[Linux-cluster] FAQ: mounting another gfs fileystem under gfs

[Jan Kudjak]

Thanks Robert,
i will go for it with RHEL 4 update 4.
It's a 2 node cluster, and my idea was that the risk is in situation when
for some reason
the /gfs gets locked .. nested could get unaccessible as well.
Jan


On 1/12/07, Robert Peterson <rpeterso at redhat.com> wrote:
>
> Jan Kudjak wrote:
> > hi,
> > imagine that customer wants to mount another gfs filesystem
> > under already mounted gfs filesystem
> >
> > eg.
> >
> > /dev/vg01/lvgfs   /gfs  (filesystem gfs)
> > /dev/vg01/lvgfs1  /gfs/shared/gfs1  (filesystem gfs)
> > /dev/vg01/lvgfs2  /gfs/shared/gfs2  (filesystem gfs)
> >
> > do you thing this setup is correct or could it cause some problems ?
> >
> > thanks
> > jan
> Hi Jan,
>
> AFAIK, what you've described is supposed to work just fine.
> However, this and similar scenarios don't get a lot of testing.
> A few weeks back, I uncovered some bugs in a beta version of RHEL5
> doing just that, which we consequently fixed.  So I'd say:  Go ahead
> and do it, and if you run into problems, open up a bugzilla.
>
> Regards,
>
> Bob Peterson
> Red Hat Cluster Suite
>
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