[DRBD-user] fdisk /dev/drbd1 -> Unable to open /dev/drbd1

Tomasz Chmielewski mangoo at wpkg.org
Tue Dec 18 14:35:27 CET 2007

Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.


Andreas Haase schrieb:
> Hi,
> 
> Am Dienstag, den 18.12.2007, 13:56 +0100 schrieb Tomasz Chmielewski:
>> Ouch - primary is gone! Why? Do I have to set up the primary each time
>> after drbd starts? 
> 
> you have to finish the initial full sync before switching over or
> stopping a drbd ressource. If you don't, the full sync will start
> again.

To be precise, not the full sync, but what was not synced already.

And no, after a full sync, and restarting drbd on the primary, the 
primary is gone again:

# cat /proc/drbd
version: 8.2.1 (api:86/proto:86-87)
GIT-hash: 318925802fc2638479ad090b73d7af45503dd184 build by root at san2, 
2007-12-17 13:43:47

  1: cs:Connected st:Primary/Secondary ds:UpToDate/UpToDate C r---
     ns:0 nr:0 dw:0 dr:0 al:0 bm:0 lo:0 pe:0 ua:0 ap:0
         resync: used:0/31 hits:0 misses:0 starving:0 dirty:0 changed:0
         act_log: used:0/127 hits:0 misses:0 starving:0 dirty:0 changed:0

# /etc/init.d/drbd stop
Stopping all DRBD resources.

# /etc/init.d/drbd start
Starting DRBD resources:    [ d0 s0 n0 ].

# cat /proc/drbd
version: 8.2.1 (api:86/proto:86-87)
GIT-hash: 318925802fc2638479ad090b73d7af45503dd184 build by root at san2, 
2007-12-17 13:43:47

  1: cs:Connected st:Secondary/Secondary ds:UpToDate/UpToDate C r---
     ns:0 nr:0 dw:0 dr:0 al:0 bm:0 lo:0 pe:0 ua:0 ap:0
         resync: used:0/31 hits:0 misses:0 starving:0 dirty:0 changed:0
         act_log: used:0/127 hits:0 misses:0 starving:0 dirty:0 changed:0



What's wrong with my setup?



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