HP Ignite-UX manual Create logical volumes for the shared file systems

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The name of the volume group is not important; you may use any name supported by Serviceguard instead of vg01. If you do use an alternative name, substitute any reference to vg01 in this documentation with the name you have chosen.

2.Create logical volumes for the shared file systems

You will need logical volumes for /etc/opt/ignite, /var/opt/ignite, and /opt/ignite/boot on the first cluster node.

# lvcreate -L 1000 -n lvol1 /dev/vg01

Warning: rounding up logical volume size to extent boundary at size "1008" MB.

Logical volume "/dev/vg01/lvol1" has been successfully created with character device "/dev/vg01/rlvol1". Logical volume "/dev/vg01/lvol1" has been successfully extended.

Volume Group configuration for /dev/vg01 has been saved in /etc/lvmconf/vg01.conf

# lvcreate -L 100000 -n lvol2 /dev/vg01

Logical volume "/dev/vg01/lvol2" has been successfully created with character device "/dev/vg01/rlvol2". Logical volume "/dev/vg01/lvol2" has been successfully extended.

Volume Group configuration for /dev/vg01 has been saved in /etc/lvmconf/vg01.conf

# lvcreate -L 1000 -n lvol3 /dev/vg01

Warning: rounding up logical volume size to extent boundary at size "1008" MB.

Logical volume "/dev/vg01/lvol3" has been successfully created with character device "/dev/vg01/rlvol3". Logical volume "/dev/vg01/lvol3" has been successfully extended.

Volume Group configuration for /dev/vg01 has been saved in /etc/lvmconf/vg01.conf

#newfs -F vxfs /dev/vg01/rlvol1 version 6 layout

1032192 sectors, 1032192 blocks of size 1024, log size

16384 blocks largefiles supported

#newfs -F vxfs /dev/vg01/rlvol2

version 6

layout

102400000

sectors, 102400000 blocks of size 1024, log

size 16384

blocks

largefiles

supported

#newfs -F vxfs /dev/vg01/rlvol3 version 6 layout

1032192 sectors, 1032192 blocks of size 1024, log size

16384 blocks largefiles supported

#lvdisplay /dev/vg01/lvol1

--- Logical volumes ---

 

LV Name

/dev/vg01/lvol1

VG Name

/dev/vg01

LV

Permission

read/write

LV

Status

available/syncd

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Contents Table of Contents Configuring an Ignite-UX server under HP ServiceguardFor more information Setting up Ignite-UX to run under Serviceguard Advantage of running Ignite-UX under ServiceguardServiceguard packages and scripts About this documentPage Create logical volumes for the shared file systems MWC Create mount points for the shared file systemsAdd the -soption to /usr/lbin/tftpd Copy NFS toolkit cluster scripts in place Configure group for exclusive access and exportImport volume group data on all cluster nodes Etc/cmcluster/ha-iux/hanfs.sh Etc/cmcluster/ha-iux/nfs.cntl Create package config and scriptsPage Add the new package to the cluster on the first node Copy completed package directory to all nodesBring up the package on each node and install Ignite-UX Page Execute pkgrecdepot on the first node only Page Objects /var/opt/ignite/depots/recoverycmds Page Update the Ignite server IP address Best practices Managing recovery images for cluster nodes Booting from the cluster using /etc/bootptabFor more information Edit scripts on all cluster nodes for NFS client mounts
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