Hi,

On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 10:58:54AM +0100, Nikita Michalko wrote:
> Hi Teh,
> 
>  we had some similar error: 
> all FS on the system HD were set to read-only due to SCSI error, HA was still 
> alive, but no action possible - no logs etc. due to read-only ...
> Only possibility was to turn the server off and on.
> In this situation is also Stonith unusable ;-)

Hmm, what kind of stonith device do you have? Unless it's a
stonith device which depends on the operating system and the
other node is fine, it should work.

Thanks,

Dejan

> 
> 
> 
> Best regards 
> 
> Nikita Michalko
> 
> 
> Am Montag, 13. Oktober 2008 04:31 schrieb Teh Tze Siong:
> > I have been playing with HA+DRBD on 2 servers and each with one hard disk
> > installed. The server is hosting the database for other application
> > servers.
> >
> >
> >
> > Recently the application has failed and problem lies in the database
> > server, the primary node. I've checked the server, network still up, I
> > still can read the files and access to database but I cannot update
> > anything and not even allowed to run a "shutdown -h now" or turn off the
> > network interface - The file system has become read-only mode and heartbeat
> > is still alive. I have no choice but to request the datacenter guy to
> > unplug the network cables at the primary node, wait until I confirmed
> > secondary node has taken over, then only power down the primary node.
> >
> >
> >
> > HA+DRBD works well for network failure or power failure on primary node but
> > when it comes to this "half-dead" situation, it is driving me crazy.
> >
> >
> >
> > As the server is installed in remote datacenter, is there a better way for
> > me to counter act this "half-dead" situation?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Zev
> >
> >
> >
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