Sebastian wrote: > Hello, > > with clvm you can have the same VG shared/activated on several nodes. > You'll then choose where you want the LVs activated in your cluster config. > You can activate some of the LVs on 1 node, and the other LVs on another node. > > Regards, > --Sebastien Hi, thanks for your answer. Can i use one VG for all LV's ? That would be easier than providing for every LV a seperate VG. Is it better to implement cLVM as a ressource, managed by pacemaker, or should i start cLVM using the normal way (Skript in /etc/init.d) ? Bernd 2012/6/5 Lentes, Bernd <bernd.lentes@helmholtz-muenchen.de> >> Hi, >> >> i'm new to cLVM. I used "normal" LVM several times, and i like it. >> I want to establish a two node cluster. As resources i have VM's (using KVM). Furthermore i will have a FC SAN. >> I'd like to build PV, then VG and finally LV's on top of the SAN. Every VM will reside in one LV. >> Is that ok ? >> My question is now: When i create virtual disks in my SAN, do i have to create a Virtual Disk (or LUN) on my SAN, then PV, VG and finally LV for every VM >> Or can i create ONE Virtual Disk (LUN) in my SAN, on top of that create ONE PV and ONE VG and finally for every VM one LV ? This would be easier. >> >> I'd like to have the VM's distributed between the two nodes, as a kind of Load-Balancing. >> Is it possible that the VG is running on both nodes simultaneously, having some LV's (and thereby some VM's) running on node 1 and others on node 2 ? >> >> Thanks for any answer. >> >> >> Bernd -- Bernd Lentes Systemadministration Institut für Entwicklungsgenetik HelmholtzZentrum münchen bernd.lentes@helmholtz-muenchen.de phone: +49 89 3187 1241 <tel:%2B49%2089%203187%201241> fax: +49 89 3187 3826 <tel:%2B49%2089%203187%203826> http://www.helmholtz-muenchen.de/idg Wer Visionen hat, soll zum Hausarzt gehen Helmut Schmidt Helmholtz Zentrum München Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH) Ingolstädter Landstr. 1 85764 Neuherberg www.helmholtz-muenchen.de Aufsichtsratsvorsitzende: MinDir´in Bärbel Brumme-Bothe Geschäftsführer: Prof. Dr. Günther Wess und Dr. Nikolaus Blum Registergericht: Amtsgericht München HRB 6466 USt-IdNr: DE 129521671 _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/ Helmholtz Zentrum München Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH) Ingolstädter Landstr. 1 85764 Neuherberg www.helmholtz-muenchen.de Aufsichtsratsvorsitzende: MinDir´in Bärbel Brumme-Bothe Geschäftsführer: Prof. Dr. Günther Wess und Dr. Nikolaus Blum Registergericht: Amtsgericht München HRB 6466 USt-IdNr: DE 129521671 _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/