Section: Maintenance Commands (8)
Updated: February 2019

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NAME

fsmpm – StorNext File System Port Mapper daemon

SYNOPSIS

fsmpm [-nc] [host-ip [debug [sync [diskscan [extHA]]]]]

DESCRIPTION

The FSM Portmapper is a server daemon residing on each StorNext File System client and server. It registers an RPC identifier to the system’s portmap daemon. The fsmpm publishes a well known port where the SNFS File System Manager (FSM) daemons can register their file system name and port access number. All clients then talk to their local FSS port mapper to discover access information for their associated service. This process runs in the background and is started at boot time. It is enabled or disabled (along with the file system) via chkconfig(8) or init.d using the cvfs key word.

OPTIONS

Quantum Internal Use Only – contact support before adding or modifying command line arguments to fsmpm. Changes from the defaults may result in intermittent or total failure of StorNext. Options may change abruptly between releases.

-n

Don’t send a SIGQUIT signal to fsm processes that appear to be hung; normally if an fsm process doesn’t exit within 60 seconds after breaking the connection to the fsmpm, the fsmpm sends a SIGQUIT signal to the fsm.

-c

Assume the client kernel module has not been loaded and skip any operations related to it.

host-ip

The IP address used to access this host. The default is to try to resolve the system’s hostname to an address. If set to 127.1, no nameserver will be used and no heartbeats will be sent. (default: no hostname)

debug

Bitmask specifying which debug messages to print. (default: 0)

sync

The name of a file whose creation is used to detect when the fsmpm has successfully started. (default: no file)

diskscan

How often (in seconds) to rescan for changed paths. 0 disables the disk scan. (default: 0)

extHA

External HA mode prevents the fsmpm from automatically starting FSMs in the fsmlist, as well as disabling calls for elections. 1 enables external HA mode; 0 disables it. (default: 0)

NOTE: Defaults specified with ‘–‘.

FSNAMESERVERS

The fsmpm reads the file /usr/cvfs/config/fsnameservers to establish file system name servers for the StorNext file system services. This list is used to coordinate the whereabouts of StorNext file system servers.

A name server list must be established on each client that has StorNext installed so that all clients can discover the location of the StorNext FSM servers. It is important that this list is consistent across the SAN. Inconsistent fsnameservers configuration may result in the inability for some clients to find a file system service. See fsnameservers(4) for specifics of the file format.

FSMLIST

The fsmpm is responsible for launching the FSM daemon(s). If /usr/cvfs/config/fsmlist exists then the fsmpm reads from the list file and starts the FSM daemons that are specified. If no /usr/cvfs/config/fsmlist file exists then the fsmpm tries to launch the FSM daemon for the file system named default. See fsmlist(4) for specifics of the file format.

Unique Identifier (UUID)

The fsmpm creates or accesses the /usr/cvfs/config/snfs_uuid file. This contains a StorNext unique identifier (UUID) for this host. The file should not initially exist on a host that deploys StorNext. If configuration information is copied from one host to another, this file should either not be copied or be deleted on the new host.

ENVIRONMENT

These variables are for use by Quantum support personnel only.

FSMPM_MAX_LOGFILES

Controls the number of old nssdbg.out log files that will be saved by fsmpm when the current log file reaches its maximum size. The default is 4.

FSMPM_MAX_LOGSIZE

Controls the maximum size that the nssdbg.out file can grow to before a new log file will be started. The value is a number followed by an optional suffix (K for Kilobytes, M for Megabytes, G for Gigabytes), or the string unlimited, indicating that the file can grow without bound. The default is 1M and the minimum is 64K.

FSMPM_ACTIVE_FSM_CLIENT_TIMEOUT

Adjusts the logic that determines when an FSM should be considered lost and an election started to determine a new active FSM. The value is specified in seconds.

WATCHER_NODETACH

If set, fsmpm will not detach from its parent process. Used start fsmpm under the control of a debugger. Does not apply to Windows platforms.

WATCHER_NORESTART

If set, fsmpm will not be restarted automatically after an unsuccessful exit or crash. Does not apply to Windows platforms.

DEBUG

Debugging traces are written to the file /usr/cvfs/debug/nssdbg.out. The amount of debug information is controlled by the /usr/cvfs/debug/verbose file. This file contains the list of debug traces to turn on. If the file does not exist, none of the optional debug traces are enabled. Blank lines and comments that begin with a # are ignored. Everything else is treated as a name for what debug traces to turn on. Names are separated by whitespace or commas, and may be listed on multiple lines. Unknown names are silently ignored.

general

Print general trace information. This include information about acquiring port numbers for coordinators, listing FSMs, mapping IDs hostnames, disk requests, portmap inquiries, device event handlers, and other events.

input

Print a trace for every NSS packet received.

output

Print a trace for every NSS packet sent.

mbr

Print traces about Heartbeat Membership changes.

vote

Print traces about FSM elections.

ldap_cred

Print traces for LDAP credential processing.

proxy

Print traces about proxy processing (Distributed LAN client).

cctl

Print traces about the cluster-wide central control (nss_cctl).

hamon_reset

Print traces for HAMON resets.

helper

Print traces about starting and stopping helper processes.

ahb

Print traces about NSS accelerated heartbeats.

protobuf

Print details of all NSS2 packets as they are created and parsed.

all

Enable all debug tracing

Numeric values are also recognized as specific debug bits to set. This is mainly for backwards compatibility. A value of -1 or 0xffffffff is the same as specifying all.

If there are no recognized names or numeric values in the verbose file, e.g. if it exists but is empty, then the mbr and vote traces will be enabled.

An example of a verbose file:

# Comments are ignored
vote, mbr # Turn on the vote and membership traces
   general
foo bar # Unknown items are silently ignored

# These are very noisy
#input
#output

0x1000 # turn on an undefined bit

FILES

/etc/init.d/cvfs
/usr/cvfs/config/fsnameservers
/usr/cvfs/config/fsforeignservers
/usr/cvfs/config/fsmlist
/usr/cvfs/config/nss_cctl*.xml
/usr/cvfs/debug/nssdbg.out
/usr/cvfs/debug/snfs_uuid
/usr/cvfs/debug/verbose

NOTES

When a SIGHUP signal is received, the configuration files will be re-read. This allows, for example, the FSM list to be modified, or debugging levels to be changed.

SEE ALSO

chkconfig(8), cvfs(8), fsm(8), fsnameservers(4), fsmlist(4), nss_cctl(4), portmap(8), rpcinfo(8)

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