[DRBD-user] GFS primary/primary howto

Mike Tewner tewner at gmail.com
Wed Jun 20 15:22:10 CEST 2007

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


Do pr0005.prolo.com  and pr0009.prolo.com <http://pr0005.prolo.com/>
resolve on both machines?
did you so a sync?
Do you have a rule in the drbd.conf telling drbd what do in case of a
splitbrain?


On 6/20/07, Anuj Singh <anujhere at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 6/20/07, Mike Tewner <tewner at gmail.com> wrote:
> > you can start by setting
> > allow-two-primaries;
> > in your drbd.conf file, under net{}
> >
> > On 6/20/07, Anuj Singh <anujhere at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > hi,
> > > I am using drbd-8.0.3 version on redhat enterprise 4 linux.
> > > my /etc/drdb.conf is
> > > global { usage-count yes; }
> > >        common { syncer { rate 10M; } }
> > >        resource r0 {
> > >             protocol C;
> > >             net {
> > >                  cram-hmac-alg sha1;
> > >                  shared-secret "prolog";
> > >             }
> > >             on pr009.prolo.com {
> > >                  device    /dev/drbd1;
> > >                  disk      /dev/hdb10;
> > >                  address   192.168.10.38:7789;
> > >                  meta-disk  internal;
> > >             }
> > >             on pr0005.prolo.com {
> > >                  device    /dev/drbd1;
> > >                  disk      /dev/hda6;
> > >                  address   192.168.10.31:7789;
> > >                  meta-disk  internal;
> > >             }
> > >        }
> > >
> > > while making primary both the nodes, second node gives me this error
> > >         act_log: used:0/127 hits:0 misses:0 starving:0 dirty:0
> changed:0
> > > [root at pr009 scripts]# drbdadm primary r0
> > > State change failed: (-1) Multiple primaries not allowed by config
> > > Command 'drbdsetup /dev/drbd1 primary' terminated with exit code 11
> > > how to make both nodes primary/primary simultaneously? in drbdsetup
> > > man pages there is one option with -m . but i am unable to use it.
> > >
> > > target is to mount gfs on both nodes for cluster HA.
> > > drbdsetup /dev/drbd1 primary -o
> > > State change failed: (-1) Multiple primaries not allowed by config
> > > Using -m option
> Thank you Mike,
> it is working, I mounted both patritions, able to write on both,
> unmonted again and restarting service gave me splitbrain error.
> most probably some other mistake i made, going threw
> http://lists.linbit.com/pipermail/drbd-user/2007-June/006950.html
> it is not continuously updating, my drbd.conf
> global { usage-count yes; }
>        common { syncer { rate 10M; } }
>        resource r0 {
>             protocol C;
>         startup { wfc-timeout 12; degr-wfc-timeout 120; }
>             net {
>                  cram-hmac-alg sha1;
>                  shared-secret "prolog";
>                  allow-two-primaries;
>
>             }
>             on pr009.prolo.com {
>                  device    /dev/drbd1;
>                  disk      /dev/hdb10;
>                  address   192.168.10.38:7789;
>                  meta-disk  internal;
>             }
>             on pr0005.prolo.com {
>                  device    /dev/drbd1;
>                  disk      /dev/hda6;
>                  address   192.168.10.31:7789;
>                  meta-disk  internal;
>             }
>        }
>
> cat /proc/drbd on pr0005 (192.168.10.31)
> cs:StandAlone st:Primary/Unknown ds:UpToDate/DUnknown   r---
>     ns:0 nr:0 dw:272 dr:269 al:0 bm:4 lo:0 pe:0 ua:0 ap:0
>         resync: used:0/31 hits:18 misses:4 starving:0 dirty:0 changed:4
>         act_log: used:0/127 hits:25 misses:0 starving:0 dirty:0 changed:0
>
> and cat /proc/drbd on pr009 (192.168.10.38)is
>
> 1: cs:WFConnection st:Primary/Unknown ds:UpToDate/DUnknown 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 am i missing in this configuration, I tried to restart sevice and
> check if it is updating data if one node restarts.
>
> Thanks and regards
> anugunj "anuj singh"
>
>
> > > drbdsetup /dev/drbd1 primary  -m
> > > drbdsetup: unrecognized option '-m'
> > >
> > > how to make it primary primary ,
> > >
> > > thanks and regards
> > > anugunj "anuj singh"
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