Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.
On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 03:49:37PM +0100, Isaac González wrote: > Hi, > > It's possible to remove a device from /dev/drbdXX. We've several devices > and we need a setup where we can delete and activate drbd devices > without confussion?. For example: > > xen-domU-1 --> drbd1 > xen-domU-2 --> drbd2 > > If we do: > > drbdadm down drbdX and remove the drbdX configuration part and we reload > the drbd service we get this: > > 3: cs:Unconfigured > 4: cs:Unconfigured once created, the drbd minor stays allocated until next reboot or DRBD module unload/load. > and we also have the drbd device in /dev/ directory, we want to delete > de drbd1 from /dev. > > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 147, 0 2009-03-18 15:34 /dev/drbd0 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 147, 1 2009-03-18 15:34 /dev/drbd1 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 147, 2 2009-03-18 15:34 /dev/drbd2 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 147, 3 2009-03-18 15:41 /dev/drbd3 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 147, 4 2009-03-18 15:41 /dev/drbd4 you can of course delete the device nodes, if it makes you happy. only it won't magically re-appear in case you want to use it again, (unless you do a reboot or module unload/load). so you would need to mknod it again, if you need it again. -- : Lars Ellenberg : LINBIT | Your Way to High Availability : DRBD/HA support and consulting http://www.linbit.com DRBD® and LINBIT® are registered trademarks of LINBIT, Austria. __ please don't Cc me, but send to list -- I'm subscribed