[Linux-cluster] manual fencing -- issues

[gordan at bobich.net]

>> Terry wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I know that manual fencing is not supported.  However, I don't have
>>> anything else with the hardware I am testing at this time.  When (if)
>>> we go live with this, I'll be using Dell DRACs to handle the fencing.
>>> At any rate, I am trying manual fencing to test proof of concept.  I
>>> am using RHEL5.1 with Conga to configure it.  My config is at the
>>> bottom of this email.   Shouldn't there be a nodename paramater in
>>> this block:
>>>                         <fence>
>>>                                 <method name="1">
>>>                                         <device name="fence00"
>>> nodename="dss01.foobar.local"/>
>>>                                 </method>
>>>                         </fence>
>>>
>>> ??  If so, why isn't Conga configuring this correctly?  If not, why am
>>> I getting this error during a crash of the node with the service on
>>
>> Sounds like you hit:
>>
>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=238655
>>
>> The bugzilla is in the status ON_QA while the fixes are verified. In the
>> meantime you should be able to work around this by manually editing the
>> generated cluster.conf.
>>
> Along that note, what do I need to do when updating the cluster.conf
> manually?  Any commands to let the cluster know what I did.

ccs_tool update /etc/cluster/cluster.conf

> Unfortunately, I am learning through the GUI, haha.  I may as well go
> get my MCSE now.

Expect no sympathy here. Next you'll say you're using Ubuntu.

Gordan