Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.
If both disks are blank and you are using DRBD 8.3.2 or greater, you can skip the initial sync by typing: drbdadm -- --clear-bitmap new-current-uuid resource Have fun, Brian LINBIT - Your Way to High Availability 8152 SW Hall Blvd., Suite #209 : Beaverton, OR 97008 http://www.linbit.com Adam Taylor wrote: > :) no problemos > > -----Original Message----- > From: drbd-user-bounces at lists.linbit.com > [mailto:drbd-user-bounces at lists.linbit.com] On Behalf Of Daniele Visaggio > Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 9:14 AM > To: drbd > Subject: Re: [DRBD-user] What is the correct way to configure partitions for > DRBD? > > Il giorno ven, 14/08/2009 alle 09.03 +1200, Adam Taylor ha scritto: >> Hi Daniele, >> >> I would remove them from the fstab file for starters (The secondary >> should not be mounting the drbd drive until drbd/heartbeat switches >> to primary.) The drive should be unmounted prior to the initial >> install. This is the method that I have used for creating/mounting the > drives: >> 1. Create a partition using fdisk (remember partitions on both servers >> *MUST* be of identical block size, I learnt the hard way :) ) 2. >> Install drbd rpms or source 3. Edit the drbd.conf file to suite your >> environment 4. Run the following commands on both PRIMARY AND >> SECONDARY to create the drbd disk: >> >> drbdadm create-md r0 (r0 is the name of the drbd resource) >> drbdadm attach r0 >> Drbdadm connect r0 >> mkdir /data (/data is the name of the filesystem that I will be mounting >> to the drbd partition, obviously call this whatever you like :) ) >> >> >> 5. ONLY ON THE PRIMARY run the following commands: >> >> drbdadm -- --overwrite-data-of-peer primary r0 Mkfs -t ext3 /dev/drbd1 >> Mount /dev/drbd1 /data >> >> >> That should be it. If you have any problems let me know. >> >> Cheers >> >> Adam >> >> > Thank you very much, now it's clear to me. > > Kind Regards - Daniele > > _______________________________________________ > drbd-user mailing list > drbd-user at lists.linbit.com > http://lists.linbit.com/mailman/listinfo/drbd-user > > __________ NOD32 4333 (20090813) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > > _______________________________________________ > drbd-user mailing list > drbd-user at lists.linbit.com > http://lists.linbit.com/mailman/listinfo/drbd-user