Use this option to protect a raw device resource. For example, if you create additional table space on a raw device that needs to be added to an existing database hierarchy, you would use this option to create a raw device resource.
Note: LifeKeeper locks shared disk partition resources at the disk logical unit (or LUN) level to one system in a cluster at a time.
On the Edit menu, select Resource, then Create Resource Hierarchy. A dialog box entitled Create Resource Wizard will appear with a drop down list of all recognized recovery kits installed within the cluster. For each of the options that follow, click Help for an explanation of each choice.
Select Raw Device and click Next.
Select either intelligent or automatic for Switchback Type and click Next.
Select the Server on which you want to create the resource.
Select the Raw Partition on a shared storage device where this resource will reside.
Enter the Root Tag, which is a unique name for the resource instance. (This is the label you will see for this resource in the status display.)
Click Create Instance to start the creation process. A window titled Creating scsi/raw resource resource will display text indicating what is happening during creation.
Click Next. A window will display a message that the hierarchy has been created successfully.
At this point, you can click Continue to move on the extending the raw resource hierarchy, or you can click Cancel to return to the GUI. If you click Cancel, you will receive a message warning that your hierarchy exists on only one server, and it is not protected at this point.