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List:       linux-ha-dev
Subject:    Re[2]: [Linux-ha-dev] some patches, please look at it
From:       Andreas Piesk <a.piesk () gmx ! net>
Date:       2001-09-30 21:38:03
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Sunday, September 30, 2001, 10:21:30 PM, Alan Robertson wrote:

AR> Andreas Piesk wrote:
>> 
>> Sunday, September 30, 2001, 6:27:22 PM, Alan Robertson wrote:
>> 
>> AR> Andreas Piesk wrote:
>> >>
>> >> hiho,
>> >>
>> >> i'd just put my first heartbeat-cluster in production.
>> >> in order to do this, i had to make some modifications to
>> >> heartbeat. i send some of them already to the list, but
>> >> unfortunately didn't receive any response. so i risk a
>> >> second try.
>> >>
>> >> i used stable 0.4.9, because cvs version doesn't work for
>> >> me (resource won't be released).
>> >>
>> >> here are the patches' details:
>> >>
>> >> apcmastersnmp.patch:
>> >> - implements a stonith module for apc masterswitch 9212
>> >>
>> >> include-time.patch:
>> >> - on rh7.1 the include <time.h> is needed because of CLK_TCK
>> >> - compiled fine on rh 6.2 and 7.1
>> >>
>> >> notify-to.patch:
>> >> - i added another option 'notify_to' to ha.cf
>> >> - this option specifies an email address which can be used in the rc.d
>> >> scripts
>> >> - is use it for sending me an email when status changed or a stonith
>> >> occured
>> 
>> AR> Hi Andreas,
>> 
>> AR> I probably won't incorporate the notify_to option into heartbeat because we
>> AR> already have at least three other "resonable" ways of doing that:
>> 
>> AR>         Add the Mail2 resource to the resource group(s)
>> 
>> AR>         Writ your own resource to add to your resource group(s)
>> 
>> AR>         For IP addresses, write/modify a local_giveip or local_takeip script
>> 
>> AR>         Modify one of the other scripts, (like "stonith" or "status" or
>> AR> "mach_down").
>> 
>> i just looked through the cvs version and saw the 'MailTo' resource script.
>> 
>> i'm using sgi's failsafe too, and there you can define an email
>> adresse in the cluster config to which all status messages will be sent.
>> i won't mix
>> resources with configuration options. but that's a personal preference

AR> Resources *are* part of your configuration.

AR> You can send email to different people for each resource group if you want.

AR> I'm not too excited about the distinction at this point in time...

ok, i'm convinced. notifying different people for each resource
group is a big plus.

ciao -ap

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