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6 If you need to restart the OCFS2 cluster for the changes to take effect, enter the
14.2.3 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,
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If cluster.conf is not present, the console will create one with a default
cluster name of ocfs2. Modify the cluster name as desired.
c In the Node Configuration dialog box, click Add to open the Add Node dialog
box.
d In the Add Node dialog box, specify the unique name of your primary node,
a unique IP address (such as 192.168.1.1), and the port number (optional,
default is 7777), then click OK.
The ocfs2console console assigns node slot numbers sequentially from
0 to 254.
e In the Node Configuration dialog box, click Apply, then click Close to dis-
miss the Add Node dialog box.
f Click Cluster → Propagate Configuration to save the cluster.conf
file to all nodes.
following lines, waiting in between for the process to return a status of OK.
/etc/init.d/o2cb stop
/etc/init.d/o2cb start
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.