> ============ Last updated: Fri Dec  7 10:18:29 2007 Current DC: NodeA
> (2a7021a1-ab44-403d-80a4-5ff9b4e24fcc) 2 Nodes configured. 1
> Resources configured. ============
> 
> Node: NodeA (2a7021a1-ab44-403d-80a4-5ff9b4e24fcc): standby Node:
> NodeB (296a344e-4ca5-4aae-be0b-7fc4473a7e05): online
> 
> 
> I still don't know what is "standby" - seems to refer to a node; It
> also seems the opposite of "standby" is "online". What does that
> mean? It also seems my DC is in "standby". I could really use some
> help to get a grasp of these concepts as they confuse me and even
> simple things like this I don;t know how to interpret.

Standby means Heartbeat (on that node) is in "standby" mode, i.e.
running, but unable to run any resources.

> 
> [RH] well, I would like to have the two nodes of the cluster be one
> active and one passive (active and passive in plain English - just in
> case they happen to clash with HA terminology I just don't master
> yet). The active node is the one I connect to if I use the cluster
> IP, and runs all the services I am interested in. Forcing a fail over
> in my mind means having the active node become passive, the passive
> node become active and offering the same services the active node was
> offering (say a simple web server). If I ssh to the same cluster IP
> address I'd end up on the newly active node. I was under the
> impression this would be fairly easy achieved using a simple command,
> which seems not to be the case. Essentially I want one node to do
> everything until I force a failover and then I want the other node to
> do everything. No resource distribution, nothing fancy.

Then always keep node B in standby mode, and when you need to failover,
put node A in standby (assuming it's still running), then take node B
off standby.

See the crm_standby command (crm_standby --help).

As well, you'll need to tell your cluster to ignore quorum.

Yan

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