4.2. Configuring CLVMD

4.2. Configuring CLVMD

4.2. Configuring CLVMD

The cluster volume manager process clvmd needs to be configured and started on every node in the cluster. The configuration file for clvmd is /etc/lvm/lvm.conf.

The default configuration of this file should be set up for clustered operation. The parameters locking_type and locking_library should be verified. The library_dir parameter will be “/usr/lib” for a 32-bit installations:

# Miscellaneous global LVM2 settings
global {
    library_dir = "/usr/lib64"
    locking_library = "liblvm2clusterlock.so"
…  < text deleted > …
    locking_type = 2

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