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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/03/16 17:50, Venkatesh Gopal
wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:201603111220.u2BCKTWb028088@d03av04.boulder.ibm.com"
type="cite"><font face="Courier New" size="2">I have a Softlayer
Endurance storage volume
and have mounted it using NFS.. </font><br>
<br>
<br>
<font face="Courier New" size="2"> mount -t nfs4 -o hard,intr
hostname.service.softlayer.com:/IBM01SEV330022_1
/mnt/slvol</font><br>
<br>
<font face="Courier New" size="2">[root@mycentostester1 ~]#
gluster volume
create test-volume transport tcp mycentostester1:/mnt/slvol/gvol</font><br>
<br>
<font face="Courier New" size="2">volume create: test-volume:
failed:
Glusterfs is not supported on brick:
mycentostester1:/mnt/slvol/gvol.<br>
Setting extended attributes failed, reason: Operation not
supported.</font><br>
<br>
<font face="Courier New" size="2">[root@mycentostester1 ~]#
gluster volume
create test-volume mycentostester1:/mnt/slvol/gvol</font><br>
<br>
<font face="Courier New" size="2">volume create: test-volume:
failed:
Glusterfs is not supported on brick:
mycentostester1:/mnt/slvol/gvol.<br>
Setting extended attributes failed, reason: Operation not
supported.</font><br>
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<font face="Courier New" size="2">So, can we not create a gluster
volume
on a NFS mount point directory? </font><br>
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Hi Venkatesh,<br>
<br>
One of the requirements for glusterfs volume is that backend need
tot support extended attributes.<br>
The nfs shares does not support xttars.<br>
Is there any specfic reason to use nfs share as brick(glusterfs
server)?<br>
<br>
--<br>
Jiffin <br>
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cite="mid:201603111220.u2BCKTWb028088@d03av04.boulder.ibm.com"
type="cite"><br>
<font face="Courier New" size="2">Venkatesh.</font><br>
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<font face="sans-serif" size="2"><b>___________________________________</b></font><br>
<font face="sans-serif" size="2"><b>Venkatesh Gopal</b></font><br>
<font face="sans-serif" size="2"><b>STSM, dashDB/Puffin
Development,
IBM Analytics</b></font><br>
<font face="sans-serif" size="2"><b>email : <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:gopalv@us.ibm.com">gopalv@us.ibm.com</a></b></font><br>
<font face="sans-serif" size="2"><b>Phone : 913-599-8721 (T/L
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<font face="sans-serif" size="2"><b>Mobile : 913-231-5907</b></font><br>
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