[Ocfs2-users] Getting Started with ocfs2

[Sunil Mushran]

1. Do "/etc/init.d/o2cb load"
Appears you have hand loaded the modules. Use the script. It needs
to do some mounting too.
2. Run "ocfs2console". No -N option.

Which distro are you on?

Martin Evans wrote:
> John Peeken, Linux OS Support wrote:
>> Martin,
>> http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2/documentation/
>> See the OCFS2 FAQ and the users guide.
>> Follow the steps on OC2B Cluster Service Loading
>> regards,
>> John Peeken
>> Linux OS Support
>>
> John,
>
> Thanks for that, I had missed the part about running
>
> /etc/init.d/o2cb configure
>
> However, I don't have a cluster.conf and the docs seems to suggest you 
> run ocfs2console to create it:
>
> If you have installed the console, use it to create this configuration 
> file. For details, refer to the user's guide. If you do not have the 
> console installed, check the Appendix in the User's guide for a sample 
> cluster.conf and the details of all the components. Do not forget to 
> copy this file to all the nodes in the cluster. If you ever edit this 
> file on any node, ensure the other nodes are updated as well.
>
> and in the user guide it says:
>
> Start ocfs2console and click on menu item Cluster followed by 
> Configure Nodes. If the cluster is
> offline, the console will start it and display a message to that 
> effect. If cluster.conf is not present,
> the console will create one with a default cluster name ocfs2.
>
> but every time I run the ocfs2console -N or click on configure nodes I 
> get the error stated in my last email.
>
> How do you create the cluster.conf with the console?
>
> Martin
>> Martin J. Evans wrote:
>>
>>> I am trying to use ocfs2 and wanted to know if anyone knew of a good 
>>> getting
>>> started guide as I'm struggling to find a one which is relevant for 
>>> ocfs2. So
>>> far I've loaded the ocfs2 kernel modules (linux) and installed the 
>>> ocfs2 tools,
>>> I managed to mkfs.ocfs2 a partition but:
>>>
>>> 1. ocfs2console errored with
>>>
>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>  File "/usr/local/sbin/ocfs2console", line 3, in ?
>>>    from ocfs2interface.about import process_args
>>> ImportError: No module named ocfs2interface.about
>>>
>>> I don't know what the correct fix for this but if I run the 
>>> ocfsconsole with
>>> PYTHONPATH=/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages it works. I can 
>>> see ocfstools
>>> installed the ocfs python packages here and I don't see wht python 
>>> is not
>>> looking in the site dir.
>>>
>>> 2. Now I can run ocfs2console I run with -N to configure my noeds 
>>> and just get
>>> a dialogue saying:
>>>
>>> Could not query the state of the cluster stack.This must be resolved 
>>> before any
>>> OCFS2 filesystemcan be mounted.
>>>
>>> In case it makes a diference /etc/init.d/o2cb.init status shows
>>>
>>> Module "configfs": Loaded
>>> Filesystem "configfs": Not mounted
>>> Module "ocfs2_nodemanager": Loaded
>>> Module "ocfs2_dlm": Loaded
>>> Module "ocfs2_dlmfs": Not loaded
>>> Filesystem "ocfs2_dlmfs": Not mounted
>>>
>>> I am using ocfs2-tools-1.2.1.
>>>
>>> I am a bit stuck for now at this point.
>>>
>>> Any ideas or pointers?
>>>
>>> Martin
>>> -- 
>>> Martin J. Evans
>>> Easysoft Ltd, UK
>>> http://www.easysoft.com
>>>
>
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