[Linux-cluster] CLVMD without GFS

[Christine Caulfield]

On 07/21/2009 01:11 PM, brem belguebli wrote:
> Hi,
> When creating the VG by default clustered, you implicitely assume that
> it will be used with a clustered FS on top of it (gfs, ocfs, etc...)
> that will handle the active/active mode.
> As I do not intend to use GFS in this particular case, but ext3 and raw
> devices, I need to make sure the vg is exclusively activated on one
> node, preventing the other nodes to access it unless it is the failover
> procedure (node holding the VG crashed) and then re activate it
> exclusively on the failover node.
> Thanks


In that case you probably ought to be using rgmanager to do the failover 
for you. It has a script for doing exactly this :-)

Chrissie