PRIMECLUSTER Global File Services Configuration and Administration Guide 4.2 (Solaris(TM) Operating Environment)

16.1 Management Partition

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

1. Information for each of the nodes 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 in 1 must be set up using the sfcsetup(1M). The information in 2 and 3 can be set up or changed with the sfcnewfs(1M), mkfs_sfcfs(1M), sfcadm(1M), sfcnode(1M) or sfcadd(1M). Also, use the sfcgetconf(1M) to backup the information within the management partition.

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