[Linux-cluster] error messages explained

[Christine Caulfield]

Mark Chaney wrote:
> Cam someone explain to me these errors and tell me how I should attempt to
> resolve them? They both aren't happening at the same time exactly, its just
> to errors that I don't truly understand.
> 
> ####################
> 
> ccsd[3192]: Attempt to close an unopened CCS descriptor (13590).
> ccsd[3192]: Error while processing disconnect:
> Invalid request descriptor
> 
> ##################
> 
> openais[5453]: [MAIN ] Killing node ratchet.local because it has rejoined
> the cluster with existing state
> 

I need to add this to the FAQ!

What this message means is that a node was a valid member of the cluster
once; it then left the cluster (without being fenced) and rejoined
automatically. This can sometimes happen if the ethernet is disconnected
for a time, usually a few seconds.

If a node leave the cluster, it MUST rejoin using the cman_tool join
command with no services running. The usual way to make this happen is
to reboot the node, and if fencing is configured correctly that is what
normally happens. It could be that fencing is too slow to manage this or
that the cluster is made up of two nodes without a quorum disk so that
the 'other' node doesn't have quorum and cannot initiate fencing.

Another (more common) cause of this, is slow responding of some Cisco
switches as documented here:

http://www.openais.org/doku.php?id=faq:cisco_switches


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Chrissie