[DRBD-user] can I drbd an existing ext3 partition ?

Brian R. Hellman brian at linbit.com
Thu Apr 29 17:17:25 CEST 2010

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



On 04/29/2010 04:00 AM, Miles Fidelman wrote:
> Bernd Petrovitsch wrote:
>> A usual workaround is to create a degenerated cluster and move the files
>> to the degenerated DRBD device. And then lets the original one resync
>> it.
>>     
>>    
> Could you elaborate just a little on the steps involved in doing this?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Miles Fidelman
>
Check out the users guide.
http://www.drbd.org/users-guide-emb/ch-internals.html#s-metadata

In particular the external meta-data section, it will provide some
direction :)

-Brian




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