On Fri, 2006-06-30 at 14:08, Venkatesh Babu wrote: > The document doesn't describe the scenario where nodes are added/deleted > from the partition table. I raised this issue because it could be an > important use case. If this can be achieved without restarting the > OpenSM, it is good.
It already does. > Just one more clarification - sending HUP signal doesn't cause OpenSM > failover to other standby one right ? Sending the HUP signal to OpenSM in master state causes the partition file to be reread and a heavy sweep to be invoked. This does not cause a (SM) failover. -- Hal > VBabu > > Hal Rosenstock wrote: > > On Thu, 2006-06-29 at 23:50, Hal Rosenstock wrote: > > > >> On Thu, 2006-06-29 at 19:51, Venkatesh Babu wrote: > >> > >>> I was reviewing partition-config.txt and OpenSM_PKey_Mgr.txt and had the > >>> following comment - > >>> > >>> If we need to add/delete a node to/from a partition we need to update > >>> the file > >>> > >>> /etc/osm-partitions.txt > >>> > >>> and restart the OpenSM. According to the docs there no way we can do > >>> this without restarting the OpenSM. > >>> > > > > I just looked at those documents and couldn't find what you were > > referring to. Can you be more specific ? > > > > -- Hal > > > > > >>> It would be useful to add new feature to reload the partition table > >>> after making the changes. > >>> > >> Partitions can be deleted and the new partitions enforced via issuing > >> kill -HUP to the OpenSM without restarting now. > >> > >> The document is (already) out of date :-( I will update it shortly. > >> > >> -- Hal > >> > >> > >>> VBabu > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> openib-general mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general > >>> > >>> To unsubscribe, please visit > >>> http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general > >>> > >>> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> openib-general mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general > >> > >> To unsubscribe, please visit > >> http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general > >> > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ openib-general mailing list [email protected] http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general
