But think of the time you would have wasted instead. Just trading a little pride for time. Seems like a good deal most times.
On Nov 3, 2017, 15:02, at 15:02, Andrew Kester <aikes...@aikester.com> wrote: >Actually, it looks like Node B was indeed in maintenance mode. Setting > >it back to normal seems to have resolved the problem. > >(That always seems to happen: send mail to a mailing list and it's >something silly on my end) > >--- >Thanks! > >Andrew Kester >The Storehouse >https://sthse.co > >On 11/3/17 11:23 AM, Steve Yates wrote: >> Are you using the "enter persistent maintenance mode" here? I'm >trying to remember when I looked at this a couple years ago but overall >if we shut down node A, node B takes over, and when A boots up it >becomes Master again. However if I enter maintenance mode first >(forcing B to Master) then B stays as Master after A comes up again. >> >> I have seen the occasional situation where we exit maintenance mode >and the IPv6 CARP WAN IP ends up with *both* routers showing as Master, >but at that point I restart node B and it clears out (we have CARP IPs >for two LANs and a WAN, and both IPv4 and IPv6, on two virtualized >routers). >> >> -- >> >> Steve Yates >> ITS, Inc. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: List [mailto:list-boun...@lists.pfsense.org] On Behalf Of >Andrew Kester >> Sent: Friday, November 3, 2017 10:49 AM >> To: list@lists.pfsense.org >> Subject: Re: [pfSense] CARP Demotion Not Working >> >> An update on this, if the master node is rebooted during a failure, >the >> secondary node takes cover correctly and remains the master as would >be >> expected. >> >> This makes me think that the priority is set correctly but the second >> node for some reason isn't honoring the advskew set by the master >correctly. >> >> To illustrate what I mean- >> >> ------------------- >> | Node A | Node B | >> ------------------- >> | M M | B B | Normal, Node A is master on all CARP IP's >> | M X | B M | Failure, incorrect though. Node B should be >master. >> | - - | M M | Node A Offline, B takes over as master correctly >> | B X | M M | After restart, correct behavior. Node B is >master. >> ------------------- >> M - Master >> X - Down >> B - Backup >> >> I've also ran through the CARP troubleshooting guide here to no >avail. >> https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/CARP_Configuration_Troubleshooting >> >> Let me know if you need more information or clarification, I'm not >sure >> the best way to illustrate / communicate my problem. >> >> --- >> Thanks, >> >> Andrew Kester >> The Storehouse >> https://sthse.co >> >> On 11/1/17 3:30 PM, Andrew Kester wrote: >>> Hi List, >>> >>> I'm having an issue with CARP preempt. I have two pfSense machines >>> running 2.4.1-RELEASE. CARP fails over all individual IPs >correctly, >>> but doesn't preempt correctly in the case of a single failure. >>> >>> On both machines, I've checked that net.inet.carp.preempt is >enabled. >>> The master appears to be detecting the demotion, as it sets >>> net.inet.carp.demotion to 240 during a failure, but ifconfig still >>> reports advskew as 0. >>> >>> I'm not 100% sure if that number should update, or if the demotion >>> number is added to the advskew reported by ifconfig. >>> >>> Relevent sysctl, ifconfig, and log output taken from the master >firewall >>> during a failure is attached. >>> >>> Any help is greatly appreciated! >>> >>> --- >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Andrew Kester >>> The Storehouse >>> https://sthse.co >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> pfSense mailing list >>> https://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list >>> Support the project with Gold! https://pfsense.org/gold >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> pfSense mailing list >> https://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list >> Support the project with Gold! https://pfsense.org/gold >> _______________________________________________ >> pfSense mailing list >> https://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list >> Support the project with Gold! https://pfsense.org/gold >> >_______________________________________________ >pfSense mailing list >https://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list >Support the project with Gold! https://pfsense.org/gold _______________________________________________ pfSense mailing list https://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list Support the project with Gold! https://pfsense.org/gold
