[Linux-cluster] DLM Problem

[gordan at bobich.net]

On Thu, 31 Jan 2008, isplist at logicore.net wrote:

>> i mean, we had this clvmd issue quite a few times on the mailing list,
>> and as far as i can remember there wasn't really a fix to this. (i
>> solved it by rebooting the whole cluster back then... that was certainly
>> bad).
>
> Something went out of sync and it doesn't seem to make sense that it's gotten
> so complicated. I've not changed anything since everything was working just
> fine.
>
> When I built my first GFS cluster, there was a delay when first accessing the
> storage which eventually went away. When I fired up the (sama, unchanged)
> cluster after changing out some drives this time around, all hell broke loose.
>
> If I did something wrong, I'd love to learn from the mistake but since I'm now
> knee deep in confusion, I can't seem to find the answer.
>
> I'll try a full shutdown again and see if things get any better.

You could just try it without LVM alltogether. LVM is entirely optional in 
this.

Gordan