[Linux-cluster] installing GFS

Michael Conrad Tadpol Tilstra mtilstra at redhat.com
Thu Jul 7 13:40:00 UTC 2005


On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 09:53:25PM -0400, Shuang Liang wrote:
> Hi,
>   I am trying to install GFS on 3 cluster nodes with  redhat 
> linux-2.6.9-5EL using gnbd. I met with some problems the mount, which says
> "# mount -t gfs /dev/gnbd0 /mnt/gfs/                        
> mount: Connection refused"
> 
> I have tried the installation with different order and configuration all 
> end up with this error, hope sb can help solve this puzzle. Here are 
> some step I have taken:
> 1.Insert gfs-lock and gfs kernel modules at the GFS node.
>   Insert gnbd module at GFS node
> 2. run gnbd_serv -n at GNBD server;
>    ./gnbd_export -d /dev/hda8 -e mygnbd -c
> 3. ./gnbd_import -i k35-as4 -n at GFS node
> 4.  Now I want to create logic volume at GFS node: it failed saying
>   [root at k32-as4 sbin]# pvcreate /dev/gnbd0
>   Device /dev/gnbd0 not found.
> 
> So I choose to do the logic volume stuff at the GNBD server side and 
> gfs_mkfs at the GFS side, it succeeded. But it fails again when mounting.
> Then I tried to mkfs at GNBD server and mount directly through gnbd 
> device, same error again.
> 
> So I am wondering what should be the correct configuration trick.

is cman/dlm loaded and running?

-- 
Michael Conrad Tadpol Tilstra
I can see clearly now, the brain is gone...
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