gfs2 and san

[Sanjay Chakraborty]

Is your lvm.conf file are the same in both servers ? Check the lock
type  option in lvm.conf and it should be 2 for 2 nodes.
Besides  lock_type points to gfs library in lvm.conf file.


On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 2:36 PM, Jeremiah D. Jester
<jjest at u.washington.edu> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to get gfs2 configured on a SAN connected from two RHEL 5 servers via iSCSI. I have formatted the iSCSI partition w/ gfs from Server 1.
>
>  mkfs.gfs2 -p lock_dlm -t ngs:gfs2 -j 8 /dev/sdd
>
> >From Server 1 I can mount the partition just fine.
>
> mount -o acl -t gfs2 /dev/sdd /vol10
>
> However, I get the following error when I attempt to mount the gfs partition from Server 2.
>
> [root at coffee cluster]# mount -o acl -t gfs2 /dev/sdd /vol10
> /sbin/mount.gfs2: can't connect to gfs_controld: Connection refused
> /sbin/mount.gfs2: can't connect to gfs_controld: Connection refused
> /sbin/mount.gfs2: can't connect to gfs_controld: Connection refused
> /sbin/mount.gfs2: can't connect to gfs_controld: Connection refused
> /sbin/mount.gfs2: can't connect to gfs_controld: Connection refused
> /sbin/mount.gfs2: can't connect to gfs_controld: Connection refused
> /sbin/mount.gfs2: can't connect to gfs_controld: Connection refused
> /sbin/mount.gfs2: can't connect to gfs_controld: Connection refused
> /sbin/mount.gfs2: can't connect to gfs_controld: Connection refused
> /sbin/mount.gfs2: can't connect to gfs_controld: Connection refused
> /sbin/mount.gfs2: gfs_controld not running
> /sbin/mount.gfs2: error mounting lockproto lock_dlm
>
> I have the iSCSI initiator name properly entered into the SAN access control list for both servers so this doesn't seem to be the issue.
>
> I have also installed the RHEL cluster packages, including CMAN. Is this required to get gfs2 working?
>
> Appreciate your help!
>
> Jeremiah Jester
> Senior Informatics Specialist
> Microbiology, Katze Lab
> Box 357242
> P: 206-732-6185
>
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Regards.
Sanjay Chakraborty