[Linux-cluster] Shutting down a cluster

James Fidell james at cloud9.co.uk
Tue Nov 6 09:28:11 UTC 2007


Ward, Timothy - SSD wrote:
> On Mon, 5 Nov 2007, James Fidell wrote:
>> According to the FAQ, to shut down a cluster node it's necessary to do
>>
>>   # cman_tool leave remove
>>
>> before shutting down a cluster node.  On my CentOS5 servers however, I
> get:
>>   # cman_tool leave remove
>>   cman_tool: Error leaving cluster: Device or resource busy
>>
>> There are no errors in the logs to indicate why this might be and it
>> happens even if I run it immediately after running the cman init
> script
>> without any services being run yet.
>>
>> Is this the wrong thing to be doing now, or is there some way to find
>> out why the node can't leave the cluster?
>>
>> James
> 
> Try:
> # cman_tool force leave

I transferred all services off one machine and tried this.  It results
in the remaining members of the cluster fencing the leaving node.  Is
there anything else I should have done first?

James




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