From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Fabio M. Di Nitto Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 06:56:45 +0100 Subject: [Cluster-devel] checkquorum script for self fencing In-Reply-To: <24E144B8C0207547AD09C467A8259F753ED3D85B@lisa.maurer-it.com> References: <24E144B8C0207547AD09C467A8259F753ED3D85B@lisa.maurer-it.com> Message-ID: <4EF2C69D.50303@redhat.com> List-Id: To: cluster-devel.redhat.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 12/21/2011 08:28 PM, Dietmar Maurer wrote: > I recently detected that checkquorum script for self fencing. > > That seems to work reliable, but the remaining nodes (with quorum) does not > get any fence acknowledge. > > I wonder if it would be possible to extend the checkquorum script so that it > runs fence_ack_manual on the fence master after some safety timeout? > > Or do you think that is a bad idea? We are already working on a similar feature based on checkquorum, but I got injured on my hand and I had to delay a bit the write up for the feature (I am incredibly slow writing with one hand, never mind the typos ;)). The way you suggest is dangerous, so no, don't take that route. The full feature proposal will come soon after this December holiday/xmas break. Fabio