I don't know if it's correct....but I have init scripts that shut down the services in order: blade07:phung:) cat /etc/init.d/gfs_all #!/bin/sh case "$1" in start|restart) for i in ccsd cman fenced clvmd_init gfs; do sh /etc/init.d/$i start done ;; stop|reload|force-reload) for i in gfs clvmd_init fenced cman ccsd; do sh /etc/init.d/$i stop done ;; *) echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop}" ;; esac On 23, Mar, 2006, Paul Tader declared: > So how does one properly shutdown and/or start up a GFS 6.1 cluster. > Documentation on the procedures are surprisingly sparse. For example, > what I've experienced during shutdown are messages like: > > CMAN: sendmsg failed: -101 > CMAN: we are leaving the cluster. > > from the node shutting down while the the other nodes report that this > node needs to be fenced off. What?! Fenced during a controlled > shutdown? Is that correct? During a complete cluster shutdown, of > course quorum, at some point is lost, freezing the nodes that have not > completely shutdown forcing a hard reset on those nodes. I'm probably > missing something trivial here, but this doesn't seem right. > > Start up also suffers from the "quorum" problem, but it seems to > recovery once enough nodes are up. > > > Paul > -- email: phung@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx phone: 646-775-6090 fax: 212-666-0140 office: CS Dept. 520, 1214 Amsterdam Ave., MC 0401, New York, NY 10027 -- Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster