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

[Alexei_Roudnev]

!@#$, sorry, just misprinted. 2.6.16.37


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sunil Mushran" <Sunil.Mushran at oracle.com>
To: "Alexei_Roudnev" <Alexei_Roudnev at exigengroup.com>
Cc: "nirmal tom" <nirmaltom at hotmail.com>; <Ocfs2-users at oss.oracle.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 11:02 AM
Subject: Re: [Ocfs2-users] data volume option, is it present in current
versionof ocfs2


> 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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