[Linux-cluster] Disabling cman at boot

[Fabio M. Di Nitto]

On Wed, 18 Jun 2008, Federico Simoncelli wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 10:23 AM, Kadlecsik Jozsef
> <kadlec at sunserv.kfki.hu> wrote:
>> On Wed, 18 Jun 2008, Federico Simoncelli wrote:
>>> Do you think adding a boot parameter (eg: nocluster) could be a good
>>> solution? We should modify the init file for cman to check the
>>> presence of that parameter and skip the start process if present.
>>
>> We use exactly the same method to specify how to boot a machine:
>
> Do you think we can find a common solution and propose a patch upstream?

I am open to add patches.

> Having a boot parameter (eg: nocluster) to skip cman at boot would be
> useful in your case or you really need something more specific to GFS?
> Skipping cman would prevent any other cluster service to start (GFS too).

GFS can also run in lock_nolock and that does not require cman.

I think you want to make sure of what you really want before 
enabling/disabling cman.

Fabio

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