On Feb 20, 2008 11:53 AM, Dave Blaschke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Doug Lochart wrote: > > I finished flashing and configuring my IPMI devices on my two nodes so > > that I can implement STONITH resources. I have used the vendor > > supplied (SuperMicro) command line and GUI tools to access and control > > the IPMI devices so I know they work. So I set about to test them > > with STONITH. > > > > For IPMI this is what you are required to have version 1 style. > > > > stonith -t external/ipmi -p "hostname ipaddr username password" > > > > Now the docs did not specify but I assume that hostname is the name of > > the machine to be controlled AND the ipaddr is the ip of the IPMI > > device on that machine. It is the only combination that makes any > > sense. Following http://linux-ha.org/ConfiguringStonithPlugins I see > > that you can run it on the command line and pass an additional -l > > parameter to get a list of hosts controlled by the plugin. > > > > When I run it I get the following error and do not know what the problem is: > > > > ** INFO: external_run_cmd: Calling > > '/usr/lib64/stonith/plugins/external/ipmi status' returned 256 > > 10.43.120.134 > > > > When I run it with -S to get the status I get the following: > > ** INFO: external_run_cmd: Calling > > '/usr/lib64/stonith/plugins/external/ipmi status' returned 256 > > stonith: external/ipmi device not accessible. > > > > Anybody have any suggestions? I do not see anyway to turn up > > verbosity nor do I see any logs laying around. > > > Give the almighty and undocumented -d option a try...
This did it! I was able to see in the debug that stonith requires ipmitool to be installed. Once I did that I was able to test. > > I am at the point where I was going to download the source for the > > plugin but I know I am opening up a can of worms and I really don't > > have a week to come up to speed on the code. > > > The plugin is a relatively simple script that has required operations > which interact with the device. Check out: > > http://www.linux-ha.org/ExternalStonithPlugins Thanks for that. It may come in handy later! > > Can I make stonith use the existing ipmcli program that came with the > > motherboard? I have been using it successfully to test so far. > > > > thanks, > > > > Doug > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-HA mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.linux-ha.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-ha > See also: http://linux-ha.org/ReportingProblems > Regards, Doug -- What profits a man if he gains the whole world yet loses his soul? _______________________________________________ Linux-HA mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linux-ha.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-ha See also: http://linux-ha.org/ReportingProblems
