[Linux-cluster] Two clusters in the network with same "name" in cluster.conf

[Fabio M. Di Nitto]

On 3/28/2012 8:14 AM, Parvez Shaikh wrote:
> Hi experts,
> 
> I am running in to a problem in a situation where two clusters in the
> network have same name.
> 
> Node A, Node B : cluster name CLUSTER
> Node C, Node D : cluster name CLUSTER
> 
> Node C and Node D's cluster is running fine however when I start node A
> it copies /etc/cluster.conf (I believe ccsd) from either C and D and
> replaces its own and start attempting a cluster, of course it fails
> because C or D is not a host name of node A.
> 
> Is it possible to have more than one clusters in same network, these
> nodes are in IBM blades hosted in Bladecenter and the heart beat IPs are
> on private network.

Uh.. you can have multiple clusters on the same network as long as they
have different names. Or you need to isolate them on different networks
if you need to keep the same name.

Fabio