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

19.2.1 Setting shared disks

The device used as a management partition of a GFS Shared File System needs to fulfill the following conditions.

• Size should be 40 MB or more. (Since management partition need size of 40 MB or more.)
• It is the GDS logical volume and a status should be "ACTIVE." (Check with a sdxinfo(1))
• It is shared from all the nodes that use a file system.

For details on the sdxinfo(1), see "PRIMECLUSTER Global Disk Services Configuration and Administration Guide."

GDS logical volume used as management partition should set up as follows.

• Set up the type of a disk class with which GDS logical volume belongs as shared.
• Set all the nodes that share GFS Shared File System as the scope of the disk class to which logical volume belongs.

For information on logical volume operation, see the relevant item in "Operating on the management view" in the "PRIMECLUSTER Global Disk Services Configuration and Administration Guide."