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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>For example, in /etc/fstab an entry could look like:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><PRE dir=ltr>/dev/VGCCC/lvolshare /cluster/share gfs lockproto=lock_nolock 0 0<BR></PRE></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>An ad-hoc mount could look like:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV><PRE dir=ltr>mount -t gfs -o lockproto=lock_nolock /dev/VGCCC/lvolshare /cluster/share</PRE>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Make certain that this filesystem is not mounted anywhere else before overriding, because it will corrupt.</FONT></DIV>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> linux-cluster-bounces@redhat.com on behalf of Jason Welsh<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wed 7/22/2009 7:15 PM<BR><B>To:</B> linux clustering<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Linux-cluster] quickie GFS with lock_nolock question<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>we have a funky custom application that doesnt seem to like<BR>reading/writing to the shared GFS filesystem we have on our 2node<BR>cluster. someone at the vendor suggested just having the main node mount<BR>the GFS filesystem with "lock_nolock" to see if that would fix the problem.<BR>What is the correct way to go through the motions to do this? because<BR>currently they both mount up the gfs partition and I believe its a<BR>dependency for the other services. feel free to direct me to the right<BR>FM to RTFM.<BR><BR>Jason<BR><BR><BR>--<BR>Linux-cluster mailing list<BR>Linux-cluster@redhat.com<BR><A href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster</A><BR><BR></FONT></P></NOSCRIPT>
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