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

[carlopmart]

Lon Hohberger wrote:
> 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.
> 

Mant thanks Lon. I will wait until rhel 5.1 is released. Meanwhile, i 
will start fence_xvmd manually from rc.local.

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CL Martinez
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