PRIMECLUSTER Global File Services Configuration and Administration Guide 4.1 (Linux)

5.1 Management Partition

The management partition is used to administer the information that is necessary to the operation of the GFS Shared File System. The management partition is also used for the file system monitoring mechanism to maintain the consistency of information. The management partition contains the following information:

1. Information of each node constituting the GFS Shared File System.

2. Information linking to a shared node and a shared device in each GFS Shared File System

3. MDS allocation information for each GFS Shared File System

The node information of 1 must be set up using sfcsetup(8). The information of 2 and 3 can be set up and modified with sfcmkfs(8) and sfcadm(8). The sfcgetconf(8) command is available for backing-up the information within the management partition.

[Figure Configuration of the connection between nodes and the management partition]