----- Original Message ----- > From: "Eli Mesika" <emes...@redhat.com> > To: "Yair Zaslavsky" <yzasl...@redhat.com> > Cc: "Martin Perina" <mper...@redhat.com>, engine-devel@ovirt.org, "Barak > Azulay" <bazu...@redhat.com> > Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 5:55:29 PM > Subject: Re: SSH Soft Fencing > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Yair Zaslavsky" <yzasl...@redhat.com> > > To: "Eli Mesika" <emes...@redhat.com> > > Cc: "Martin Perina" <mper...@redhat.com>, engine-devel@ovirt.org, "Barak > > Azulay" <bazu...@redhat.com> > > Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 5:43:17 PM > > Subject: Re: SSH Soft Fencing > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Eli Mesika" <emes...@redhat.com> > > > To: "Martin Perina" <mper...@redhat.com> > > > Cc: engine-devel@ovirt.org, "Yair Zaslavsky" <yzasl...@redhat.com>, > > > "Barak > > > Azulay" <bazu...@redhat.com> > > > Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 3:48:39 PM > > > Subject: Re: SSH Soft Fencing > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Martin Perina" <mper...@redhat.com> > > > > To: engine-devel@ovirt.org > > > > Cc: "Yair Zaslavsky" <yzasl...@redhat.com>, "Barak Azulay" > > > > <bazu...@redhat.com>, "Eli Mesika" <emes...@redhat.com> > > > > Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 1:51:06 PM > > > > Subject: SSH Soft Fencing > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > SSH Soft Fencing is a new feature for 3.3 and it tries to restart VDSM > > > > using SSH connection on non responsive hosts prior to real fencing. > > > > More info can be found at > > > > > > > > http://www.ovirt.org/Automatic_Fencing#Automatic_Fencing_in_oVirt_3.3 > > > > > > > > In current SSH Soft Fencing implementation the restart VDSM using SSH > > > > command is part of standard fencing implementation in > > > > VdsNotRespondingTreatmentCommand. But this command is executed only > > > > if a host has a valid PM configuration. If host doesn't have a valid > > > > PM configuration, the execution of the command is disabled and host > > > > state is change to Non Responsive. > > > > > > > > So my question are: > > > > > > > > 1) Should SSH Soft Fencing be executed on hosts without valid PM > > > > configuration? > > > > > > I think that the answer should be yes. The vdsm restart will solve most > > > of > > > problems , so why not using it whether a PM agent is defined or not. > > I agree. > > I would like to say that I also don't like the fact that > > VdsNotRespondingTreatment extends RestartVdsCommand. > > One should ask if "non responding treatment is a restart vds operation" or > > maybe RestartVdsCommand is just a step in the non responding treatment > > (inheritance vs containment/delegation). > > I think that VdsNotRespodingTreatment should delegate the call to > > RestartVdsCommand as the 2nd step after issuing the Soft Fencing command. > > Thoughts anyone? > > That would be a nice and needed re-factoring
I would say yes - but would add it only with appropriate configuration (enableAutoSoftVdsmRestartWhenNoPMAvailable .... I hate the name) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2) Should VDSM restart using SSH command be reimplemented > > > > as standalone command to be usable also in other parts of engine? > > > > If 1) is true, I think it will have to be done anyway. > > > > I agree here. > > > > > > +1 On one hand it makes sense, but I have several questions on the above: - Who do we think may want to use such a command ? - Should (or even can) we limit the use of such command to noneResponsiveTreatment ? Having general commands available to all code when there is only one specific case we are using it might be a bit riskey, Especially when we talk about restarting something. Thoughts ? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Martin Perina > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ Engine-devel mailing list Engine-devel@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/engine-devel