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13.2.3 Creating an OCFS2 Volume
Creating an OCFS2 file system and adding new nodes to the cluster should be performed
on only one of the nodes in the cluster.
1 Open a terminal window and log in as the root user or equivalent.
2 If the O2CB cluster service is offline, start it by entering the following command,
then wait for the process to return a status of OK.
/etc/init.d/o2cb online ocfs2
Replace ocfs2 with the actual cluster name of your OCFS2 cluster.
The OCFS2 cluster must be online, because the format operation must first ensure
that the volume is not mounted on any node in the cluster.
3 Create and format the volume using one of the following methods:
• In EVMSGUI, go to the Volumes page, select Make a file system > OCFS2,
then specify the configuration settings.
• Use the mkfs.ocfs2 utility. For information about the syntax for this
command, refer to the mkfs.ocfs2 man page.
• In the ocfs2console, click Tasks > Format, select a device in the
Available Devices list that you want to use for your OCFS2 volume, specify
the configuration settings for the volume, then click OK to format the volume.
See the following table for recommended settings.
OCFS2 Pa-
rameter
Volume la-
bel
Description and Recommendation
A descriptive name for the volume to make it uniquely identifi-
able when it is mounted on different nodes.
Use the tunefs.ocfs2 utility to modify the label as needed.
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