Bug 980847

Summary:	Dist-geo-rep: In case of unknown host, geo rep session create commands gives error ' Unable to get statefile's name' instead of telling unknown host or host not reachable
Product:	[Red Hat Storage] Red Hat Gluster Storage	Reporter:	Rachana Patel <racpatel>
Component:	geo-replication	Assignee:	Avra Sengupta <asengupt>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	amainkar
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	2.1	CC:	aavati, amarts, asengupt, csaba, rhs-bugs, vbhat, vkoppad
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Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
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Last Closed:	2013-09-23 22:38:43 UTC	Type:	Bug
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Description Rachana Patel 2013-07-03 10:52:08 UTC

Description of problem:
Dist-geo-rep:  In case of unknown host, geo rep session create commands gives error ' Unable to get statefile's name' instead of telling unknown host or host not reachable

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
3.4.0.12rhs.beta1-1.el6rhs.x86_64

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.while creating geo rep session give hostname which is not reachable or wrong

[root@hulk ~]# ping -c 2 baratheon.blr.redhat.com
ping: unknown host baratheon.blr.redhat.com


[root@hulk ~]# gluster volume geo master1 baratheon.blr.redhat.com::slave1 create
Unable to get statefile's name
geo-replication command failed


Actual results:
n case of unknown host, geo rep session create commands gives error ' Unable to get statefile's name'

Expected results:
Should give proper error message that unknown host or not reachable

Additional info:

Comment 1 Rachana Patel 2013-07-03 10:56:06 UTC

If IP is wrong/not reachable it gives error 'Unable to fetch slave volume details.'

e.g.
[root@hulk ~]# gluster volume geo master1 10.70.4.147::slave1 create
Unable to fetch slave volume details.
geo-replication command failed



[root@hulk ~]# ping -c 2 10.70.4.147
PING 10.70.4.147 (10.70.4.147) 56(84) bytes of data.

--- 10.70.4.147 ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 11000ms



Expected results:
Should give proper error message that node is not reachable.

Comment 4 Avra Sengupta 2013-07-03 13:28:06 UTC

Fix in https://code.engineering.redhat.com/gerrit/#/c/9671/

Comment 5 Rachana Patel 2013-08-08 10:29:36 UTC

verified with -3.4.0.18rhs-1.el6rhs.x86_64
working as per expected result , hence moving to verified

Comment 6 Scott Haines 2013-09-23 22:38:43 UTC

Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. 

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2013-1262.html

Comment 7 Scott Haines 2013-09-23 22:41:28 UTC

Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. 

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2013-1262.html