[StarCluster] Volume questions

[MacMullan, Hugh]

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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