thanks Carlos, I wish I had the xwindows packages installed but I don't,
and i really shouldn't put them on these 14 servers.
if ocfs2console can do this without bringing down the cluster for a period,
there has to be a way to manually do the same steps as it does?
anybody have some ideas?
thanks!
-- Jim
On Sat, Dec 2, 2017 at 4:15 AM, Carlos Xavier <cbastos at
conection.com.br>
wrote:
> Hi Jim.
>
>
>
> If you have the Xwindows packages instaled on this server you can run GUI
> applications remotely.
>
> To achieve this, you need to use Xming and Putty. Install them on the
> machine you are going to use to meke the access.
>
> Start Xming (Xwindows server) and use Putty to make a ssh connection to
> the host you want to configure.
>
> Before start the connection to it, modify the configuration under
> Connection -> SSH -> X11 and check the option Enable X11 forwarding.
>
> Make the connection and start the application you want. A window of it
> will be opened at your computer.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Carlos
>
>
>
>
>
> *De:* ocfs2-users-bounces at oss.oracle.com [mailto:ocfs2-users-bounces at
os
> s.oracle.com] *Em nome de *Jim Okken
> *Enviada em:* quinta-feira, 30 de novembro de 2017 18:43
> *Para:* ocfs2-users at oss.oracle.com
> *Assunto:* [Ocfs2-users] removing old nodes manually
>
>
>
> hi list,
>
>
>
> I am using ocfs2 on Ubuntu 16.04.3 Linux servers. The ocfs2 packages
> provided by apt-get includes the "o2cb_ctl" and
"ocfs2console" utilities.
>
>
>
> my Ubuntu servers do not have a GUI so I can't use the graphical
"ocfs2console"
> utility.
>
>
>
> I can use the "o2cb_ctl" -C option to add nodes to the cluster
config.
>
>
>
> -C Create an object in the OCFS2 Cluster Configuration.
>
>
>
> But it seems the "o2cb_ctl" -D option, to remove a node, is not
> implemented in this version of the tool
>
>
>
> -D Delete an object from the existing OCFS2 Cluster
> Configuration.
>
>
>
> root at node-9:~# o2cb_ctl -D -n node-6 -u
>
> o2cb_ctl: Not yet supported
>
>
>
> But I need to remove a number of old nodes that no longer exist. I was
> just leaving the old nodes in there and adding in new nodes, but now I need
> to add a node which has the same ip address as one of the old nodes.... so,
> I need to delete that old node.
>
>
>
>
>
> it seems to me there would be a manual way to do this. change the
> cluster.conf file and apply the changes on the fly. I need to keep the
> ocfs2 filesystem up while removing old nodes on a number of servers.
>
>
>
> can anyone tell me the manual steps to do this on each of my servers?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> The rest of my environment needs to run on Ubuntu 16, otherwise I would
> try ocfs2 on a different OS.
>
>
>
> I see there is a newer tool, named O2CB (NewO2CBTool), which may help me
> out, but is there source code for it? and will it compile on Ubuntu
16.04.3?
>
>
>
>
>
> thanks!
>
>
> -- Jim
>
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