Administering Cluster File Systems

The cluster file system is a globally available file system that can be read and accessed from any node of the cluster.

Table 5-5 Task Map: Administering Cluster File Systems

How to Add a Cluster File System

Perform this task for each cluster file system you create after your initial Oracle Solaris Cluster installation.

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Caution - Be sure you specify the correct disk device name. Creating a cluster file system destroys any data on the disks. If you specify the wrong device name, you will erase data that you might not intend to delete.

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Ensure the following prerequisites have been completed prior to adding an additional cluster file system:

• Superuser privilege is established on a node in the cluster.

• Volume manager software be installed and configured on the cluster.

• A device group (Solaris Volume Manager device group) or block disk slice exists on which to create the cluster file system.

If you used Oracle Solaris Cluster Manager to install data services, one or more cluster file systems already exist if shared disks on which to create the cluster file systems were sufficient.

The phys-schost# prompt reflects a global-cluster prompt. Perform this procedure on a global cluster.

This procedure provides the long forms of the Oracle Solaris Cluster commands. Most commands also have short forms. Except for the long and short forms of the command names, the commands are identical.

1. Become superuser on any node in the cluster.

   Perform this procedure from the global zone if non-global zones are configured in the cluster.

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   Tip - For faster file-system creation, become superuser on the current primary of the global device for which you create a file system.

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2. Create a file system.

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   Caution - Any data on the disks is destroyed when you create a file system. Be sure that you specify the correct disk device name. If you specify the wrong device name, you might erase data that you did not intend to delete.

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   • For a UFS file system, use the newfs(1M) command.

     phys-schost# newfs raw-disk-device

     The following table shows examples of names for the raw-disk-device argument. Note that naming conventions differ for each volume manager.

     
     

     Volume Manager Sample Disk Device Name Description Solaris Volume Manager /dev/md/nfs/rdsk/d1 Raw disk device d1 within the nfs disk set None /dev/global/rdsk/d1s3 Raw disk device d1s3

3. On each node in the cluster, create a mount-point directory for the cluster file system.

   A mount point is required on each node, even if the cluster file system is not accessed on that node.

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   Tip - For ease of administration, create the mount point in the /global/device-group/ directory. This location enables you to easily distinguish cluster file systems, which are globally available, from local file systems.

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   phys-schost# mkdir -p /global/device-group/mountpoint/

   device-group

   Name of the directory that corresponds to the name of the device group that contains the device.

   mountpoint

   Name of the directory on which to mount the cluster file system.

4. On each node in the cluster, add an entry to the /etc/vfstab file for the mount point.

   See the vfstab(4) man page for details.

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   Note - If non-global zones are configured in the cluster, ensure that you mount cluster file systems in the global zone on a path in the global zone's root directory.

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   1. In each entry, specify the required mount options for the type of file system that you use.
   2. To automatically mount the cluster file system, set the mount at boot field to yes.
   3. Ensure that, for each cluster file system, the information in its /etc/vfstab entry is identical on each node.
   4. Ensure that the entries in each node's /etc/vfstab file list devices in the same order.
   5. Check the boot order dependencies of the file systems.

      For example, consider the scenario where phys-schost-1 mounts disk device d0 on /global/oracle/, and phys-schost-2 mounts disk device d1 on /global/oracle/logs/. With this configuration, phys-schost-2 can boot and mount /global/oracle/logs/ only after phys-schost-1 boots and mounts /global/oracle/.

5. On any node in the cluster, run the configuration check utility.

   phys-schost# cluster check -k vfstab

   The configuration check utility verifies that the mount points exist. The utility also verifies that /etc/vfstab file entries are correct on all nodes of the cluster. If no errors occur, nothing is returned.

   For more information, see the cluster(1CL) man page.

6. Mount the cluster file system.

   For UFS and QFS, mount the cluster file system from any node in the cluster.

   phys-schost# mount /global/device-group/mountpoint/

7. On each node of the cluster, verify that the cluster file system is mounted.

   You can use either the df command or mount command to list mounted file systems. For more information, see the df(1M) man page or mount(1M) man page.

   Cluster file systems are accessible from both the global zone and the non-global zone.

Example 5-36 Creating a UFS Cluster File System

The following example creates a UFS cluster file system on the Solaris Volume Manager volume /dev/md/oracle/rdsk/d1. An entry for the cluster file system is added to the vfstab file on each node. Then from one node the cluster check command is run. After configuration check processing is completes successfully, the cluster file system is mounted from one node and verified on all nodes.

phys-schost# newfs /dev/md/oracle/rdsk/d1
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phys-schost# mkdir -p /global/oracle/d1
phys-schost# vi /etc/vfstab
#device           device        mount   FS      fsck    mount   mount
#to mount         to fsck       point   type    pass    at boot options
#                     
/dev/md/oracle/dsk/d1 /dev/md/oracle/rdsk/d1 /global/oracle/d1 ufs 2 yes global,logging
…
phys-schost# cluster check -k vfstab
phys-schost# mount /global/oracle/d1
phys-schost# mount
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/global/oracle/d1 on /dev/md/oracle/dsk/d1 read/write/setuid/global/logging/largefiles
on Sun Oct 3 08:56:16 2005

How to Remove a Cluster File System

You remove a cluster file system by merely unmounting it. To also remove or delete the data, remove the underlying disk device (or metadevice or volume) from the system.

Ensure that the following prerequisites have been completed prior to unmounting cluster file systems:

• Superuser privilege is established on a node in the cluster.

• The file system is not busy. A file system is considered busy if a user is working in a directory in the file system, or if a program has a file open in that file system. The user or program could be running on any node in the cluster.

1. Become superuser on any node in the cluster.
2. Determine which cluster file systems are mounted.

   # mount -v

3. On each node, list all processes that are using the cluster file system, so that you know which processes you are going to stop.

   # fuser -c [ -u ] mountpoint

   -c

   Reports on files that are mount points for file systems and any files within those mounted file systems.

   -u

   (Optional) Displays the user login name for each process ID.

   mountpoint

   Specifies the name of the cluster file system for which you want to stop processes.

4. On each node, stop all processes for the cluster file system.

   Use your preferred method for stopping processes. If necessary, use the following command to force termination of processes associated with the cluster file system.

   # fuser -c -k mountpoint

   A SIGKILL is sent to each process that uses the cluster file system.

5. On each node, verify that no processes are using the file system.

   # fuser -c mountpoint

6. From just one node, unmount the file system.

   # umount mountpoint

   mountpoint

   Specifies the name of the cluster file system you want to unmount. This can be either the directory name where the cluster file system is mounted, or the device name path of the file system.

7. (Optional) Edit the /etc/vfstab file to delete the entry for the cluster file system being removed.

   Perform this step on each cluster node that has an entry for this cluster file system in its /etc/vfstab file.

8. (Optional) Remove the disk device group/metadevice/volume/plex.

   See your volume manager documentation for more information.

Example 5-37 Removing a Cluster File System

The following example removes a UFS cluster file system that is mounted on the Solaris Volume Manager metadevice or volume/dev/md/oracle/rdsk/d1.

# mount -v
...
/global/oracle/d1 on /dev/md/oracle/dsk/d1 read/write/setuid/global/logging/largefiles 
# fuser -c /global/oracle/d1
/global/oracle/d1: 4006c
# fuser -c -k /global/oracle/d1
/global/oracle/d1: 4006c
# fuser -c /global/oracle/d1
/global/oracle/d1:
# umount /global/oracle/d1
 
(On each node, remove the highlighted entry:)
# vi /etc/vfstab
#device           device        mount   FS      fsck    mount   mount
#to mount         to fsck       point   type    pass    at boot options
#                       
/dev/md/oracle/dsk/d1 /dev/md/oracle/rdsk/d1 /global/oracle/d1 ufs 2 yes global,logging

[Save and exit.]

To remove the data on the cluster file system, remove the underlying device. See your volume manager documentation for more information.

How to Check Global Mounts in a Cluster

The cluster(1CL) utility verifies the syntax of the entries for cluster file systems in the /etc/vfstab file. If no errors occur, nothing is returned.

1. Become superuser on any node in the cluster.
2. Check the cluster global mounts.

   # cluster check -k vfstab