On Wed, 25 Aug 2010, Dejan Muhamedagic wrote: > On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 07:53:25AM -0500, [email protected] wrote: >> On Wed, 25 Aug 2010, Dejan Muhamedagic wrote: >> >>> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 11:00:29AM -0500, [email protected] wrote: >>>> On Tue, 24 Aug 2010, Dejan Muhamedagic wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 12:52:38PM -0500, [email protected] wrote: >>>>>> I have two older desktop pcs that I have set up with drbd, corosync and >>>>>> pacemaker >>>>>> No problems there >>>>>> My hat is off to y'all >>>>>> Great software >>>>>> I have set up the colocation rules so that all apps run on one machine >>>>>> or the other >>>>>> If I break the communication link between them I get split-brain >>>>>> So I figure stonith suicide is my only option >>>>> >>>>> suicide is not an option at all. You need a proper fencing >>>>> device. And you need redundant communication links. >>>>> >>>> >>>> I have no say in the matter >>>> That is what I was given to work with >>>> I think suicide is better that nothing at all >>>> I am just having a bit of trouble getting it to work properly >>> >>> No wonder. suicide cannot work for split-brain. Think about it. >>> >> >> Think about it >> Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm >> Got nothing > > :) There is split-brain. Nodes can't talk to each other anymore. > How does a node shoot the other one using suicide?
With only my one good brain cell is thought the suicide plugin was able to terminate the host it was running on and did not depend on communication with other hosts > >> Since I only have the 2 pcs and there is not a chance of >> getting more equipment What might you suggest > > Explain the management/client all the possible consequences of > running a (two-node) cluster without fencing. Then get a fencing > device. That stuff is really not so expensive anymore. > Been done They laughed more than you did and wanted to dock my pay for wasting time Thanks Richard > Thanks, > > Dejan > >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > -- _______________________________________________ Linux-HA mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linux-ha.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-ha See also: http://linux-ha.org/ReportingProblems
