Specifications

Creating a File System Resource Hierarchy
button.
l On the Edit menu, select Server, then click on Create Resource Hierarchy.
2. A dialog entitled Create Resource Wizard will appear with a Recovery Kit list. Select File
System Resource and click Next.
3. Select the Switchback Type and click Next.
4. Select the Server and click Next. Note: If you began from the server context menu, the server
will be determined automatically from the server icon that you clicked on, and this step will be
skipped.
5. The Create gen/filesys Resource dialog will now appear. Select the Mount Point for the file
system resource hierarchy and click Next. The selected mount point will be checked to see
that it is shared with another server in the cluster by checking each storage kit to see if it
recognizes the mounted device as shared. If no storage kit recognizes the mounted device,
then an error dialog will be presented:
<file system> is not a shared file system
Selecting OK will return to the Create gen/filsys Resource dialog.
Note:
l In order for a mount point to appear in the choice list, the mount point must be
currently mounted. If an entry for the mount point exists in the /etc/fstab file,
LifeKeeper will remove this entry during the creation and extension of the
hierarchy. It is advisable to make a backup of /etc/fstab prior to using the
NAS Recovery Kit, especially if you have complex mount settings. You can
direct that entries are re-populated back into /etc/fstab on deletion by setting
the /etc/default/LifeKeeper tunable REPLACEFSTAB=true|TRUE.
l Many of these resources (SteelEye DataKeeper, LVM, Device Mapper
Multipath, etc.) require LifeKeeper recovery kits on each server in the cluster in
order for the file system resource to be created. If these kits are not properly
installed, then the file system will not appear to be shared in the cluster.
6. LifeKeeper creates a default Root Tag for the file system resource hierarchy. (This is the label
used for this resource in the status display). You can select this root tag or create your own,
then click Next.
7. Click Create Instance. A window will display a message indicating the status of the instance
creation.
8. Click Next. A window will display a message that the file system hierarchy has been created
successfully.
9. At this point, you can click Continue to move on to extending the file system resource
hierarchy, or you can click Cancel to return to the GUI. If you click Cancel, you will receive a
warning message that your hierarchy exists on only one server, and it is not protected at this
point.
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