Chapter 6. GFS

Chapter 6. GFS

6.1. Installing GFS components
6.2. Create the GFS volumes

6.1. Installing GFS components

Most installs (including this sample cluster) will be have more than one CPU, so the SMP compatible kernel modules will be required. This system is a 64-bit SMP, so the actual names will reflect the type of RHEL kernel that is running (RHEL4 Update 3). Install GFS on all four RAC nodes.

rac1 $ sudo rpm –Uhv GFS-6.1.5-0.x86_64.rpm GFS-kernel-smp-2.6.9-49.1.x86_64.rpm 

Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
   1:GFS-kernel-smp         ########################################### [ 50%]
   2:GFS                    ########################################### [100%]

Note

GFS does not need to be installed on the GULM lock server nodes.

This process installs only the GFS module required by the specific kernel that is being used (64-bit, SMP). All variants of the GFS kernel module may be installed, but it is not required—only the version that matches the RHEL kernel is required.


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