Hi Wilko and Andy, On Friday 02 November 2007 22:14:26 Wilko Kroeger wrote: > Hello Andreas > > Could add the directive: > > xrootd.fslib <your xrootd lib path>/libXrdOfs.so > > to the config file. > adding the fslib did the trick! I don't know why I forgot to add it :-( . The old xrootd log file didn't contain an error message but it was also missing any indication of communication with the olbd. Thanks, Andreas p.s. for reference here are the old and new logs: Old log: 071102 21:03:40 001 (c) 2004 Stanford University/SLAC xrd version 20070321-1251p1 071102 21:03:40 001 xrootd [log in to unmask] initialization started. 071102 21:03:40 001 Using configuration file opt/xrootd/etc/xrootd.cfg 071102 21:03:40 001 Maximum number of connections is 1024 071102 21:03:40 001 XrdSched: scheduling underused thread monitor in 780 seconds 071102 21:03:40 001 XrdSched: Starting with 2 workers 071102 21:03:40 001 XrdLink: Allocating 16 link objects at a time 071102 21:03:40 001 XrdPoll: Starting poller 0 071102 21:03:40 001 XrdPoll: Starting poller 1 071102 21:03:40 001 XrdPoll: Starting poller 2 071102 21:03:40 001 XrdProtocol: getting port from protocol xrootd 071102 21:03:40 001 XrdProtocol: getting protocol object xrootd 071102 21:03:40 001 (c) 2005 Stanford University/SLAC XRootd. 071102 21:03:40 001 XrootdConfig: Asynchronous I/O has been disabled! 071102 21:03:40 001 XRootd seclib not specified; strong authentication disabled 071102 21:03:40 001 XRootd fslib not specified; using native file system 071102 21:03:40 001 (c) 2005 Stanford University/SLAC sfs (Standard File System) v 9.0n 071102 21:03:40 001 XrdSched: scheduling xrootd protocol anchor in 3600 seconds 071102 21:03:40 001 Prep log directory not specified; prepare tracking disabled. 071102 21:03:40 001 Exporting /home/xrootd/testdata 071102 21:03:40 001 XRootd protocol version 2.7.0 build 20070321-1251p1 successfully loaded. 071102 21:03:40 001 xrootd [log in to unmask]:1094 initialization completed. 071102 21:03:40 001 XrdSched: scheduling midnight runner in 10580 seconds 071102 21:16:40 10373 XrdSched: running underused thread monitor inq=0 071102 21:16:40 10373 XrdSched: 2 threads; 1 idle 071102 21:16:40 10373 XrdSched: scheduling underused thread monitor in 780 seconds New log: 071102 23:43:20 001 (c) 2004 Stanford University/SLAC xrd version 20070321-1251p1 071102 23:43:20 001 xrootd [log in to unmask] initialization started. 071102 23:43:20 001 Using configuration file opt/xrootd/etc/xrootd.cfg 071102 23:43:20 001 Maximum number of connections is 1024 071102 23:43:20 001 XrdSched: scheduling underused thread monitor in 780 seconds 071102 23:43:20 001 XrdSched: Starting with 2 workers 071102 23:43:20 001 XrdLink: Allocating 16 link objects at a time 071102 23:43:20 001 XrdPoll: Starting poller 0 071102 23:43:20 001 XrdPoll: Starting poller 1 071102 23:43:20 001 XrdPoll: Starting poller 2 071102 23:43:20 001 XrdProtocol: getting port from protocol xrootd 071102 23:43:20 001 XrdProtocol: getting protocol object xrootd 071102 23:43:20 001 (c) 2005 Stanford University/SLAC XRootd. 071102 23:43:20 001 XrootdConfig: Asynchronous I/O has been disabled! 071102 23:43:20 001 XRootd seclib not specified; strong authentication disabled 071102 23:43:20 001 ofs_Init: (c) 2005 Stanford University/SLAC, Ofs Version 20070321-1251p1 071102 23:43:20 001 ofs_Config: File system initialization started. 071102 23:43:20 001 odc_Config: Target redirection initialization started 071102 23:43:20 001 odc_Config: Target redirection initialization completed. 071102 23:43:20 14648 odc_olb: Connected to olb via /home/xrootd/olbadmin/.olb/olbd.admin 071102 23:43:20 001 ofs_Config: File system initialization completed. opt/xrootd/etc/xrootd.cfg ofs configuration: ofs.role server ofs.authorize ofs.fdscan 9 120 1200 ofs.maxdelay 60 ofs.trace 0 071102 23:43:20 001 oss_Init: (c) 2006, Stanford University, oss Version 20070321-1251p1 071102 23:43:20 001 oss_config: Storage system initialization started. 071102 23:43:20 001 oss_config: Storage system initialization completed. opt/xrootd/etc/xrootd.cfg oss configuration: oss.alloc 0 0 0 oss.cachescan 600 oss.compdetect * oss.fdlimit 512 1024 oss.maxdbsize 0 oss.trace 0 oss.xfr 1 9437184 30 10800 oss.memfile off max 529774592 oss.path / r/w nocheck nodread nomig nomkeep nomlock nommap norcreate nostage 071102 23:43:20 001 XrdSched: scheduling xrootd protocol anchor in 3600 seconds 071102 23:43:20 001 Prep log directory not specified; prepare tracking disabled. 071102 23:43:20 001 Exporting /home/xrootd/testdata 071102 23:43:20 001 XRootd protocol version 2.7.0 build 20070321-1251p1 successfully loaded. 071102 23:43:20 001 xrootd [log in to unmask]:1094 initialization completed. 071102 23:43:20 001 XrdSched: scheduling midnight runner in 1000 seconds