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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Global File System 2

Red Hat Global File System 2

Edition 7


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Abstract
This book provides information about configuring and maintaining Red Hat GFS2 (Red Hat Global File System 2) for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Introduction
1. Audience
2. Related Documentation
3. We Need Feedback!
4. Document Conventions
4.1. Typographic Conventions
4.2. Pull-quote Conventions
4.3. Notes and Warnings
1. GFS2 Overview
1.1. New and Changed Features
1.2. Before Setting Up GFS2
1.3. Differences between GFS and GFS2
1.3.1. GFS2 Command Names
1.3.2. Additional Differences Between GFS and GFS2
1.3.3. GFS2 Performance Improvements
1.4. GFS2 Node Locking
1.4.1. Performance Tuning With GFS2
1.4.2. Troubleshooting GFS2 Performance with the GFS2 Lock Dump
2. Getting Started
2.1. Prerequisite Tasks
2.2. Initial Setup Tasks
2.3. Deploying a GFS2 Cluster
3. Managing GFS2
3.1. Making a File System
3.2. Mounting a File System
3.3. Unmounting a File System
3.4. Special Considerations when Mounting GFS2 File Systems
3.5. GFS2 Quota Management
3.5.1. Setting Quotas
3.5.2. Displaying Quota Limits and Usage
3.5.3. Synchronizing Quotas
3.5.4. Enabling/Disabling Quota Enforcement
3.5.5. Enabling Quota Accounting
3.6. Growing a File System
3.7. Adding Journals to a File System
3.8. Data Journaling
3.9. Configuring atime Updates
3.9.1. Mount with relatime
3.9.2. Mount with noatime
3.10. Suspending Activity on a File System
3.11. Repairing a File System
3.12. Bind Mounts and Context-Dependent Path Names
3.13. Bind Mounts and File System Mount Order
3.14. The GFS2 Withdraw Function
A. Converting a File System from GFS to GFS2
B. Revision History
Index