[Ocfs2-users] Device or resource busy while mounting...

[Sunil Mushran]

The errors indicates that either the source or the target is busy.
As in, device is already mounted or target has another mount
and has open files, etc. Check that first.

Nick Couchman wrote:
>
> I have an OCFS2 filesystem that I'm trying to move from one set of 
> servers to another.  The filesystem is on a SAN, and I've recently set 
> up a new set of servers that I'd like to access the filesystem. 
>  Unfortunately, this doesn't seem to be working - I get the following:
>
>
> xen02:~ # mount.ocfs2 -vv /dev/sdd1 /xenstore/vmdevel/
>
> device=/dev/sdd1
>
> mount.ocfs2: Device or resource busy while mounting /dev/sdd1 on 
> /xenstore/vmdevel/. Check 'dmesg' for more information on this error.
>
>
> ...and there's nothing useful in the dmesg output to indicate why the 
> device or resource is busy.  Can anyone shed any light on this or 
> offer any advice for how to migrate an OCFS2 volume from one cluster 
> to another?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Nick
>