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List:       linux-ha
Subject:    Re: multiple failovers with a Stonith device?
From:       Alan Robertson <alanr () unix ! sh>
Date:       2002-10-29 17:55:58
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Aaron Bush wrote:
> Juri Haberland wrote:
> 
>>> [...]  Note that the newest Red Hat kernel appears to have problems 
>>> above and beyond "normal" problems.
>>
>>
>>
>> Just as a note:
>> I think Aaron ment 2.4.18-5, which is not the newest. The newest which
>> seems to cause trouble is 2.4.18-17.7.x.
> 
> 
> 
> correct.  this is not the latest Kernel.  I am stress testing the 
> systems now to try and reproduce the failures from early this morning.
> 
> Does the stonith code attempt to re-open/communicate with the RPS10 if 
> it fails to get the sigon string?  Or is it a one shot deal.

For 0.4.9.2, I don't think heartbeat tries again.  But, the RPS10 module 
itself might try again (Baytech and some others do that).

The beta versions keep trying again, and won't take over the resources until 
the STONITH operation reports success.

	-- Alan Robertson
	   alanr@unix.sh

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