<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr><td valign="top">The clustering will only works if you run same operating systems on top of same hardware platform ppc, intel!<a href="https://overview.mail.yahoo.com?.src=iOS"> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone</a></td></tr></table> <div id="_origMsg_"> <div> <div> <div style="font-size:0.9em"> <hr size="1"> From: Digimer <lists@alteeve.ca>; To: linux clustering <linux-cluster@redhat.com>; Subject: Re: [Linux-cluster] 2-node cluster fence loop Sent: Thu, Jun 12, 2014 4:25:14 PM </div> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top">Have you tried simple things like disabling iptables or selinux, just to test? If that doesn't work, and it's a small cluster, try unicast and see if that helps (again, even if just to test). On 12/06/14 10:29 AM, Arun G Nair wrote: > We have multicast enabled on the switch. I've also tried the > multicast.py tool from RH's knowledge base to test multicast and I see > the expected output, though the tool uses a different multicast IP( > guess that shouldn't matter). I've tried increasing the post_join_delay > to 360 seconds to give me enough time to check everything on both the > nodes. One node still gets fenced. `clustat` output says the other node > is offline on both servers. So one node can't see the other one ? This > again points to issue with multicast. Any other clues as to what/where > to look ? > > > On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 8:33 PM, Digimer <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:lists@alteeve.ca" href="javascript:return">lists@alteeve.ca</a> > <mailto:<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:lists@alteeve.ca" href="javascript:return">lists@alteeve.ca</a>>> wrote: > > On 11/06/14 10:48 AM, Arun G Nair wrote: > > Hello, > > What are the reasons for fence loops when only cman is > started ? We > have an RHEL 6.5 2-node cluster which goes in to a fence loop > and every > time we start cman on both nodes. Either one fences the other. > Multicast > seems to be working properly. My understanding is that without > rgmanager > running there won't be a multicast group subscription ? I don't > see the > multicast address in 'netstat -g' unless rgmanager is running. I've > tried to increase the fence post_join_delay but one of the nodes > still > gets fenced. > > The cluster works fine if we use unicast UDP. > > Thanks, > > > Hi, > > When cman starts, it waits post_join_delay seconds for the peer > to connect. If, after that time expires (6 seconds by default, > iirc), it gives up and calls a fence against the peer to put it into > a known state. > > Corosync is what determines membership, and it is started by > cman. The rgmanager only handles resource > start/stop/relocate/recovery and has nothing to do with fencing > directly. Corosync is what uses multicast. > > So as you seem to have already surmised, multicast is probably > not working in your environment. Have you enabled multicast traffic > on the firewall? Do your switches support multicast properly? > > digimer > > -- > Digimer > Papers and Projects: <a shape="rect" href="https://alteeve.ca/w/" target="_blank">https://alteeve.ca/w/</a> > What if the cure for cancer is trapped in the mind of a person > without access to education? > > -- > Linux-cluster mailing list > <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Linux-cluster@redhat.com" href="javascript:return">Linux-cluster@redhat.com</a> <mailto:<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Linux-cluster@redhat.com" href="javascript:return">Linux-cluster@redhat.com</a>> > <a shape="rect" href="https://www.redhat.com/__mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster" target="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/__mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster</a> > <<a shape="rect" href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster" target="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster</a>> > > > > > -- > Arun G Nair > Sr. Sysadmin > Dimension Data | Ph: (800) 664-9973 > Feedback? We're listening <<a shape="rect" href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/XRCYXBH" target="_blank">http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/XRCYXBH</a>><div class="yqt5833352895" id="yqtfd35959"> > > -- Digimer Papers and Projects: <a shape="rect" href="https://alteeve.ca/w/" target="_blank">https://alteeve.ca/w/</a> What if the cure for cancer is trapped in the mind of a person without access to education? -- Linux-cluster mailing list <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Linux-cluster@redhat.com" href="javascript:return">Linux-cluster@redhat.com</a> <a shape="rect" href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster" target="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster</a> </div></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> </div>