Perhaps I've missed this somewhere but here I ask :). I don't have a fixed number of nodes in my cluster. I sometimes use 4 machines, sometimes 8, sometimes more. I could split the clusters up but it would be simpler for me if I could only turn up the nodes I need as I need them. The problem; When I start my cluster, it locks up at DLM waiting on other nodes to come up. If I don't need them all, then I only fire up the ones I need but then DLM remains locked up until I turn up yet more nodes. I believe this is related to my cluster.conf file but I've yet to find enough information that will explain how I can get around this problem. Can someone shed some light? Mike -- Linux-cluster mailing list Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster