[Linux-cluster] problem adding new node to an existing cluster

[Bob Peterson]

----- "Joseph M. Greenseid" <Joseph.Greenseid at ngc.com> wrote:
| hi all,
| 
| i am trying to add a new node to an existing 3 node GFS cluster.
| 
| i followed the steps in the online docs for this, so i went onto the
| 1st node in my existing cluster, run system-config-cluster, added a
| new node and fence for it, then propagated that out to the existing
| nodes, and scp'd the cluster.conf file to the new node.
| 
| at that point, i confirmed that multipath and mdadm config files were
| synced with my other nodes, the new node can properly see the SAN that
| they're all sharing, etc.
| 
| i then started cman, which seemed to start without any trouble. i
| tried to start clvmd, but it says:
| 
| Activating VGs: Skipping clustered volume group san01
| 
| my VG is named "san01," so it can see the volume group, it just won't
| activate it for some reason. any ideas what i'm doing wrong?
| 
| thanks,
| --Joe 

Hi Joe,

Make sure that you have clvmd service running on the new node
("chkconfig clvmd on" and/or "service clvmd start" as necessary).
Also, make sure the lock_type is 2 (RHEL4/similar) or 3 (RHEL5/similar)
in the /etc/lvm/lvm.conf file.

Regards,

Bob Peterson
Red Hat GFS