[Linux-cluster] two node cluster not coming up

[Robert Peterson]

RR wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Just installed a 2-node cluster 15 mins ago, by the book, using bob
> peterson's cookbook and the official CS guide, but only one of my nodes
> comes up and joins the cluster, the other one stays in the "joining" state
> with the message in "/var/log/messages" file stating
>
> cman: cman_tool: Node is already active failed
>
> it had tried pretty hard to join the cluster when I was first bringing it up
> and even says 
>
> "Connected to cluster infrastructure via: CMAN/SM Plugin v1.1.5"
> Initial status:: Inquorate
> Remote copy of cluster.conf is from quorate node.
> Local Version # : 3
> Remote version #: 3
>
> Note, I don't have the "fenced" running yet. Also I had specified in my
> cluster.conf file thusly
>
> <cman two_node="1" expected_votes="1">
>   </cman>
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Thx
> \R
>   
Hi RR,

You didn't give us much to go on.  When looking into these kinds of 
problems,
it's always nice to see the /etc/cluster/cluster.conf file, and possibly the
output of clustat, and cman_tool status from the cluster nodes, in this 
case,
from the node that seemed to work.

Regards,

Bob Peterson
Red Hat Cluster Suite