[Linux-cluster] Problem with shared storage and volume groups
Christine Caulfield
ccaulfie at redhat.com
Wed Sep 17 16:09:46 UTC 2008
michael.osullivan at auckland.ac.nz wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I have a shared storage device that my 2-node cluster can see
> (/dev/storage on both nodes). I wanted to set up a GFS system on the
> shared storage, but I am having problems getting both nodes to recognise a
> clustered volume group. To set up the clustered volume group I have used
> one of the cluster nodes (let's call it node 1).
>
> First, I created a physical volume on my storage device
>
> pvcreate /dev/storage
>
> Then I created a clustered volume group
>
> vgcreate -c y storage_vg /dev/storage
>
> However, when I run
>
> vgchange -aly
>
> on the other cluster node (node 2) I get an error stating that node 2
> can't find a volume group with the correct UUID. If I run vgscan and then
> vgchange -aly the error goes away, but node 2 still can't see storage_vg.
>
> I have also tried using conga without any success.
>
> Can anyone help? Please let me know if you need more info.
>
> Thanks, Mike
A full set of error messages from all the affected node would be
helpful. It's also worth doing a 'pvs' on each node to see if the PVs
are visible. Check which version of clvmd (and LVM) you have, some older
versions of clvmd need a restart if a new device is added.
Chrissie
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