Hi,

On Sat, Feb 16, 2008 at 12:52:24PM -0800, Graham Bishop wrote:
> Hi Linux-HA list,
> 
> I will try to keep this short, but I could do with your help.
> 
> I have a server that runs a company application.  The application basically 
> traces network usage by networked devices.  The application does this using 
> MAC / IP tracking.
> To achieve this it runs on Fedora 8 and requires squid, snmptrapd, internal / 
> external NICs etc.  and now needs to be HA on two nodes.
> 
> My problem is I need both servers in my cluster to have the same 
> (everything?) IP addresses for internal and external interfaces as well as 
> MACs etc.
> We want the impression to be 100% uptime in the event of an outage / comms 
> loss.
> I read a good article on using the cluster-hash option with
> IpAddr2, but while this does allow the "network" think my
> address say 10.0.0.1 is actually on 01:02:03:04:05:06, the
> custom iptables script over-writes it when the company
> application comes up (which needs good comms before starting).

Looks like a chicken and egg problem. I don't see how to get
around this apart from using an extra custom resource which would
fix the nic after this application starts.

Thanks,

Dejan

> 
> I am not sure how to get around this, please can (if you understand what I am 
> trying to do) let me know a few things to try?
> 
> Information available upon request :)
> 
> I do everything in the gui at the moment.
> 
> G.
> 
> 
> 
> 
>       __________________________________________________________
> Sent from Yahoo! Mail - a smarter inbox http://uk.mail.yahoo.com
> 
> _______________________________________________
> 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

Reply via email to