Re: [Linux-HA] Loss of name resolution == loss of cluster?

2008-08-27 Thread Lars Marowsky-Bree
On 2008-08-26T20:10:24, "Todd, Conor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm about to switch the primary interface over to static IPs and put the > hostname to IP mapping in /etc/hosts so that the cluster nodes will always be > able to resolve their hostnames. Static IPs? Were the hostnames periodica

RE: [Linux-HA] Loss of name resolution == loss of cluster?

2008-08-26 Thread Todd, Conor
[EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Brian Reichert > Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 12:35 PM > To: General Linux-HA mailing list > Subject: Re: [Linux-HA] Loss of name resolution == loss of cluster? > > On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 07:19:20PM +0200, Lars Marowsk

Re: [Linux-HA] Loss of name resolution == loss of cluster?

2008-08-26 Thread Lars Marowsky-Bree
On 2008-08-26T13:34:31, Brian Reichert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Are you using IP addresses to describe the other nodes, or are you > using hostnames? > > The docs say to use IP addresses, but I've seen hostnames work. But these do not prevent nodes from seeing each other. The media channels

Re: [Linux-HA] Loss of name resolution == loss of cluster?

2008-08-26 Thread Brian Reichert
On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 07:19:20PM +0200, Lars Marowsky-Bree wrote: > On 2008-08-25T23:50:26, "Todd, Conor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > My understanding with heartbeat is that the bcast directive tells it > > to use UDP broadcast on the interfaces in the order in which they're > > given. UDP

Re: [Linux-HA] Loss of name resolution == loss of cluster?

2008-08-26 Thread Lars Marowsky-Bree
On 2008-08-25T23:50:26, "Todd, Conor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My understanding with heartbeat is that the bcast directive tells it > to use UDP broadcast on the interfaces in the order in which they're > given. UDP broadcast doesn't rely on DNS, so I'm wondering why a loss > of DNS resolutio

[Linux-HA] Loss of name resolution == loss of cluster?

2008-08-25 Thread Todd, Conor
Hi list. I recently ran into a situation where a local router decided to cut off my lab's network from the network where our DNS servers are located, which resulted in the loss of name resolution services. This, as far as I can tell, resulted in the shut-down of my 5-node cluster. The cluster