Hi Alan, > How does linux > "heartbeat" between the 2 servers and identify the loss of the primary? > How does the secondary "giveback" when the primary returns? Would I be > better off to load-share and use DNS round-robin against duplicate servers > rather than hot standby?
For this functionality you need software such as the Heartbeat framework. This is an open source project available from the Linux High Availability project (www.linux-ha.org). There you will also find information on how to set up such scenarios. > Are there any SHARE docs or other documentation > that give an example of how this is configured? At the last SHARE conference in New York session 9268 deals with VIPA setup on Linux 2.6. The slides also include references for Linux 2.4. Furthermore, a web address to the current device driver manuals can be found in those slides. These manuals also contain some examples. Best regards, Thomas ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
