After hacking up the /usr/lib64/stonith/plugins/external/ipmi script I have discovered what is the problem. In the script the IPMITOOL shell variable is being set by `which ipmitool 2>/dev/null` command. This returns the proper location when run by a regular user or by root. However I just checked and saw that heartbeat is running as user nobody. I installed heartbeat from an RPM so I do no other configuration for it because usually all the user accounts are added for you in an RPM. Is heartbeat supposed to run as user nobody? If so am I right in my assumption that the 'which' command is not returning the path to the ipmitool _because_ it is being run by nobody?
I can hardcode the variable in my script but I would rather get it working the way it is supposed to work. This little issue may foreshadow other more major ones if I don't get it straight now. thanks, regards Doug On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 10:02 AM, Doug Lochart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I tried Dejan's suggestion but I received the same result. Chun have > you had the cluster working and stonith _not_ complaining for a few > days and _then_ it started to complain about the 256 code? Or maybe > you are just now seeing that stonith is giving this message? > > I believe the problem may be how stonith is interpreting the ipmi > scripts return value. > > One thing I have seen in my googling is that there are not many > examples of people using stonith and ipmi at least not in the non crm > (version 1) way. Can anyone reading this post acknowledge that they > are using it and offer any suggestions. > > In case it matters (because it might) I am running on CentOS 5.1 > (fully patched as of last week) on x86_64 system. > > thanks and regards, > > Doug > > > > On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 8:47 AM, Chun Tian (binghe) > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, there > > > > > > > I have tested stonith from the command line and was able to reset the > > > target PC. On the command I used the following: > > > > > > stonith -t external/ipmi -T reset -p "capestor2 10.43.120.134 ADMIN > > > mypassword" capestor2 > > > > > > This worked marvelously! So then I move the stuff into the ha.cf. > > > Not having much in the way of examples for ipmi this was my best guess > > > > > > stonith_host capestor1 external/ipmi capestor2 10.43.120.134 ADMIN > > > mypassword > > > > > > Syslog gives me this: > > > Feb 21 17:20:24 capestor2 heartbeat: [4133]: info: Checking status of > > > STONITH device [IPMI STONITH device ] > > > Feb 21 17:20:24 capestor2 heartbeat: [4133]: info: glib: > > > external_run_cmd: Calling '/usr/lib64/stonith/plugins/external/ipmi > > > status' returned 256 > > > > I met this too. > > > > I guess this calling actually return 0 but SOMETIMES stonith/external > > thought the return value is 256... > > > > I have a running Heartbeat 4-node cluster with stonith enabled, a few > > days ago, I got a return value 256 when 'ipmi status' be calling. > > > > > > > > > > Feb 21 17:20:24 capestor2 heartbeat: [4133]: ERROR: STONITH device > > > IPMI STONITH device not operational! > > > Feb 21 17:20:24 capestor2 heartbeat: [4111]: WARN: Managed > > > STONITH-stat process 4133 exited with return code 1. > > > Feb 21 17:20:24 capestor2 heartbeat: [4111]: ERROR: STONITH status > > > operation failed. > > > Feb 21 17:20:24 capestor2 heartbeat: [4111]: info: This may mean that > > > the STONITH device has failed! > > > > > > I even went so far as to copy the ipmi plugin to test-ipmi and > > > hardcoded the values for the variables that are passed in my > > > heartbeat. That worked. > > > > > > Any ideas as to what I may be doing wrong? > > > > > > thanks > > > > > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Linux-HA mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.linux-ha.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-ha > > See also: http://linux-ha.org/ReportingProblems > > > > > > -- > What profits a man if he gains the whole world yet loses his soul? > -- 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
