Hi, On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 11:43:15AM +0200, Atanas Dyulgerov wrote: > > Well, in 2.1.3 quorum server seems not to work. I really need > it for a DR cluster but I'm not able to make it work. The certs > are ok, Heartbeat connects to the quorum server to obtain > quorum but it seems that the quorum server does not return > anything or returns invalid quorum. The result is resources > cannot run anywhere due to lack of quorum. > > As I understand Quorum server is not part of the cluster. > Heartbeat does not have to start it. One quorum server can > serve many clusters. > > Quorum server is not SPOF. Heartbeat contacts the quorum server > only when change in the membership is detected, for e.g. a > member node has been disconnected. Under normal conditions the > quorum server is not contacted. > > HA_quorum variable shows which quorum plugin should heartbeat > use (Majority is the default one). How exactly it works I don't > know.
The variable should be set to one or more quorum plugins, like this: q1[:q2] The plugins are invoked in turn until one of them reports a non-tie status. > It seems that nobody knows anything about the quorum > server except its creator. Alan R. is teh author as I've been > told. Alan influenced the design but I think that the implementation was done by another programmer from IBM. > Also there are some quorum server concept disagreements. Perhaps you can find a trace of that in the lists' archives. Thanks, Dejan > If anyone knows anything more about the quorum server please > share it with us. Thanks. > > Atanas Dyulgerov > > > > >-------- ?????????? ????? -------- > >??: Michael Schwartzkopff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >???????: Re: [Linux-HA] quorumd - is anyone using it? > >??: General Linux-HA mailing list <linux-ha@lists.linux-ha.org> > >????????? ??: ?????????, 2008, ???????? 21 19:28:45 EET > >---------------------------------- > > > >Lars Marowsky-Bree schrieb: > >> Hi all, > >> > >> is anyone actually using the quorum daemon? > >> > >> My assessment seems to suggest that it is not workable in any scenario; > >> but maybe I have missed something? > >> > >> If not and I'm right, I am afraid that users might actually deploy it, > >> thinking it solves something and then be very upset when it fails under > >> fire. Possibly, the prudent action at this time is to disable it from > >> the package and build by default, until it is completed. > >> > >> > >> Regards, > >> Lars > >> > >> > >I would like to give it a try if somebody could explain me how it works. > >Please see my post to this list from Feb, 5th. > > > > >http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linuxha/users/45705?search_string=quorum;#45705 > > > > > >Thanks, > > > >Michael > >_______________________________________________ > >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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
