[Linux-cluster] Re: fence_xvmd doesn't starts

[Lon Hohberger]

On Tue, Sep 04, 2007 at 09:21:02PM +0200, carlopmart wrote:
> carlopmart wrote:
> >carlopmart wrote:
> >>carlopmart wrote:
> >>>Hi all,
> >>>
> >>> I am running standalone xen host using rhel5 with three rhel5 xen 
> >>>guest with cluster-suite. I have setup fence_xvm as a fence device on 
> >>>all three guest. On the host side I have setup fence_xvmd on 
> >>>cluster.conf file.
> >>>
> >>> My problems starts when I need to restart xen server host. Every 
> >>>time that reboots, fence_xvmd doesn't starts. If I execute "service 
> >>>cman restart" all its ok: fence_xvmd starts. Why?? How can I fix it??
> >>>
> >>>Many thanks.
> >>>
> >>Please I need an answer about this ...
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Well I think that I found the problem: cman startup script. In this line:
> >
> >
> >    # Check for presence of Domain-0; if it's not there, we can't
> >    # run xvmd.
> >    #
> >    xm list --long 2> /dev/null | grep -q "Domain-0" || return 1
> >
> >If it is executed from command line any result is returned:
> >
> > [root at xenhost xen]# xm list --long 2> /dev/null | grep -q "Domain-0"
> > [root at xenhost xen]#
> >
> >If I put -X under /etc/sysconfig/cman on FENCE_XVMD_OPTS, nothing 
> >happens. Is this a bug???
> >
> 
> Please any hints about this???

It sounds like a bug that is fixed in 5.1 beta.  fence_xvmd needs xend
to be running.

Now, in 5.0, if xend didn't start, fence_xvmd didn't correctly start.

In 5.1 beta, fence_xvmd will wait for xend to start.

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Lon Hohberger - Software Engineer - Red Hat, Inc.