Information about the package, sanlock, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The sanlock package is designed for, A shared disk lock manager.
Package Name:
sanlock
Summary:
A shared disk lock manager
Description:
sanlock uses disk paxos to manage leases on shared storage. Hosts connected to a common SAN can use this to synchronize their access to the shared disks.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.8
Release:
3.el6
Size:
91 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2 and GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+
Control the sanlock package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install sanlock
This command will install sanlock on the server.
yum remove sanlock
This command will un-install sanlock on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove sanlock, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove sanlock
This command will un-install sanlock on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove sanlock when using the -y flag.
yum update sanlock
This command will update sanlock to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove sanlock, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update sanlock
This command will update sanlock to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove sanlock when using the -y flag.
yum info sanlock
This command will show you core information about the sanlock package.
yum deplist sanlock
This command will show you the dependencies for sanlock. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update sanlock
This command will check if there is an update waiting on sanlock. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.