On 01/26/2012 08:45 AM, Devrim GÜNDÜZ wrote: > > Hi, > > This is RHEL 6.2, where all packages are up2date. > > For a simple 2-node cluster, clvmd cannot start, because it cannot scan > clustered LVs -- if one of the nodes are down. It simply hangs in the > vgscan phase. > > Is that the expected behaviour? If not, what is the recommended way to > get rid of this? > > Regards, I am guessing that you do not have fencing configured and/or tested. When a node is lost, fenced calls DLM which then blocks locking until a fence call succeeds. Without fencing, this will hang all things using DLM, including clustered LVM. -- Digimer E-Mail: digimer@xxxxxxxxxxx Papers and Projects: https://alteeve.com -- Linux-cluster mailing list Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster