[Linux-cluster] Can't create new GFS storage

Gordan Bobic gordan at bobich.net
Mon Jan 28 22:08:26 UTC 2008


I'm afraid I can't help much since I don't use LVM, but having said 
that, you don't have to use LVM. You can have GFS on the raw device. 
That's what I always do.

But if you have to use LVM, are you using LVM or CLVM? For clustering to 
work, you'll need CLVM.

Gordan

isplist at logicore.net wrote:
> I've replaced some drives on a test chassis and am trying to set up GFS on one 
> of the blades. When I try to pvcreate, it just sits there and hangs.
> 
> I've tried rebooting the storage, rebooting the FC switch and the server. I 
> can see the storage using fdisk -l but can't seem to do anything with it. 
> 
> Any thoughts on what to try as I also don't see anything in the logs.
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
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