[linux-lvm] LVM/RAID again

[Luca Berra]

On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 09:35:32PM +0100, Frank Lenaerts wrote:
> take snapshot backups etc.. The problem I currently face however, is
> the fact that both nodes autodetect the metadevices and start syncing
> the mirrors, independently of each other (I do not have the LVM and
...
> - do not use LVM at all, just use the physical disks instead
this is not an lvm problem but an md one
list is linux-raid at vger.kernel.org

> - have two separate raidtab files where each of them is only "owned"
>   by a single node (to prevent syncing problems) and only start the
>   raid for a certain metadevice when a logical volume is imported on a
>   node
get rid of raidstart and raidtab and use
mdctl from neil brown
http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~neilb/source/mdctl/
also be sure you are not using raid autodetection


L.

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