Hi Felix, online resize is not my question / problem. I just mean the creation of the drbd metadata when I setup the mentionned fileserver.
So step by step: Documentation says: "If you are planning to use internal meta data in conjunction with an existing lower-level device that already has data which you wish to preserve, you must account for the space required by DRBD's meta data. Otherwise, upon DRBD resource creation, the newly created metadata would overwrite data at the end of the lower-level device, potentially destroying existing files in the process." So in my case the "existing lower-level device" is the LVM volume, that I created. Documentation says: "To avoid that, you must do one of the following things: Enlarge your lower-level device. This is possible with any logical volume management facility (such as LVM or EVMS) as long as you have free space available in the corresponding volume group or container. It may also be supported by hardware storage solutions. OR Shrink your existing file system on your lower-level device. This may or may not be supported by your file system. You may calculate the exact space requirements for DRBD's meta data using the following formula..." The docu is here really confusing, what to do: "Enlarge your lower-level device" OR "Shrink your existing file system on your lower-level device". Thats just nonesense in my eyes. Best wishes Michael -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/DRBD-Metadata-tp32036519p32037793.html Sent from the DRBD - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ drbd-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linbit.com/mailman/listinfo/drbd-user
