PRIMECLUSTER Global File Services Configuration and Administration Guide 4.1 (Solaris(TM) 10 Operating System)

8.2.1 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 megabytes or more. (At least 40 megabytes will be required for the management partition.)
• It is the GDS logical volume and a status should be "ACTIVE." (Check with the sdxinfo(1))
• It is shared from all the nodes that use a file system. (Check with the sdxinfo(1))

For details on the sdxinfo(1), see "PRIMECLUSTER Global Disk Services Configuration and Administration Guide (Solaris(TM) Operating System)"

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

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

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 (Solaris(TM) Operating System)"