Creating a new gfs2 filesystem generates "Invalid lock table: invalid character" for an existing Cluster name already containing invalid characters
Issue
- Unable to create a
gfs2
filesystem using themkfs.gfs2
command containing invalid characters in theLockTableName
for an existing Cluster name that has invalid characters
$ mkfs.gfs2 -p lock_dlm -t my.cluster.com:MYdata -j 12 /dev/myVG/MYnewLV
Invalid lock table: invalid character '.'
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Pacemaker
- GFS2
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