Errormessage:

This error was seen on a OpenVZ VM while installing Glusterfs:

[2010-07-27 13:47:19] C [posix.c:4936:init] posix: Extended attribute  not supported, exiting.
[2010-07-27 13:47:19] E [xlator.c:844:xlator_init_rec] posix:  Initialization of volume 'posix' failed, review your volfile again
[2010-07-27 13:47:19] E [glusterfsd.c:591:_xlator_graph_init] glusterfs:  initializing translator failed
[2010-07-27 13:47:19] E [glusterfsd.c:1395:main] glusterfs: translator  initialization failed.  exiting

Solution:

Set the SYS_ADMIN capability on the OpenVZ host system for this VM with the command:

vzctl set 101 --capability SYS_ADMIN:on --save

Replace 101 in the command with the VM ID of the virtual machine where glusterfs shall be installed.