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List:       gluster-devel
Subject:    [Gluster-devel] Fwd: Change in glusterfs[master]: nlm: use virtual ip of server to connect to client
From:       vbellur () redhat ! com (Vijay Bellur)
Date:       2012-12-18 15:14:48
Message-ID: 50D08598.2060703 () redhat ! com
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On 12/18/2012 07:23 PM, Rajesh Amaravathi wrote:
> Most probably, yes. We will need to test out the actual scenario to confirm it.
> This change makes sure we connect to NLM clients using the virtual IP, so if the
> problems are only with NLM, and virtual IP's, it should work now.
> 
> Regards,
> Rajesh Amaravathi,
> Software Engineer, GlusterFS
> RedHat Inc.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "John Mark Walker" <johnmark at redhat.com>
> > To: gluster-devel at nongnu.org
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 6:47:42 PM
> > Subject: [Gluster-devel] Fwd: Change in glusterfs[master]: nlm: use virtual ip of \
> > server to connect to client 
> > Question: does this change how Glusterfs can be utilized in a
> > virtualized context, including with VMware? My understanding was
> > that the virtual IP handling in VMware had previously presented
> > problems.
> > 


Do we have more details on this problem? This problem manifests only if 
a virtual IP is used for mounting a NFS volume and a blocking fcntl lock 
is invoked from an application on the mount.

The plan is to include this fix in both 3.3.2 and 3.4.0.

Thanks,
Vijay


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