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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear Sirs,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I would like you to ask some information about
drbd:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I want to use drbd to sync a filesystem in a
production server without format it of course!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Can i do:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>on local server</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1) umount /myfilesystem</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2) drbdsetup /dev/nb0 disk
/dev/myfilesystemdevice</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>3) drbdsetup /dev/nb0 net localaddress
remoteaddress C</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>4) drbdsetup /dev/nb0 primary</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>5) drbdsetup /dev/nb0 syncer -max
100000</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>6) mount /dev/nb0 /myfilesystem</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>on remote server</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1) drbdsetup /dev/nb0 disk
/dev/myreplicatedfilesystemdevice</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2) drdbsetup /dev/nb0 net localaddress
remoteaddress c</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>After all, can i unmount /dev/nb0 and remount
/dev/myfilesystem ?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>And wath's happen if i setup again drbd ? will
i need a full sync or can i get corrupted data?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>how does the primary server work to maintain data
relating to the incremental copy and to obtain a quick sync?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>if the secondary is down, and even the primary goes
down what will happen to these data ? will i need a full sync?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Your faithfully</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Niko</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>