This is what we did. have /var/lib/nfs dir on shared storage. i.e host1's /var/lib/nfs should be available on second node when it fails over. if that is possible then you just use pkill and rpc.statd to inform clients to reclaim their lock
> From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:19:06 +0200 > Subject: [Linux-HA] NFS locks > > Hi, > > we have a NFSv3 server and the clients using this server are clusterd. When > the clients failover there still remain the locks from the old client on the > server so the new client cannot access the files. This is especially painful > for Oracle databases. > > Mounting the NFS with "nolock" is, according to Oracle, no option. This can > lead to database corruption. > > Anybody has a good idea how to handle the left over locks on a NFSv3 server > when the client faild over? Thanks for any hints. > > -- > Dr. Michael Schwartzkopff > MultiNET Services GmbH > Addresse: Bretonischer Ring 7; 85630 Grasbrunn; Germany > Tel: +49 - 89 - 45 69 11 0 > Fax: +49 - 89 - 45 69 11 21 > mob: +49 - 174 - 343 28 75 > > mail: [email protected] > web: www.multinet.de > > Sitz der Gesellschaft: 85630 Grasbrunn > Registergericht: Amtsgericht München HRB 114375 > Geschäftsführer: Günter Jurgeneit, Hubert Martens > > --- > > PGP Fingerprint: F919 3919 FF12 ED5A 2801 DEA6 AA77 57A4 EDD8 979B > Skype: misch42 > _______________________________________________ > Linux-HA mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.linux-ha.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-ha > See also: http://linux-ha.org/ReportingProblems _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™ SkyDrive™: Store, access, and share your photos. See how. http://windowslive.com/Online/SkyDrive?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_CS_SD_photos_072009 _______________________________________________ Linux-HA mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linux-ha.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-ha See also: http://linux-ha.org/ReportingProblems
