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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I am running a 2-node cluster with RHEL 4.5 Native cluster. I
am using <span class=GramE>scsi</span> persistent reservation as my fencing
device. I have noticed when I shutdown one of the nodes, the fence_scsi agent
on the surviving node fails to fence the dying node. I get the following
message:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:date Year="16" Day="11" Month="9" ls="trans" w:st="on"><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Sep 11 16</span></font></st1:date><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>:18:13 troy <span
class=GramE>fenced[</span>3614]: agent "fence_scsi" reports: parse
error: unknown option "nodename=porsche"<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:date Year="16" Day="11" Month="9" ls="trans" w:st="on"><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Sep 11 16</span></font></st1:date><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>:18:13 troy <span
class=GramE>fenced[</span>3614]: fence "porsche" failed<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>it</span></font></span><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> looks like the
fence_scsi command is executed using with the nodename parameter instead of the
–n option.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>when</span></font></span><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> I run
fence_scsi <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>-h I get the following (there
is no nodename parameter)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Usage<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>fence_scsi [options]<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Options<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>-n
<node><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>IP
address or hostname of node to fence<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>-h<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>usage<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>-V<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>version<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>-v<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>verbose<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>But the man page of the fence_scsi command talks about using
both the “–n” and “nodename=” options.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>So, how do I make the fence_scsi run with the –n instead
of the nodename= option?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Abdel…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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