Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.
OS: SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP1 HAE SP1 drbd version: 8.7.3 on one node I got the following messages while starting the drbd daemon node1:~ # /etc/init.d/drbd start Starting DRBD resources: [ d(r0) 0: Failure: (114) Lower device is already claimed. This usually means it is mounted. [r0] cmd /sbin/drbdsetup 0 disk /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdb1 internal --set-defaults --create-device failed - continuing! s(r0) n(r0) ]. stop/start the drbd daemon two times in a row fix the issue, i.e no more such messages. and the above message never comes before today. likewise the above message didn't came on the other node(node2) cat /etc/drbd.conf include "drbd.d/global_common.conf"; include "drbd.d/*.res"; cat /etc/drbd.d/r0.res resource r0 { device /dev/drbd0; meta-disk internal; on node1 { disk /dev/sdb1; address 172.16.230.251:7780; } on node2 { disk /dev/sdb1; address 172.16.230.252:7780; } syncer { rate 4M; } } cat /etc/drbd.d/global_common.conf global { usage-count no; } common { protocol C; handlers { pri-on-incon-degr "/usr/lib/drbd/notify-pri-on-incon-degr.sh; /usr/lib/drbd/notify-emergency-reboot.sh; echo b > /proc/sysrq-trigger ; reboot -f"; pri-lost-after-sb "/usr/lib/drbd/notify-pri-lost-after-sb.sh; /usr/lib/drbd/notify-emergency-reboot.sh; echo b > /proc/sysrq-trigger ; reboot -f"; local-io-error "/usr/lib/drbd/notify-io-error.sh; /usr/lib/drbd/notify-emergency-shutdown.sh; echo o > /proc/sysrq-trigger ; halt -f"; } startup { wfc-timeout 1; degr-wfc-timeout 1; } } -- Regards, Muhammad Sharfuddin | NDS Technologies Pvt Ltd | +92-333-2144823