[StarCluster] Error creating volume (version 0.93.1)

[Paolo Di Tommaso]

Dear StarCluster,

Sorry if I'm bothering still with this problem, but it seems that there is a bug with the createvolume command in the latest starcluster version.

Trying to create a new volume with starcluster I get the error below. The same command with an older version works without any problem.

Could you please confirm that this is an issue ?


Cheers,
Paolo



$ starcluster createvolume -n "lab-tools" 1 us-east-1d
StarCluster - (http://web.mit.edu/starcluster) (v. 0.93.1)
Software Tools for Academics and Researchers (STAR)
Please submit bug reports to starcluster at mit.edu<mailto:starcluster at mit.edu>

>>> No keypair specified, picking one from config...
>>> Using keypair: maquito
>>> Creating security group @sc-volumecreator...
>>> No instance in group @sc-volumecreator for zone us-east-1d, launching one now.
Reservation:r-9c1ae9fc
>>> Waiting for volume host to come up... (updating every 30s)
>>> Waiting for all nodes to be in a 'running' state...
1/1 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 100%
>>> Waiting for SSH to come up on all nodes...
1/1 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 100%
>>> Waiting for cluster to come up took 1.313 mins
>>> Checking for required remote commands...
>>> Creating 1GB volume in zone us-east-1d
>>> New volume id: vol-c4fb1da8
>>> Waiting for new volume to become 'available'...
>>> Attaching volume vol-c4fb1da8 to instance i-cb598bae...
>>> Formatting volume...
mke2fs 1.41.14 (22-Dec-2010)

mkfs.ext3: No such file or directory while trying to determine filesystem size

!!! ERROR - command 'mkfs.ext3 -F /dev/sdz' failed with status 1
>>> Leaving volume vol-c4fb1da8 attached to instance i-cb598bae
>>> Not terminating host instance i-cb598bae
*** WARNING - There are still volume hosts running: i-cb598bae
*** WARNING - Run 'starcluster terminate volumecreator' to terminate *all* volume host instances once they're no longer needed
>>> Your new 1GB volume vol-c4fb1da8 has been created successfully
>>> Creating volume took 1.742 mins



On Jan 24, 2012, at 6:10 PM, Paolo Di Tommaso wrote:

Dear all,

When I try to create an new volume using the createvolume command I get the following error:

>>> Formatting volume...
mke2fs 1.41.14 (22-Dec-2010)
mkfs.ext3: No such file or directory while trying to determine filesystem size
!!! ERROR - command 'mkfs.ext3 -F /dev/sdz' failed with status 1


Despite that the command itself does not terminate with an error (below the complete trace).

But when I try to start a cluster instance using that volume, it will not be attached.


Is this a bug or I'm missing something  ?


Thank you,
Paolo






$ starcluster createvolume --tag=lab-soft 10 us-east-1d
StarCluster - (http://web.mit.edu/starcluster) (v. 0.93.1)
Software Tools for Academics and Researchers (STAR)
Please submit bug reports to starcluster at mit.edu<mailto:starcluster at mit.edu>

>>> No keypair specified, picking one from config...
>>> Using keypair: maquito
>>> Creating security group @sc-volumecreator...
>>> No instance in group @sc-volumecreator for zone us-east-1d, launching one now.
Reservation:r-537e6232
>>> Waiting for volume host to come up... (updating every 30s)
>>> Waiting for all nodes to be in a 'running' state...
1/1 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 100%
>>> Waiting for SSH to come up on all nodes...
1/1 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 100%
>>> Waiting for cluster to come up took 1.277 mins
>>> Checking for required remote commands...
>>> Creating 10GB volume in zone us-east-1d
>>> New volume id: vol-afa9a2c2
>>> Waiting for new volume to become 'available'...
>>> Adding volume tag: lab-soft
>>> Attaching volume vol-afa9a2c2 to instance i-1faa407a...
>>> Formatting volume...
mke2fs 1.41.14 (22-Dec-2010)

mkfs.ext3: No such file or directory while trying to determine filesystem size

!!! ERROR - command 'mkfs.ext3 -F /dev/sdz' failed with status 1
>>> Leaving volume vol-afa9a2c2 attached to instance i-1faa407a
>>> Not terminating host instance i-1faa407a
*** WARNING - There are still volume hosts running: i-1faa407a
*** WARNING - Run 'starcluster terminate volumecreator' to terminate *all* volume host instances once they're no longer needed
>>> Your new 10GB volume vol-afa9a2c2 has been created successfully
>>> Creating volume took 1.777 mins






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