[StarCluster] Error creating volume (version 0.93.1)

Mon Jan 30 11:30:27 EST 2012

Hi Justin, 

Thank you for tip.  I will try it. 

Cheers,
Paolo

On Jan 30, 2012, at 5:21 PM, Justin Riley wrote:

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> Hi Paolo,
> 
> My apologies for the delay, just got back from vacation. You're
> correct there is a bug in the createvolume command in the latest
> version of StarCluster. In the latest Ubuntu AMIs the volume devices
> now show up as /dev/xvd* instead of /dev/sd*.
> 
> I'll try to put out another patch release (0.93.2) by tomorrow. For
> the time being you can get around this by specifying one of the older
> AMIs (see listpublic command). For example, in us-east-1:
> 
> $ starcluster createvolume -i ami-d1c42db8 10 us-east-1c
> 
> This will launch the host instance using the old Ubuntu 9.10
> StarCluster AMI which should work. I'll post an announcement to the
> list when 0.93.2 is ready.
> 
> Hope that helps,
> 
> ~Justin
> 
> 
> On 01/30/2012 10:36 AM, Paolo Di Tommaso wrote:
>> 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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