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MasergyTX
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Workspace 1.8 with data-va NFS mount to NetApp Filer

Guys, Having a issue with NFS mount to a NetApp Export. Maybe someone had this issue and was able to get this working.

The permission on the Filer for the Export are, Any Host Read/Write, all host root access.

During the command: ./mount-nfs-store.pl --nfs <nfs_serverhostname>:/directory_to_use>

A error stop the process, the mount is accessible but data-va is not using it!

I can touch the nfs mount without a issue.

Any advice!

Thanks

Francisco

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agawarikar
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The mount script does the following:

1. Add the entry into /etc/fstab

2. (Start the nfs if not already)

3. Add the new volume to data-va

Did you see any errors while running this script?

Can you run this command on data-va node (as zimbra user, login as root and then "su - zimbra")

zmvolume  -l (it should list a new store /opt/zimbra/store<int>)

And that folder should match the entry in the /etc/fstab

Thanks.

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MasergyTX
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I can see the mount on the fstab

fstab_Info.PNG

But dont show if you run zmvolume -l

zmvolume.PNG

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agawarikar
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Then I suggest running the command manually to add the zmvolume.

su - zimbra -c 'zmvolume -a -n store60 -t primaryMessage -p /opt/zimbra/store60 --compress false'

That should probably work.

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MasergyTX
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So, run the command, Error occurred: directory does no exist or is not writable

But I can cp file to it and rm too. Any ideas!error.PNG

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admin
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Could this behavior be caused by a NFS/NetApp filer permissions issue? We get the same behavior here in the GSS lab with the same procedure where we do not have full access to the NFS store.

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MasergyTX
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Here are my setting for that volumeNetApp_Export_Permision.PNG

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MasergyTX
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Try it too adding the ip of the data-va

NetApp_Export_Permision -2.PNG

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MasergyTX
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I open a ticket with NetApp  (Ticket# 2004928757) to verify if there where any other setting for the NFS,  and according to them is wide open. No restriction.

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agawarikar
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The just make sure that /opt/zimbra/store60 is readable/writable/executable by zimbra user.

Run the following commands:

chown zimbra:zimbra /opt/zimbra/store60

chmod ug+rwx /opt/zimbra/store60

And then restart the mailbox (/etc/init.d/zimbra restart)

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MasergyTX
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That it! You are the man! After applying the chown and chmod command and running the

    su - zimbra -c 'zmvolume -a -n store60 -t primaryMessage -p /opt/zimbra/store60 --compress false'

Volume 3 is created

zimbra@data-va:~> zmvolume -l

   Volume id: 1

        name: message1

        type: primaryMessage

        path: /opt/zimbra/store

  compressed: false

     current: true

   Volume id: 2

        name: index1

        type: index

        path: /opt/zimbra/index

  compressed: false

     current: true

   Volume id: 3

        name: store60

        type: primaryMessage

        path: /opt/zimbra/store60

  compressed: false

     current: false

Anything else I need to do? I see that current=False.

Another question, do I need to add this nfs mount to the additional data-va on a ha configuration?

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agawarikar
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You could set it to current using the zmvolume command:

zmvolume

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admin
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My question is why was this neccessary? This is not documented anywhere in the public documentation, is this a know issue, a one off instance for this one customer, or somehting else?

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agawarikar
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admin
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But why was this necessary on a brand new deployment on 1.8?

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agawarikar
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If you want to use an external mount point, then we might have to do it.

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MasergyTX
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i agree this must be better documented on the Administrator and HA. Neither Tech support knew about this! Regarding my last question, if I deploy more Data-va for HA, do I need to add this nfs mount to it? The documentation is not clear about this,

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rtindall
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Could you give the location where that is referenced in the document as I did not come across it

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MasergyTX
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For me, Does command must be already on the script that attach the NFS mount. That why the script fail in the beginning.

Now more things.

Supposedly I need to use the cli to tell the data-va to use the new NFS Mount, Documentation is missing exactly what I need to do and if I have more that one Data-va, do I need to add this nfs mount to the other ones?

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