Creating shared storage on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 using Xen and OCFS2
By Arun Singh
Introduction
This paper describes the process of creating shared storage on a standalone system using SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (SLES10) i.e. OCFS2 and Xen Virtualization. The cool part is there is no real expensive shared storage used. The information provided here works with real shared storage as well.
Steps
- Disk Partition LayoutCreating partition for shared storage is important. Please plan ahead to avoid re-install of SLES10. Here is sample disk layout from my server, to create shared storage i.e. /dev/sda3.

- Install SLES10 with XenFollow the standard SUSE Linux Enterprise Server install. Select “Xen Virtual Machine Host Server” pattern. Also search and select “ocfs2-tools & ocfs2console” to install OCFS2 packages. Here is sample screen, showing package selection. 全文阅读 »