Though one instance of 'Initating transition' message seems to be normal , what could the behavior shown in the following log indicate? What exactly is happening during an 'Initating transition' message? Shawn Feb 14 15:25:55 odin kernel: CMAN: Initiating transition, generation 7 Feb 14 15:26:01 odin kernel: CMAN: removing node munin from the cluster : No response to messages Feb 14 15:26:01 odin kernel: CMAN: Initiating transition, generation 8 Feb 14 15:26:16 odin kernel: CMAN: Initiating transition, generation 9 Feb 14 15:26:31 odin kernel: CMAN: Initiating transition, generation 10 Feb 14 15:26:40 odin su(pam_unix)[20082]: session opened for user root by shood(uid=0) Feb 14 15:26:46 odin kernel: CMAN: Initiating transition, generation 11 Feb 14 15:27:01 odin kernel: CMAN: Initiating transition, generation 12 Feb 14 15:27:16 odin kernel: CMAN: Initiating transition, generation 13 Feb 14 15:27:31 odin kernel: CMAN: Initiating transition, generation 14 Feb 14 15:27:46 odin kernel: CMAN: Initiating transition, generation 15 Feb 14 15:28:01 odin kernel: CMAN: Initiating transition, generation 16 Feb 14 15:28:16 odin kernel: CMAN: Initiating transition, generation 17 Feb 14 15:28:31 odin kernel: CMAN: Initiating transition, generation 18 Feb 14 15:28:46 odin kernel: CMAN: too many transition restarts - will die Feb 14 15:28:46 odin kernel: CMAN: we are leaving the cluster. Inconsistent cluster view Feb 14 15:28:46 odin kernel: WARNING: dlm_emergency_shutdown Feb 14 15:28:46 odin kernel: WARNING: dlm_emergency_shutdown Feb 14 15:28:46 odin kernel: SM: 00000002 sm_stop: SG still joined Feb 14 15:28:46 odin kernel: SM: 01000004 sm_stop: SG still joined Feb 14 15:28:46 odin kernel: SM: 02000014 sm_stop: SG still joined Feb 14 15:28:46 odin ccsd[17392]: Cluster manager shutdown. Attemping to reconnect... -- Linux-cluster mailing list Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster