Usage; Examples; Comments - Red Hat GFS 6.0 Administrator's Manual

Chapter 5. Using the Pool Volume Manager
The
pool_assemble
/proc/partitions/
which pools exist and, as a result, should be activated. The
device nodes in the
/dev/pool/

5.6.1. Usage

Activating a Pool Volume
pool_assemble -a [PoolName]
PoolName
Specifies the pool to activate. More than one name can be listed. If no pool names are specified,
all pools visible to the system are activated.
Deactivating a Pool Volume
pool_assemble -r [PoolName]
PoolName
Specifies the pool to deactivate. More than one name can be listed. If no pool names are specified,
all pools visible to the system are deactivated.

5.6.2. Examples

This example activates all pools on a node:
pool_assemble -a
This example deactivates all pools on a node:
pool_assemble -r
This example activates
pool_assemble -a pool0
This example deactivates
pool_assemble -r pool0

5.6.3. Comments

The
pool_assemble
The
pool_assemble
activated each time the node boots.
command only activates pools from devices visible to the node (those listed in
). Disk labels created by the
directory for devices it has activated.
on a node:
pool0
on a node:
pool0
command must be run on every GFS node.
command should be put into the node's system-startup scripts so that pools are
command are scanned to determine
pool_tool
pool_assemble
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command also creates