[Linux-cluster] CS4 Update 2 / GUI problem ?

[James Parsons]

Alain Moulle wrote:

>Hi
>
>I have some problems to configure a 3 nodes cluster
>with the GUI.
>My version of GUI is :
>system-config-cluster-1.0.16-1.0
>
>After completion of the configuration (so : members,
>fence devices, failover domains, resources and services)
>I can see in cluster.conf :
>
>...
>        <clusternodes>
>                <clusternode name="yack10" votes="1">
>                        <fence/>
>                </clusternode>
>                <clusternode name="yack21" votes="1">
>                        <fence/>
>                </clusternode>
>                <clusternode name="yack23" votes="1">
>                        <fence/>
>                </clusternode>
>        </clusternodes>
>...
>
>So as you can see , I have to add the good fence lines as following:
>         <clusternodes>
>                <clusternode name="yack10" votes="1">
>                        <fence>
>                                <method name="1">
>                                <device name="yack10_fence"/>
>                        </fence>
>                </clusternode>
>                <clusternode name="yack21" votes="1">
>                        <fence>
>                                <method name="1">
>                                <device name="yack21_fence"/>
>                        </fence>
>                </clusternode>
>                <clusternode name="yack23" votes="1">
>                        <fence>
>                                <method name="1">
>                                <device name="yack23_fence"/>
>                        </fence>
>                </clusternode>
>        </clusternodes>
>
>so that it works.
>
>Knowing that fencedevices are:
>
>                <fencedevice agent="fence_ipmilan" ipaddr="12.8.11.11"
>login="xxxxxxx" name="yack10_fence" passwd="xxxxxxx"/>
>                <fencedevice agent="fence_ipmilan" ipaddr="12.8.11.24"
>login="xxxxxxx" name="yack23_fence" passwd="xxxxxxx"/>
>                <fencedevice agent="fence_ipmilan" ipaddr="12.8.11.22"
>login="xxxxxxx" name="yack21_fence" passwd="xxxxxxx"/>
>
>So is it a known bug of GUI ?
>Or did I miss something somewhere in the GUI, so that
>I miss these fence lines in cluster nodes records.
>
>Thanks for your help
>
>Alain Moullé
>
>
>
>
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Setting up fencing is done in two steps:
1) Configuring fence devices
2) Configuring fencing for individual nodes.
You have your fence devices all ready to go for the first step. For the 
second step,  in the GUI, you need to select a node, and then click 
"Manage Fencing for this Node". A pop-up will allow you to create fence 
levels and instances of your fence devices in the levels.

Now for baseboard management fence types such as ipmi, rsa, iLO, Drac, 
etc., This dichotomy between fence device and fence instance is purely 
artificial. They map 1:1, device:instance. Shared fence devices are a 
different story, and the GUI is constructed to handle configuration of 
these types of fences as well. Things get even stickier when you support 
baseboard management methods like Drac/MC (a variant of Drac), which is 
a shared fence method. One way to present configuration for fences would 
be to separate fencing into two types: Shared and unshared, and then 
construct appropriate GUIs for each. Another way to go is to present a 
consistent model and config approach for all fence types with similar 
configuration steps no matter if the devices are shared or not. The 
latter is the approach we took for the latest cluster GUI.

Anyway, Alain, for now, please keep in mind the need to config fence 
device AND fence instance for every type of fence, even if they are one 
in the same such as IPMI. In the meanwhile, the fence config GUI is 
begging to be refactored, and we hope to have a simpler method in place 
by next update. BTW, your opinions are always welcome.

Thanks and Regards,

-Jim

The editing that you did by hand looks OK except for one important 
omission: You forgot to close off
the <method> tags ;-)