Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.
Håkan wrote: > Christophe Zwecker wrote: >> after I startup drbd with /etc/rc.d/init.d/drbd I do this on the primary: >> >> [root at mw-test2 ~]# drbdadm -- --do-what-I-say primary all >> --do-what-I-say was renamed to --overwrite-data-of-peer, since that is >> less ambiguous. >> Only do it if you really know what you are doing. DRBD is going to save >> this fact to its metadata, and it will really overwrite the peer's copy >> of data with the local copy. >> Command 'drbdsetup /dev/drbd0 primary --do-what-I-say' terminated with >> exit code 20 >> drbdsetup exited with code 20 >> > This is what i do on my 0.8pre3 setup, after modprobe drbd (r0 is my > resource): > Both nodes: > # drbdadm create-md r0 > # drbdadm up all > one node: > # drbdadm -- --overwrite-data-of-peer primary all > > Drbd now starts to syncronize. To make both nodes primary, issue on them > both: > # drbdadm primary all > but this requires the following in your drbd.conf: > net { > allow-two-primaries; > } > > >> I did format /dev/sdb2 with ext3 on first machine. > I format /dev/drbd0 with ext3, but im using internal metadata though. > > /HĂĽkan > when I do as you say: [root at mw-test3 ~]# drbdadm create-md pmgr Valid meta-data already in place, recreate new? [need to type 'yes' to confirm] Operation cancelled. [root at mw-test3 ~]# drbdadm create-md pmgr Valid meta-data already in place, recreate new? [need to type 'yes' to confirm] yes Creating meta data... initialising activity log initialising bitmap (131036 KB) 99%New drbd meta data block sucessfully created. [root at mw-test3 ~]# drbdadm up all ioctl(,SET_DISK_CONFIG,) failed: Invalid argument No valid meta-data signature found. Use 'drbdadm create-md res' to initialize meta-data area. Command 'drbdsetup /dev/drbd0 disk /dev/sdb2 /dev/sdb1 0 --on-io-error=detach' terminated with exit code 20 Strange, now I do it with internal metadata and it works, but I can't format the drbd partition: [root at mw-test2 ~]# mkfs.ext3 /dev/drbd0 mke2fs 1.38 (30-Jun-2005) /dev/drbd0 is apparently in use by the system; will not make a filesystem here! after/before which step do I format ? thx Chris -- Christophe Zwecker mail: doc at zwecker.de Hamburg, Germany fon: +49 179 3994867 http://www.zwecker.de "Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away"