Red Hat GNBD WITH GLOBAL FILE SYSTEM 5.2 Instruction Manual

Using GNBD with Global File System

Configuration and

Administration

5.2

Global_Network_Block_Device

ISBN: N/A

Publication date: May 2008

This book provides an overview on using Global Network Block Device (GNBD) with Red Hat

GFS for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2.

Using GNBD with Global File System

Using GNBD with Global File System: Configuration and

Administration

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Using GNBD with Global File System

Introduction ..............................................................................................................vii

1. About This Guide ..........................................................................................vii

2. Audience ...................................................................................................... vii

3. Software Versions .........................................................................................vii

4. Related Documentation ................................................................................. vii

5. Feedback .................................................................................................... viii

6. Document Conventions ................................................................................ viii

1. Using GNBD with Red Hat GFS .............................................................................. 1

2. Considerations for Using GNBD with Device-Mapper Multipath ................................. 3

1. Linux Page Caching ....................................................................................... 3

2. Fencing GNBD Server Nodes ......................................................................... 3

3. GNBD Driver and Command Usage ........................................................................ 5

1. Exporting a GNBD from a Server .................................................................... 5

2. Importing a GNBD on a Client ......................................................................... 8

4. Running GFS on a GNBD Server Node ................................................................... 9

Index .......................................................................................................................11

Introduction

1. About This Guide

This book describes how to use Global Network Block Device (GNDB) with Global File System

(GFS), including information about device-mapper multipath, GNDB driver and command

usage, and running GFS on a GNBD server node.

2. Audience

This book is intended to be used by system administrators managing systems running the Linux

operating system. It requires familiarity with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and GFS file system

administration.

3. Software Versions

Software Description

RHEL5 refers to RHEL5 and higher

GFS refers to GFS for RHEL5 and higher

Table 1. Software Versions

4. Related Documentation

For more information about using Red Hat Enterprise Linux, refer to the following resources:

•Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation Guide — Provides information regarding installation of

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

•Red Hat Enterprise Linux Deployment Guide — Provides information regarding the

deployment, configuration and administration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

For more information about Red Hat Cluster Suite for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, refer to the

following resources:

•Red Hat Cluster Suite Overview — Provides a high level overview of the Red Hat Cluster

Suite.

•Configuring and Managing a Red Hat Cluster — Provides information about installing,

configuring and managing Red Hat Cluster components.

•LVM Administrator's Guide: Configuration and Administration — Provides a description of the

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Logical Volume Manager (LVM), including information on running LVM in a clustered

environment.

•Global File System: Configuration and Administration — Provides information about installing,

configuring, and maintaining Red Hat GFS (Red Hat Global File System).

•Using Device-Mapper Multipath — Provides information about using the Device-Mapper

Multipath feature of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

•Linux Virtual Server Administration — Provides information on configuring high-performance

systems and services with the Linux Virtual Server (LVS).

•Red Hat Cluster Suite Release Notes — Provides information about the current release of

Red Hat Cluster Suite.

Red Hat Cluster Suite documentation and other Red Hat documents are available in HTML,

PDF, and RPM versions on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Documentation CD and online at

http://www.redhat.com/docs/.

5. Feedback

If you spot a typo, or if you have thought of a way to make this manual better, we would love to

hear from you. Please submit a report in Bugzilla (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/) against

the component rh-cs.

Be sure to mention the manual's identifier:

Bugzilla component: Documentation-cluster

Book identifier: Global_Network_Block_Device(EN)-5.2 (2008-05-21T15:25)

By mentioning this manual's identifier, we know exactly which version of the guide you have.

If you have a suggestion for improving the documentation, try to be as specific as possible. If

you have found an error, please include the section number and some of the surrounding text

so we can find it easily.

6. Document Conventions

Certain words in this manual are represented in different fonts, styles, and weights. This

highlighting indicates that the word is part of a specific category. The categories include the

following:

Courier font

Courier font represents commands,file names and paths, and prompts .

When shown as below, it indicates computer output:

Introduction

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Desktop about.html logs paulwesterberg.png

Mail backupfiles mail reports

bold Courier font

Bold Courier font represents text that you are to type, such as: service jonas start

If you have to run a command as root, the root prompt (#) precedes the command:

#gconftool-2

italic Courier font

Italic Courier font represents a variable, such as an installation directory:

install_dir/bin/

bold font

Bold font represents application programs and text found on a graphical interface.

When shown like this: OK , it indicates a button on a graphical application interface.

Additionally, the manual uses different strategies to draw your attention to pieces of information.

In order of how critical the information is to you, these items are marked as follows:

Note

A note is typically information that you need to understand the behavior of the

system.

Tip

A tip is typically an alternative way of performing a task.

Important

Important information is necessary, but possibly unexpected, such as a

configuration change that will not persist after a reboot.

Document Conventions

Caution

A caution indicates an act that would violate your support agreement, such as

recompiling the kernel.

Warning

A warning indicates potential data loss, as may happen when tuning hardware

for maximum performance.

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