The target service's index is already in use. (/dev/sdd)
After the above error, and performing --writeconf once, I can repeat these steps (see below) any number of times and any OSS without --writeconf.
This is an effort to mount an OST to a new OSS. I reproduced this issue after simplifying some steps and reproducing the behavior (see below) consistently. I was wondering if anyone could help me to understand this?
[root@OSS-2 opc]# lctl list_nids
10.99.101.18@tcp1
[root@OSS-2 opc]#
[root@OSS-2 opc]# mkfs.lustre --reformat --ost --fsname="testfs" --index="64" --mgsnode "10.99.101.6@tcp1" --mgsnode "10.99.101.7@tcp1" --servicenode "10.99.101.18@tcp1" "/dev/sdd"
Permanent disk data:
Target: testfs:OST0040
Index: 64
Lustre FS: testfs
Mount type: ldiskfs
Flags: 0x1062
(OST first_time update no_primnode )
Persistent mount opts: ,errors=remount-ro
Parameters: mgsnode=10.99.101.6@tcp1:10.99.101.7@tcp1 failover.node=10.99.101.18@tcp1
device size = 51200MB
formatting backing filesystem ldiskfs on /dev/sdd
target name testfs:OST0040
kilobytes 52428800
options -J size=1024 -I 512 -i 69905 -q -O extents,uninit_bg,mmp,dir_nlink,quota,project,huge_file,^fast_commit,flex_bg -G 256 -E resize="4290772992",lazy_journal_init="0",lazy_itable_init="0" -F
mkfs_cmd = mke2fs -j -b 4096 -L testfs:OST0040 -J size=1024 -I 512 -i 69905 -q -O extents,uninit_bg,mmp,dir_nlink,quota,project,huge_file,^fast_commit,flex_bg -G 256 -E resize="4290772992",lazy_journal_init="0",lazy_itable_init="0" -F /dev/sdd 52428800k
Writing CONFIGS/mountdata
[root@OSS-2 opc]# tunefs.lustre --dryrun /dev/sdd
checking for existing Lustre data: found
Read previous values:
Target: testfs-OST0040
Index: 64
Lustre FS: testfs
Mount type: ldiskfs
Flags: 0x1062
(OST first_time update no_primnode )
Persistent mount opts: ,errors=remount-ro
Parameters: mgsnode=10.99.101.6@tcp1:10.99.101.7@tcp1 failover.node=10.99.101.18@tcp1
Permanent disk data:
Target: testfs:OST0040
Index: 64
Lustre FS: testfs
Mount type: ldiskfs
Flags: 0x1062
(OST first_time update no_primnode )
Persistent mount opts: ,errors=remount-ro
Parameters: mgsnode=10.99.101.6@tcp1:10.99.101.7@tcp1 failover.node=10.99.101.18@tcp1
exiting before disk write.
[root@OSS-2 opc]#
[root@OSS-2 opc]# tunefs.lustre --erase-param failover.node --servicenode 10.99.101.18@tcp1 /dev/sdd
checking for existing Lustre data: found
Read previous values:
Target: testfs-OST0040
Index: 64
Lustre FS: testfs
Mount type: ldiskfs
Flags: 0x1062
(OST first_time update no_primnode )
Persistent mount opts: ,errors=remount-ro
Parameters: mgsnode=10.99.101.6@tcp1:10.99.101.7@tcp1 failover.node=10.99.101.18@tcp1
Permanent disk data:
Target: testfs:OST0040
Index: 64
Lustre FS: testfs
Mount type: ldiskfs
Flags: 0x1062
(OST first_time update no_primnode )
Persistent mount opts: ,errors=remount-ro
Parameters: mgsnode=10.99.101.6@tcp1:10.99.101.7@tcp1 failover.node=10.99.101.18@tcp1
Writing CONFIGS/mountdata
[root@OSS-2 opc]# mkdir /testfs-OST0040
[root@OSS-2 opc]# mount -t lustre /dev/sdd /testfs-OST0040
mount.lustre: increased '/sys/devices/platform/host5/session3/target5:0:0/5:0:0:1/block/sdd/queue/max_sectors_kb' from 1024 to 16384
[root@OSS-2 opc]#
[root@OSS-2 opc]# tunefs.lustre --dryrun /dev/sdd
checking for existing Lustre data: found
Read previous values:
Target: testfs-OST0040
Index: 64
Lustre FS: testfs
Mount type: ldiskfs
Flags: 0x1002
(OST no_primnode )
Persistent mount opts: ,errors=remount-ro
Parameters: mgsnode=10.99.101.6@tcp1:10.99.101.7@tcp1 failover.node=10.99.101.18@tcp1
Permanent disk data:
Target: testfs-OST0040
Index: 64
Lustre FS: testfs
Mount type: ldiskfs
Flags: 0x1002
(OST no_primnode )
Persistent mount opts: ,errors=remount-ro
Parameters: mgsnode=10.99.101.6@tcp1:10.99.101.7@tcp1 failover.node=10.99.101.18@tcp1
exiting before disk write.
[root@OSS-2 opc]#
Going over to OSS-3 and trying to mount OST. At this stage OSS-2 is completely powered off.
[root@OSS-3 opc]# lctl list_nids
10.99.101.19@tcp1
[root@OSS-3 opc]#
Parameters looks same as OSS-2
[root@OSS-3 opc]# tunefs.lustre --dryrun /dev/sdd
checking for existing Lustre data: found
Read previous values:
Target: testfs-OST0040
Index: 64
Lustre FS: testfs
Mount type: ldiskfs
Flags: 0x1002
(OST no_primnode )
Persistent mount opts: ,errors=remount-ro
Parameters: mgsnode=10.99.101.6@tcp1:10.99.101.7@tcp1 failover.node=10.99.101.18@tcp1
Permanent disk data:
Target: testfs-OST0040
Index: 64
Lustre FS: testfs
Mount type: ldiskfs
Flags: 0x1002
(OST no_primnode )
Persistent mount opts: ,errors=remount-ro
Parameters: mgsnode=10.99.101.6@tcp1:10.99.101.7@tcp1 failover.node=10.99.101.18@tcp1
exiting before disk write.
[root@OSS-3 opc]#
Changing failover node to current node.
[root@OSS-3 opc]# tunefs.lustre --erase-param failover.node --servicenode 10.99.101.19@tcp1 /dev/sdd
checking for existing Lustre data: found
Read previous values:
Target: testfs-OST0040
Index: 64
Lustre FS: testfs
Mount type: ldiskfs
Flags: 0x1002
(OST no_primnode )
Persistent mount opts: ,errors=remount-ro
Parameters: mgsnode=10.99.101.6@tcp1:10.99.101.7@tcp1 failover.node=10.99.101.18@tcp1
Permanent disk data:
Target: testfs-OST0040
Index: 64
Lustre FS: testfs
Mount type: ldiskfs
Flags: 0x1042
(OST update no_primnode )
Persistent mount opts: ,errors=remount-ro
Parameters: mgsnode=10.99.101.6@tcp1:10.99.101.7@tcp1 failover.node=10.99.101.19@tcp1
[root@OSS-3 opc]# tunefs.lustre --dryrun /dev/sdd
checking for existing Lustre data: found
Read previous values:
Target: testfs-OST0040
Index: 64
Lustre FS: testfs
Mount type: ldiskfs
Flags: 0x1062
(OST first_time update no_primnode )
Persistent mount opts: ,errors=remount-ro
Parameters: mgsnode=10.99.101.6@tcp1:10.99.101.7@tcp1 failover.node=10.99.101.19@tcp1
Permanent disk data:
Target: testfs:OST0040
Index: 64
Lustre FS: testfs
Mount type: ldiskfs
Flags: 0x1062
(OST first_time update no_primnode )
Persistent mount opts: ,errors=remount-ro
Parameters: mgsnode=10.99.101.6@tcp1:10.99.101.7@tcp1 failover.node=10.99.101.19@tcp1
exiting before disk write.
[root@OSS-3 opc]#
[root@OSS-3 opc]# mkdir /testfs-OST0040
[root@OSS-3 opc]# mount -t lustre /dev/sdd /testfs-OST0040
mount.lustre: mount /dev/sdd at /testfs-OST0040 failed: Address already in use
The target service's index is already in use. (/dev/sdd)
[root@OSS-3 opc]#
From here, if I do tunefs.lustre with --writeconf, it works. Once this is done, repeating the above experiment any number of times on any servers works fine as expected without using --writeconf. (FYI Note: --writeconfig is mentioned as a dangerous command)