[StarCluster] Volume questions

[Brian Osborne]

All,

Not sure what the problem was but it disappeared when I manually removed all Starcluster code and re-installed .93. Same config information.

Thanks again,

Brian O.

On Jan 27, 2013, at 9:31 PM, Brian Osborne <bosborne11 at verizon.net> wrote:

> Hugh,
> 
> Just added that, so it looks like (in part):
> 
> [cluster smallcluster]
> # change this to the name of one of the keypair sections defined above
> KEYNAME = ec2
> AVAILABILITY_ZONE = us-east-1d
> 
> Also:
> 
> AWS_REGION_NAME = us-east-1
> 
> And:
> 
> VOLUMES = bio
> 
> And:
> 
> [volume bio]
> VOLUME_ID = vol-2a717454
> MOUNT_PATH = /bio
> 
> Still getting the "ERROR - volume vol-2a717454 does not exist" error (and the volume is "available" at console.aws.amazon.com, in us-east-1d).
> 
> Thanks again,
> 
> Brian O.
> 
> 
> On Jan 27, 2013, at 9:17 PM, "MacMullan, Hugh" <hughmac at wharton.upenn.edu> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Brian:
>> 
>> To be clear: your cluster is running in us-east-1d? Did you specify that with
>> 
>> AVAILABILITY_ZONE = us-east-1d
>> 
>> In the cluster section of your config?
>> 
>> Cheers, Hugh
>> 
>> On Jan 27, 2013, at 8:34 PM, "Brian Osborne" <bosborne11 at verizon.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hugh,
>>> 
>>> Yes, the EBS I'm trying to use is available in us-east-1d and I specify "AWS_REGION_NAME = us-east-1" in my .starcluster/config.
>>> 
>>> Thanks again,
>>> 
>>> Brian O.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Jan 27, 2013, at 4:28 PM, "MacMullan, Hugh" <hughmac at wharton.upenn.edu> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi Brian:
>>>> 
>>>> Is it in the same Availability Zone (us-east-1[abc] as the cluster that is trying to mount it?
>>>> 
>>>> Yes you can use any volume, however created, assuming the OS can mount it (it has a file system, etc)
>>>> 
>>>> That's all I got! :)
>>>> -Hugh
>>>> 
>>>> On Jan 27, 2013, at 3:43 PM, "Brian Osborne" <bosborne11 at verizon.net> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> All,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I've created an EBS in us-east-1d that I can attach, detach, mount and mount on various EC2 instances. I can see that it's "available" in console.aws.amazon.com. But when I try to use it in a cluster I see:
>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Validating cluster template settings...
>>>>> !!! ERROR - volume vol-2a717454 does not exist
>>>>> 
>>>>> Here's some excerpts from my config:
>>>>> 
>>>>> AWS_REGION_NAME = us-east-1
>>>>> 
>>>>> VOLUMES = bio
>>>>> 
>>>>> [volume bio]
>>>>> VOLUME_ID = vol-2a717454
>>>>> MOUNT_PATH = /bio
>>>>> 
>>>>> On the other hand I can use "createvolume". I guess I have 2 questions:
>>>>> 
>>>>> - can I use the EBS I've created by hand?
>>>>> - if not, what's the best way of getting the content of my EBS into the volume I create using "createvolume"?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thank you,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Brian O.
>>>>> 
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