[Linux-cluster] cman startup issue

[Christopher Barry]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-cluster-bounces at redhat.com 
> [mailto:linux-cluster-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of 
> gordan at bobich.net
> Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 6:31 AM
> To: linux clustering
> Subject: Re: [Linux-cluster] cman startup issue
> 
> On Wed, 7 Nov 2007, Patrick Caulfield wrote:
> 
> >> I'm having a weird problem. I am using a shared GFS root 
> file system,
> >> and the same initrd image on all the machines. The cluster has 3
> >> machines on it at the moment, and 1 refuses to join the cluster,
> >> regardless of which order I bring them up in.
> >>
> >> When cman service is being started, it fails when starting cman:
> >>
> >> cman not started: Can't find local node name in cluster.conf
> >> /usr/local/sbin/cman_tool: aisexec daemon didn't start
> >>
> >> If I try to run aisexec, I get:
> >> aisexec: totemsrp.c:2867: memb_ring_id_store: Assertion `0' failed.
> >>
> >> Where should I be looking for causes of this? I double checked my
> >> cluster.conf and the MAC addresses, IP addresses and 
> interface names are
> >> correct in each node's config.
> >
> > Check that the new node can write into /tmp - where it is 
> trying to store the
> > current ring-id.  It could be SElinux or perhaps the 
> permissions on the file it
> > is trying to create.
> 
> That fixed the aisexec problem, but the "Can't find local 
> node name in 
> cluster.conf" problem remains, and cman still won't start. :-(
> 
> Gordan
> 

Gordan,

Are your nodes defined in dns or in /etc/hosts file?

-C