[Ocfs2-users] Problem with mkfs.ocfs2

[Sunil Mushran]

The real error should be in dmesg. Guessing it was unable to connect to all nodes. 

On Mar 1, 2011, at 9:23 PM, "Curley, Rob" <rob.curley at windriver.com> wrote:

> When I try and run the mkfs.ocfs2 command after I have updated all of the other nodes in the cluster with the new node information in cluster.conf I am getting the following error:
>  
> mkfs.ocfs2 -b 4k -C 32K -L "ocfs2" -N 4 /dev/sdb1
> mkfs.ocfs2 1.4.4
> Cluster stack: classic o2cb
> Overwriting existing ocfs2 partition.
> mkfs.ocfs2: Could not create domain while initializing the dlm
> As this is an existing OCFS2 volume, it could be mounted on an another node in the cluster.
> However, as mkfs.ocfs2 is unable to initialize the dlm, it cannot detect if the volume is in use or not.
> To skip this check, use --force or -F.
> The only other item to note is that when I do the status command, the heartbeat is inactive:
>  
> /etc/init.d/o2cb status
> Driver for "configfs": Loaded
> Filesystem "configfs": Mounted
> Driver for "ocfs2_dlmfs": Loaded
> Filesystem "ocfs2_dlmfs": Mounted
> Checking O2CB cluster ocfs2: Online
> Heartbeat dead threshold = 31
>   Network idle timeout: 30000
>   Network keepalive delay: 2000
>   Network reconnect delay: 2000
> Checking O2CB heartbeat: Not active
> Version of ocfs2 on this node: 1.4.4 (Redhat 5.6 x86_64)
> Version of ocfs2 on all other nodes (5 others): 1.4.2-1 (Redhat 5.3 i686)
>  
> Do I need to shut down all other nodes in the cluster?
>  
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>  
>  - Thanks
>  
>  
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