Every time I start up my cluster, I get this on each node; fence_tool: waiting for fence domain run state This seems to have to do with one of the nodes blocking another out but this is not the case, it happens on the very first node I fire up and on most nodes that get fired up afterwards. # tail -f /var/log/messages Nov 20 11:39:53 compdev ccsd[10670]: Copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc. 2004 All rights reserved. Nov 20 11:39:53 compdev ccsd[10670]: cluster.conf (cluster name = vgcomp, version = 62) found. Nov 20 11:39:53 compdev kernel: CMAN: Waiting to join or form a Linux-cluster Nov 20 11:39:54 compdev kernel: CMAN: sending membership request Nov 20 11:39:54 compdev kernel: CMAN: got node qm249.companions.com Nov 20 11:39:54 compdev ccsd[10670]: Connected to cluster infrastruture via: CMAN/SM Plugin v1.1.7.1 Nov 20 11:39:54 compdev ccsd[10670]: Initial status:: Inquorate Nov 20 11:40:02 compdev sshd(pam_unix)[10680]: session opened for user root by root(uid=0) Nov 20 11:40:12 compdev kernel: CMAN: quorum regained, resuming activity Nov 20 11:40:12 compdev ccsd[10670]: Cluster is quorate. Allowing connections. Mike -- Linux-cluster mailing list Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster