[Ocfs2-users] ocfs2 -problem with shared disk

Sunil Mushran
Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:51:55 -0000

Use debugfs.ocfs2.

debugfs.ocfs2 /dev/hda6 will allow you to traverse the directories
on disk. Do the same on the both nodes. Is the information getting
flushed to disk?

Dana Balaban wrote:
> I have only one harddisk,with Windows XP, which have one partition
> unformatted on it.
> On Windows I installed VMWare Server with 2 virtual machines, with
> SLES 10.
> On each virutal machine, I add a harddisk based on logical drive, and
> when I have to specify the type of HDD, it's only IDE type,as in
> attachement(not SCSI as I read in documentation).
> With ocfs2console I configure those logical drive(/dev/hda6) to be
> shared by node1 and node2 on /u01(on both nodes, I  have oracle rights
> on it).
>
> On node1 and node2, at command
> /#mounted.ocfs2 -d /dev/hda6/
> it response both nodes the same UUID and
> I have the directory
>
//sys/kernel/config/cluster/<name_cluster=ocfs2>/heartbeat/*8C8EF....7CD3XXYY*/
> where */8C8EF....7CD3XXYY/*=UUID (from /mounted.ocfs2 -d)/
> ON BOTH NODES is the same UUID!!
>
> When I make dir.on node1:
> /$mkdir /u01/abc/
> (where /u01 is the directory that share the logical disk
> /dev/hda6,formatted as OCFS2)
> I can't view the new directory on node2,neither inverse
>
> Can I use the logical disk on the same harddisk? where I mistake or
> what I must complete to view the new directory made on node1
> simultanously on node2?
> I received one answer like  the reserve on VmWare on Windows,
> Thanks for all and I'm waiting your answer!
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