[Linux-cluster] Fencing issues

[Patrick Caulfeld]

vishnu wrote:
> Hi,
>    Im vishnu, I have some issues while starting my cluster. Im not sure
> if my configurations are ok. But then i follow RedHat Docs.
> 
> When i try to start services cman, it hangs while starting fencing. The
> prompt never comes back. But if i do a CTRL+C and clustat, It looks like
> my cluster works fine.
> 
> My question is that
> 1.Why does starting fencing never end sometimes  ( without returning #
> promt )
> 2.Any Noted Reasons for cman or fencing to fail.

> 3.if i give each node 2 votes in a two node cluster and expected
> votes=1, then starting cman on a single node gives error (two_node set
> but there are more than 2 nodes).

Giving each node 2 votes in a two_node cluster doesn't achieve anything
more than giving each node 1 votes. OK, so you could argue that it
doesn't do any harm either and that could be true, but there's no point
in it either!

Patrick