[Ocfs2-users] some beginner questions

[Ulf Zimmermann]

OCFS2 requires shared storage. Is /dev/sdb a shared device?


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ocfs2-users-bounces at oss.oracle.com [mailto:ocfs2-users-
> bounces at oss.oracle.com] On Behalf Of Alexander Nagel
> Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 12:03 PM
> To: Ocfs2-users at oss.oracle.com
> Subject: [Ocfs2-users] some beginner questions
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'am new to ocfs2 filesystem and I have some questions about it.
> 
> I installed three server according to the user guide from
> http://oss.oracle.com/projects/ocfs2/dist/documentation/v1.4/ocfs2-1_4-
> usersguide.pdf
> 
> For every single server I have a working ocfs2 partition
> /dev/sdb1 on /mnt/oc1 type ocfs2 (rw,_netdev,heartbeat=local)
> 
> As I understand the ocfs2 system I can use now these partition as a
> single data storage. But it doesn't work. When I create a file or
> directory on the ocfs2 partition, it doesn't "appear" on the other
> servers.
> 
> SERVER01:
> server01:~# echo "sdhfksjdhfskhskjgh" >> /mnt/oc1/testfile
> server01:~# cat /mnt/oc1/testfile
> sdhfksjdhfskhskjgh
> server01:~# ls -lh /mnt/oc1/
> insgesamt 0
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 3,9K 13. Jul 16:53 lost+found
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   19 14. Jul 20:48 testfile
> 
> 
> SERVER02
> server02:~# ls -lh /mnt/oc1/
> insgesamt 0
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 3,9K 13. Jul 16:34 lost+found
> 
> 
> server03 same result
> 
> The config file is the same on all three servers. I made it and copied
> it with the gui program on all three servers. So all server have the
> absolutly same file.
> 
> What did I miss? Can somebody give me a hint? Or did I misunderstand
> the
> ocfs2?
> 
> thanks
> Alexander
> 
> 
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> 
> Alexander Nagel
> E-mail: alexander at acwn.de
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