Re: Volume questions

From: Brian Osborne <no email>
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 11:44:26 -0500

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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