On 05/31/2011 03:35 PM, bergman@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
I've got a 3-node RHCS cluster and the quorum device is on a SAN disk
array that needs to be replaced. The relevent versions are:
CentOS 5.6 (2.6.18-238.9.1.el5)
openais-0.80.6-28.el5_6.1
cman-2.0.115-68.el5_6.3
rgmanager-2.0.52-9.el5.centos.1
Currently the cluster is configured with each node having one vote and
the quorum device having 2 votes, to allow operation in the event of
multiple node failures.
I'd like to know if there's any recommended method for changing the
quorum disk "in place", without shutting down the cluster.
The following approaches come to mind:
1. Create a new quorum device (multipath, mkqdisk).
Ensure that at least 2 of the 3 nodes are up.
Change the cluster configuration to use the new path to
the new device instead of the old device.
Commit the change to the cluster.
2. Create a new quorum device (multipath, mkqdisk).
Ensure that at least 2 of the 3 nodes are up.
Change the cluster configuration to not use any quorum
device.
Commit the change to the cluster.
Change the cluster configuration to use the new quorum
device.
Commit the change to the cluster.
3. Create a new quorum device (multipath, mkqdisk).
Change the cluster configuration to use both quorum
devices.
Commit the change to the cluster.
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Note: the 'mkqdisk' manual page (dated July 2006)
states:
using multiple different devices is currently
not supported
Is that still accurate?
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Change the cluster configuration to use just the
new quorum device instead of the old device.
Commit the change to the cluster.
Thanks for any suggestions.
Mark
With the caveat that I have not done this and make no claims to being an
expert; Option 2 strikes me as the best choice.
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