I seem to recall that in v3 the new "manual_fence" is simply using no fence at all. Take out the fencing tags. If that doesn't solve it, you might try switching SElinux to permissive to test if that solve the issue. <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 5:14 PM, Trevor Peirce <<a href="mailto:tpeirce@etrafficsolutions.com">tpeirce@etrafficsolutions.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Hello, I've attempted to compile and install the cluster-3.0.0 suite and have these problems when trying to start cman: Aug 14 12:10:01 localhost corosync[27739]: parse error in config: parse error in config: . Aug 14 12:10:01 localhost corosync[27739]: [MAIN ] Corosync Cluster Engine ('trunk'): started and ready to provide service. Aug 14 12:10:01 localhost corosync[27739]: [MAIN ] Successfully read config from /etc/cluster/cluster.conf Aug 14 12:10:01 localhost corosync[27739]: [MAIN ] Successfully parsed cman config Aug 14 12:10:01 localhost corosync[27739]: [MAIN ] Successfully configured openais services to load Aug 14 12:10:01 localhost corosync[27739]: [MAIN ] parse error in config: parse error in config: . Aug 14 12:10:01 localhost corosync[27739]: [MAIN ] Corosync Cluster Engine exiting with status -9 at main.c:879. Here is cluster.conf, as generated by ccs_tool: <?xml version="1.0"?> <cluster name="TestCluster" config_version="3"> <clusternodes><clusternode name="guinneapig" votes="1" nodeid="1"><fence><method name="single"><device name="manual"/></method></fence></clusternode></clusternodes> <fencedevices><fencedevice name="manual" agent="manual"/></fencedevices> <rm> <failoverdomains/> <resources/> </rm> </cluster> Any advice would be greatly appreciated! -- Trevor Peirce Systems Administrator Etraffic Solutions Inc. Suite 100 – 710 Redbrick Street Victoria, B.C. V8T 5J3 phone: 250.658.8238 x49 fax: 250.658.5936 -- Linux-cluster mailing list <a href="mailto:Linux-cluster@redhat.com" target="_blank">Linux-cluster@redhat.com</a> <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster" target="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster</a> </blockquote></div>