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Using EVMSGUI to Create a Mirrored Cluster SBD Partition
1 At the Linux terminal console of a cluster server, log in as the
start the EVMS GUI utility.
2 In evmsgui, create an SBD partition:
2a Click Action, then click Create.
2b Click Segment, choose the NetWare Segment Manager, then click Next.
2c Select Free Space Storage Object, then click Next.
2d Specify 20 MB as the size of the cluster partition, then choose SBD as the partition type.
2e Specify the name of your cluster as the Label, then click Create.
2f Click Save to save your changes.
3 In evmsgui, mirror the newly created SBD partition:
3a Click Segments.
3b Locate the SBD partition and right-click it.
3c Select Mirror Segment, then click OK.
This creates a RAID 1 device with the name
3d Click Save to save your changes.
4 Exit evmsgui.
5 Reboot all cluster nodes.
8.16.5 Deleting a Non-Mirrored Cluster SBD Partition
You must delete an existing SBD partition for the cluster before you attempt to create (or re-create)
an SBD partition. The existing SBD partition might have been created during the Novell Cluster
Services installation, or later by using the
1 At a Linux terminal console of a cluster server, log in as the
2 Enter
cluster down
This causes all cluster servers to leave the cluster.
3 Enter
to open the NSS Utility, then select Partitions.
nssmu
4 Select the SBD partition you want to delete.
5 Click Delete to delete the partition and its contents, then click OK to confirm the deletion.
6 If you have more than one node in the cluster, use one of the following methods to create a new
SBD partition:
Section 8.16.3, "Creating a Non-Mirrored Cluster SBD Partition," on page 111
Section 8.16.4, "Creating a Mirrored Cluster SBD Partition," on page 112
7 Join the nodes to the cluster.
.
sbdutil
at the terminal console of one cluster server.
user, then enter
root
/dev/evms/nodes/cluster.sbd
user.
root
to
evmsgui
.
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