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
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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
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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.
Introduction
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