Martin wrote: > Hello ! > > Today I have noticed that the heartbeat startup script does not start > when the APC PDU (my stonith device) is configured in ha.cf but not > available. IMHO it creates single point of failure. All the services that > should be highly available are blocked by a simple problem with a > non-essential device. > > Here are the details: the cluster is a two-nodes Linux system. Heartbeat > version is 2.0.8. The stonith program uses the apcmastersnmp driver. > If the PDU is disconnected from the LAN, the stonith program fails > (with time-out error) for obvious reason, but it reports config error, > which is simply not the case. This failure prevents heartbeat from > starting. See below. > > Do you have any comments or ideas related to this ?
Your current situation is indistinguishable from a configuration error. R2 configurations won't have this issue. -- Alan Robertson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Openness is the foundation and preservative of friendship... Let me claim from you at all times your undisguised opinions." - William Wilberforce _______________________________________________ Linux-HA mailing list Linux-HA@lists.linux-ha.org http://lists.linux-ha.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-ha See also: http://linux-ha.org/ReportingProblems