Hi all, I am a newbie to Clusters and GFS. I have recently installed redhat cluster on my FC-4 machine. The following packages are installed: rgmanager-1.9.34-5 system-config-cluster-1.0.12-1.0 ccs-1.0.0-1 magma-1.0.0-1 magma-plugins-1.0.0-2 cman-kernel-2.6.11.5-20050601.152643.FC4.18 cman-1.0.0-1 dlm-kernel-2.6.11.5-20050601.152643.FC4.17 dlm-1.0.0-3 fence-1.32.1-1 gulm-1.0.0-2 iddev-2.0.0-1 GFS-6.1.0-3 GFS-kernel-2.6.11.8-20050601.152643.FC4.20 gnbd-1.0.0-1 gnbd-kernel-2.6.11.2-20050420.133124.FC4.53 The Kernel version is : 2.6.11-1.1369_FC4smp I have created the clusters with the graphical tool, and after that started the service in this order: [root@triveni ~]# service ccsd start Starting ccsd: [ OK ] [root@triveni ~]# service cman start Starting cman: [FAILED] [root@triveni ~]# service fenced start Starting fence domain: [FAILED] [root@triveni ~]# service gfs start [root@triveni ~]# service rgmanager start Starting Cluster Service Manager: [ OK ] [root@triveni ~]# The /var/log/messages displays the following errors: [root@triveni ~]# tail -f /var/log/messages|grep clu Dec 28 17:27:54 triveni ccsd[4319]: Unable to connect to cluster infrastructure after 1980 seconds. Dec 28 17:28:25 triveni ccsd[4319]: Unable to connect to cluster infrastructure after 2010 seconds. Dec 28 17:30:04 triveni ccsd[8842]: Unable to connect to cluster infrastructure after 30 seconds. Dec 28 17:30:34 triveni ccsd[8842]: Unable to connect to cluster infrastructure after 60 seconds. Dec 28 17:30:48 triveni clurgmgrd[9045]: <info> Loading Service Data Dec 28 17:30:48 triveni clurgmgrd[9045]: <crit> #5: Couldn't connect to ccsd! Dec 28 17:30:48 triveni clurgmgrd[9045]: <crit> #8: Couldn't initialize services Dec 28 17:31:05 triveni ccsd[8842]: Unable to connect to cluster infrastructure after 90 seconds. What could be wrong?? Please help me. regards Manilal -- Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster