Did you setup the node with the storage as a gnbd server and the other nodes as gnbd clients? I think this is what you want in order for the nodes to all have block level access to the storage for clvmd and dlm to run on top of. -A -- Andrew A. Neuschwander, RHCE Linux Systems/Software Engineer College of Forestry and Conservation The University of Montana http://www.ntsg.umt.edu andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxx - 406.243.6310 On Tue, April 15, 2008 12:22 am, nch wrote: > No, I can't see the logical volumes on the other nodes. vgscan doesn't > show any, nor I can find any new devices in /dev. > As I couldn't find docs/examples on this particular point, I really don't > know what to expect. > I'm trying with different types of logical volumes (stripped, mirrored), > but didn't make a difference. > For the moment, I'm running all the stuff on virtual machines, could this > be an issue? > For the moment I'm using a minimal cluster.conf, in which I just declare > the nodes. Should I add specific configurations to it? > > Lots of thanks. > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Shawn Hood <shawnlhood@xxxxxxxxx> > To: linux clustering <linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 2:06:07 AM > Subject: Re: how can I share a logical volume? > > As far as I know, you should be able to at least SEE the logical > volume as long as there is a path to the physical volumes on the other > nodes. Are you able to see the same block devices (eg /dev/sd?) on > the other nodes? > > Shawn Hood > > > > 2008/4/14 nch <underscore_dot@xxxxxxxxx>: >> >> Hello, everybody. >> >> I'm trying to run a cluster with 3 nodes. One of them would share >> storage >> with the other two using GFS and DLM (kernel 2.4.18-6). >> I was able to start ccsd, cman, fenced and clvmd in all nodes. I've >> defined >> a logical volume in the storage node and was able to gfs_mkfs, activate >> it >> locally and mount it, but I don't know how to make it available/visible >> to >> the other two nodes. >> Do you know how to do this? >> I've followed instruction given in >> http://sources.redhat.com/cluster/doc/usage.txt (except for setting >> locking_type=2). >> >> Many thanks. >> >> -- Linux-cluster mailing list Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster
