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

[Sunil Mushran]

2.6.13? My sles10 is 2.6.16 but that's a side issue. Do, modinfo ocfs2
to know the version number. Novell ships ocfs2 1.2 + additional
cluster stack bits.

Alexei_Roudnev wrote:
> 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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