[Ocfs2-users] Persistent lun problem

[Ulf Zimmermann]

Look at device-mapper-multipath

Regards, Ulf.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ocfs2-users-bounces at oss.oracle.com [mailto:ocfs2-users-
> bounces at oss.oracle.com] On Behalf Of Pedro Figueira
> Sent: 10/01/2008 11:40
> To: ocfs2-users at oss.oracle.com
> Subject: [Ocfs2-users] Persistent lun problem
> 
> Dear all
> 
> I'm investigating the possible solutions for persistent device names
to
> mount OCFS2 disks, without using LVM2 that is not supported. In RH4 if
> you reboot the server, add or remove LUNS the device files
> (traditionally /dev/sdX) can change, so you can mount the filesystem
on
> the wrong directory.
> 
> >From what I can see there are some solution like the multipath or
udev
> to create persistent device files. However the solution can be more
> simple if in the /etc/fstab file one indicate the label of the OCFS2
> volume and not the device file.
> 
> I've tried this with OCFS1.2 with good results but my question is if
> it's supported (i.e if mounting an OCFS2 volume by label is supported)
> and if there is any problem with this approach. Will it work on future
> OCFS2 releases?
> 
> Best regards and thanks
> 
> Pedro Figueira
> 
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