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Another option is to:<br />

1. Install db4-devel for your distribution (if it is not already installed).<br />

2. Download e2fsprogs-1.40.2-cfs1-0redhat.src.rpm<br />

3. Run:<br />

#rpmbuild --rebuild e2fsprogs-1.40.2.cfs1-0redhat.src.rpm<br />

4. Install the resulting RPMs.<br />

3.2.3.2 High-Availability Software<br />

If you plan to enable failover server functionality with <strong>Lustre</strong> (either on an OSS or an<br />

MDS), high-availability software must be added to your cluster software. Heartbeat<br />

is one of the better known high-availability software packages.<br />

Linux-HA (Heartbeat) supports a redundant system with access to the Shared<br />

(Common) Storage with dedicated connectivity; it can determine the system’s<br />

general state. For more information, see Failover.<br />

3.2.3.3 Debugging Tools<br />

Things inevitably go wrong—disks fail, packets get dropped, software has bugs, and<br />

when they do it is useful to have debugging tools on hand to help figure out how<br />

and why a problem occurred.<br />

In this regard, the most useful tool is GDB, coupled with crash. You can use these<br />

tools to investigate live systems and kernel core dumps. There are also useful kernel<br />

patches/ modules, such as netconsole and netdump, that allow core dumps to be<br />

made across the network.<br />

For more information about these tools, see the following websites:<br />

Tool<br />

GDB<br />

crash<br />

netconsole<br />

netdump<br />

URL<br />

http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/gdb.html<br />

http://oss.missioncriticallinux.com/projects/crash/<br />

http://lwn.net/2001/0927/a/netconsole.php3<br />

http://www.redhat.com/support/wpapers/redhat/netdump/<br />

Chapter 3 Prerequisites 3-5

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