Using HP Insight Control for Linux to Manage HP ProLiant DL785 G6 Servers running Oracle VM

8 0 209715200 sda

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3. On the server selected in step 2, create an OCFS2 file system on the virtual disk. For example:

# mkfs.ocfs2 -Tdatafiles -N8 /dev/sda1

4. Remove the default local repository from each server in the pool. For example, the following

command returns the repository name and UUID on a server:

# /opt/ovs-agent-2.3/utils/repos.py –-list

Copy the UUID and use it to delete the local repository. For example:

# /opt/ovs-agent-2.3/utils/repos.py –-delete UUID

5. Create the shared repository on the server you will use as the Oracle VM Server Pool Master. For

example:

# /opt/ovs-agent-2.3/utils/repos.py --new /dev/sda1

Note:

Create the repository only on the Oracle VM Server Pool Master.

6. Set the repository as the cluster root. For example, the following command returns a list of the

storage repositories including the UUID for each one:

# /opt/ovs-agent-2.3/utils/repos.py –-list

Copy the UUID and use it to set the repository as the cluster root. For example:

# /opt/ovs-agent-2.3/utils/repos.py –-r UUID

Note:

Do not mount the remote virtual disk locally on any server.

When these steps are complete, there must only be one repository on the Oracle VM Server Pool

Master and no repositories present on the rest of the servers in the pool.

Configuring shared storage using a partition

Before configuring SAN shared storage, ensure the FibreChannel cards in each server are in the

same zone as the storage so the EVA or MSA storage can see them. Also, create and present as

many SAN virtual disks as needed to all the servers in the pool so the virtual disk is shared among

them. For this multipath configuration, make sure you pointing the two ports on each FibreChannel

card to same virtual disks.

To configure shared storage using a partition, follow these steps:

1. Make sure the device-mapper-multipath package is installed on each server.

2. Edit /etc/multipath.conf file on each server as follows:

o Comment out the default blacklist for all devices as follows:

# blacklist {

# devnode "*"

# }