Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.
OK, I think that drbd devices will stay permanently. Lot of thanks. Isaac González Jiménez Téncnico IDG igonzalez at es.clara.net Información General: 902 884 633 Soporte: 902 884 622 Provisión: 902 884 802 Directo: +34 934 452 692 Fax: +34 934 451 920 Claranet Managed Services Provider C/General Almirante, 2-28, Torres Cerdá 08014 Barcelona www.claranet.es Lars Ellenberg escribió: > On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 03:49:37PM +0100, Isaac González wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> It's possible to remove a device from /dev/drbdXX. We've several devices >> and we need a setup where we can delete and activate drbd devices >> without confussion?. For example: >> >> xen-domU-1 --> drbd1 >> xen-domU-2 --> drbd2 >> >> If we do: >> >> drbdadm down drbdX and remove the drbdX configuration part and we reload >> the drbd service we get this: >> >> 3: cs:Unconfigured >> 4: cs:Unconfigured >> > > once created, the drbd minor stays allocated > until next reboot or DRBD module unload/load. > > >> and we also have the drbd device in /dev/ directory, we want to delete >> de drbd1 from /dev. >> >> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 147, 0 2009-03-18 15:34 /dev/drbd0 >> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 147, 1 2009-03-18 15:34 /dev/drbd1 >> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 147, 2 2009-03-18 15:34 /dev/drbd2 >> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 147, 3 2009-03-18 15:41 /dev/drbd3 >> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 147, 4 2009-03-18 15:41 /dev/drbd4 >> > > you can of course delete the device nodes, if it makes you happy. > only it won't magically re-appear in case you want to use it again, > (unless you do a reboot or module unload/load). > so you would need to mknod it again, if you need it again. > >