[Ocfs2-users] data volume option, is it present in current versionof ocfs2

[Alexei_Roudnev]

Which branch is @ SLES10? Kernel is 2.6.13, but OCFS is 1.2.2-0.7 (at least
tools and console).


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sunil Mushran" <Sunil.Mushran at oracle.com>
To: "nirmal tom" <nirmaltom at hotmail.com>
Cc: <Ocfs2-users at oss.oracle.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 9:28 AM
Subject: Re: [Ocfs2-users] data volume option, is it present in current
versionof ocfs2


> Just specify block devices for voting disk and ocr. CRS should open
> the block device with the O_DIRECT flag.
>
> OCFS2 has two code trees. The 1.2 tree is the "supported" tree
> and build on 2.6.5 (SLES9) and 2.6.9 (EL4). It has some additional
> code, like to support "datavolume" mount option.
>
> The other code tree is the mainline kernel. That's where all the new
> development happens. However that tree does not have some oracle
> specific code, like the aforementioned datavolume mount option.
>
> Most distros, like fc and ubuntu, ship the mainline version of OCFS2.
>
> nirmal tom wrote:
> >
> > hi,
> > since in the current version of udev in fedora dont have the support
> > for standard i/o based  raw and asm doesnt compiles for my kernel
> > (2.6.19.x), i have to use clustered file system for voting disk and ocr.
> >
> > You notified me as mainline version, i am using.
> > I dont get it?
> >
> > does the subversion from development holds support for it?Any other
> > ways of using ocfs2?
> >
> >
> > thanks for the response
> >
> > regards,
> > Nirmal Tom.
> >> From: Sunil Mushran <Sunil.Mushran at oracle.com>
> >> To: nirmal tom <nirmaltom at hotmail.com>
> >> CC: ocfs2-users at oss.oracle.com
> >> Subject: Re: [Ocfs2-users] data volume option,    is  it present in
> >> current version of ocfs2
> >> Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2007 09:39:09 -0800
> >>
> >> If you want to use the mainline version of ocfs2, use a raw partition
> >> for the voting disk and ocr.
> >>
> >> For the db, specify filesystemio_options=directio in init.ora.
> >>
> >> nirmal tom wrote:
> >>> hi,
> >>> i am trying to install oracle rac on fedora core 6 through iscsi.
> >>>
> >>> when i try to mount,
> >>> mount.ocfs2: Invalid argument while mounting /dev/mapper/rac-crs on
> >>> /mnt/crs. Check 'dmesg' for more information on this error.
> >>>
> >>> error log in dmesg,
> >>> ocfs2: Unmounting device (253,11) on (node 255)
> >>> (27354,0):ocfs2_parse_options:753 ERROR: Unrecognized mount option
> >>> "datavolume" or missing value
> >>>
> >>> version of ocfs2:
> >>> [root at server ~]# rpm -qa | grep ocfs
> >>> ocfs2console-1.2.2-1
> >>> ocfs2-tools-devel-1.2.2-1
> >>> ocfs2-2.6.9-42.EL-1.2.4-2
> >>> ocfs2-tools-1.2.2-1
> >>>
> >>> i googled and found this datavolume option was taken from 1.2 but
> >>> also it is quite needed for voting disk.I saw the dates of threads
> >>> discussing this problem and it is almost 7 to 8 months back.
> >>>
> >>> how to make it work? is any new version available now? or how to fix
> >>> it?
> >>>
> >>> thanks for any response.
> >>>
> >>> regards,
> >>> Nirmal Tom.V
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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