Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.
> -----Original Message----- > From: drbd-user-bounces at lists.linbit.com > [mailto:drbd-user-bounces at lists.linbit.com] On Behalf Of CA Lists > Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 1:11 PM > To: Lars Ellenberg; drbd-user at lists.linbit.com > Subject: Re: [DRBD-user] Shrinking Filesystem > > > > On Fri, Jun 22, 2007 at 11:32:51AM -0500, CA Lists wrote: > >> There was nothing on the drives at all. In a > chicken-before-egg type of > >> situation, since I don't have /dev/sdb mounted anywhere on > the iSCSI > >> targets, I thought I would need to get OCFS2 up and > running on one of the > >> nodes and format the drive to be able to do anything with > it. Then, I found > >> out ocfs2 provides no way to shrink a filesystem. > > > > the correct way to set up a fresh file system on drbd is to > > * setup drbd, > > * then do mkfs /dev/drbdX, > > and all will be fine. > > > >> So, /proc/partitions shows a number that is 29492 smaller, > which means bad > >> things, right? In other words, I need to probably re-make > the ocfs2 file > >> system to be smaller, correct? > > > > if you just make it on top of drbd, all is fine. > > OK, so on the target machine, I just remade the file system > with mkfs.ocfs2 > and now my number from /proc/partitions is larger by 12 > blocks, which means > my data will now be safe, right? Never make the file systems or mount them on the iSCSI targets only on the initiators. iSCSI isn't a file system sharing protocol it is a block device sharing protocol. > > > > > > what are you trying to do there? > > > > I mean, if I would export some blockdevice via iSCSI, > > I'd not mount it locally, even with a cluster fs. > > it just does not feel right, and probably asks for trouble > > like resoiurce starvation deadlocks. > > That's what got me confused to begin with. I wanted to avoid > mounting it > locally. My issue was how to format a drive for ocfs2 without > one of the > nodes being able to see it. I was being stupid though - just > had to export > the /dev/drbd0 device over iSCSI, then format the device. You will need to start your OCFS2 or GFS file systems from one of the nodes in the cluster and once it is setup add that resource to the cluster for all to share. > > (well, actually, all block-io via linux network stack asks > for trouble > > of this kind, though it has been getting better.) > > > > > _______________________________________________ > drbd-user mailing list > drbd-user at lists.linbit.com > http://lists.linbit.com/mailman/listinfo/drbd-user > ______________________________________________________________________ This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender and permanently delete the original and any copy or printout thereof.