >>mkdir /ha-vser42/var/<bla>, exchanged /etc/vservers against a symbolic > >>link, changed the symbolic links in .defaults > > >why the heck /etc/vservers? those are the config files, > >and I doubt you want to put those into the drbd? > > Why not. It's a recommended method to keep the config in sync on both > nodes of a cluster. But I can live with scp, rsync etc., if > /etc/vservers does not change often, AND if I know that it changed. well, the symlink probably works fine .. but it sounded more like focusing on the config than on the guests ... > >>cel600:/ha-vser42/etc/vservers/.defaults# vserver -v vs24 build --force > >>-m debootstrap --hostname vs24.nack.at --netdev eth0 --interface > >>192.168.0.27/24 --context 24 -- -d sarge -m > >>http://ftp.at.debian.org/debian/ > >>chattr: Function not implemented while setting flags on > >>/etc/vservers/.defaults/vdirbase/vs24 > >>I: Retrieving debootstrap.invalid_dists_sarge_Release > >>[...] > >>I: Extracting libstdc++5... > >>chroot: cannot run command `mount': Permission denied > > >also make sure that your debootstrap is not > >buggy or some 'special' security is keeping > >you from installing a 'working' debian system > >with debootstrap ... > > I cannot see a difference via 'ls -all' and 'lsattr' between the default > /var/lib/vservers and /dev/drbd0 mounted on it. > Here are the fstab entries: > > /dev/hda7 / ext3 defaults,user_xattr,errors=remount-ro 0 1 > /dev/hda5 none swap sw 0 0 > /dev/hda8 /save ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 > #/dev/drbd0 /var/lib/vservers ext3 rw,user,noauto,user_xattr,errors=rem$ > /dev/drbd0 /var/lib/vservers ext3 rw,user,noauto,errors=remount-ro 0 > 1 > > 'user_xattr' or not does not make a difference. > Maybe I do not understand some basics. > Hints welcome. > > >if those 'unusual' permission denied messages > >(please check the kernel logs for more info) > >remain after updating, please let us know as > >it might be an issue which results from the > >combination of drbd and linux-vserver ... > > Nothing found in the logs. > The only abnormal messages are > > Jun 15 23:16:54 cel600 kernel: limit=19272832 > Jun 15 23:16:54 cel600 kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device > Jun 15 23:16:54 cel600 kernel: drbd0: rw=1, want=19319512, limit=19272832 > [last 2 lines repeat very often] okay, please make sure that you compile the kernel yourself and enable the VSERVER_DEBUG* options in the .config, this will allow us to narrow down the issue by some simple tests (2.0-rc4) when you have a debug setup running, just pay a visit to #vserver and we'll do some testing with you best, Herbert > Maybe 'tar' or 'dump' caused this, as I tried to move a vserver, but I > cannot find out the time of these actions. It does not happen during > 'vserver build'. To be sure I redid a 'mke2fs -j /dev/drbd0', which does > not help. > > >(i.e. we will look into it) > > I cc this to drbd-user, maybe someone has a hint. > > Helmut Wollmersdorfer > ___________________________________________ > >Vserver mailing list > >Vserver at list.linux-vserver.org > >http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver > > _______________________________________________ > Vserver mailing list > Vserver at list.linux-vserver.org > http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver