Jim Parsons wrote: > Patrick Caulfield wrote: > >> Pena, Francisco Javier wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I am finding a strange cman behavior when removing a node from a >>> running cluster. The starting point is: >>> >>> - 3 nodes running RHEL 4 U4, GFS 6.1 (1 vote per node) >>> - Quorum disk (4 votes) >>> >>> I stop all cluster services on node 3, then modify the cluster.conf >>> file to remove the node (and adjust the quorum disk votes to 3), and >>> then "ccs_tool update" and "cman_tool version -r <new_version>". The >>> cluster services keep running, however it looks like cman is not >>> completely in sync with ccsd: >>> >>> # ccs_tool lsnode >>> >>> Cluster name: TestCluster, config_version: 9 >>> >>> Nodename Votes Nodeid Iface Fencetype >>> gfsnode1 1 1 iLO_NODE1 >>> gfsnode2 1 2 iLO_NODE2 >>> >>> >>> # cman_tool nodes >>> >>> Node Votes Exp Sts Name >>> 0 4 0 M /dev/emcpowera1 >>> 1 1 3 M gfsnode1 >>> 2 1 3 M gfsnode2 >>> 3 1 3 X gfsnode3 >>> >>> # cman_tool status >>> >>> Protocol version: 5.0.1 >>> Config version: 9 >>> Cluster name: TestCluster >>> Cluster ID: 62260 >>> Cluster Member: Yes >>> Membership state: Cluster-Member >>> Nodes: 2 >>> Expected_votes: 3 >>> Total_votes: 6 >>> Quorum: 4 >>> Active subsystems: 9 >>> Node name: gfsnode1 >>> Node ID: 1 >>> Node addresses: A.B.C.D >>> >>> CMAN still thinks the third node is part of the cluster, but has just >>> stopped working. In addition to that, it is not updating the number >>> of votes for the quorum disk. If I completely restart the cluster >>> services on all nodes, I get the right information: >>> >>> - Correct votes for the quorum disk >>> - Third node dissappears >>> - The Expected_votes value is now 2 >>> >> >> I can't comment on the behaviour of the quorum disk, but cman is >> behaving as expected. A node is NEVER removed from the internal >> lists of cman while any node of the cluster is till active. It is >> completely harmless in that state, the node simply remains >> permanently dead and expected votes is adjusted accordingly. >> >> > Patrick - isn't it also necessary to set a cman attribute for > two-node='1' in the conf file? In order for cman to see this attribute, > the entire cluster would need to be restarted. > No, not if they're using a quorum disk. That flag is only needed for a two-node cluster where the quorum is set to one and the surviving node is determined by a fencing race. -- patrick -- Linux-cluster mailing list Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster