We have support for monotonic timer since 0.80.6-33 (so RHEL >= 5.8). This should solve problems you are describing. What version are you using? If it's older then 0.80.6-33, try upgrade. Regards, Honza Dryden, Tom napsal(a): > > > Hello All > > I had a problem when time adjusted that caused node evictions. The > sequence of events are in the log clip below. > > The events were, > > 1. ntpd restarted > > 2. ntpd adjusted time +155 sec > > 3. openais thinks it has lost communication and begins to evict nodes. > > > > My question is how do I adjust the time without causing the cluster to > get confused? > > > > Thanks for your assistance. > > Tom > > > > > > LOG CLIP: > > Oct 22 16:05:02 bpas-j5 ntpd[27399]: Listening on interface bond0:9, > 172.26.5.21#123 Enabled > > Oct 22 16:05:02 bpas-j5 ntpd[27399]: kernel time sync status 0040 > > Oct 22 16:05:03 bpas-j5 ntpd[27399]: frequency initialized 40.201 PPM > from /var/lib/ntp/drift > > Oct 22 16:08:15 bpas-j5 ntpd[27399]: synchronized to 169.229.70.201, > stratum 3 > > Oct 22 16:10:50 bpas-j5 ntpd[27399]: time reset +155.075282 s > > Oct 22 16:10:50 bpas-j5 ntpd[27399]: kernel time sync enabled 0001 > > Oct 22 16:10:50 bpas-j5 openais[7238]: [TOTEM] The token was lost in the > OPERATIONAL state. > > Oct 22 16:10:50 bpas-j5 openais[7238]: [TOTEM] Receive multicast socket > recv buffer size (288000 bytes). > > Oct 22 16:10:50 bpas-j5 openais[7238]: [TOTEM] Transmit multicast socket > send buffer size (262142 bytes). > > Oct 22 16:10:50 bpas-j5 openais[7238]: [TOTEM] entering GATHER state > from 2. > > Oct 22 16:10:55 bpas-j5 openais[7238]: [TOTEM] entering GATHER state > from 0. > > Oct 22 16:10:55 bpas-j5 openais[7238]: [TOTEM] Creating commit token > because I am the rep. > > Oct 22 16:10:55 bpas-j5 openais[7238]: [TOTEM] Saving state aru 33 high > seq received 33 > > Oct 22 16:10:55 bpas-j5 openais[7238]: [TOTEM] Storing new sequence id > for ring 1f48 > > Oct 22 16:10:55 bpas-j5 openais[7238]: [TOTEM] entering COMMIT state. > > Oct 22 16:10:55 bpas-j5 openais[7238]: [TOTEM] entering RECOVERY state. > > Oct 22 16:10:55 bpas-j5 openais[7238]: [TOTEM] position [0] member > 172.26.5.11: > > Oct 22 16:10:55 bpas-j5 openais[7238]: [TOTEM] previous ring seq 8004 > rep 172.26.5.11 > > Oct 22 16:10:55 bpas-j5 openais[7238]: [TOTEM] aru 33 high delivered 33 > received flag 1 > > Oct 22 16:10:55 bpas-j5 openais[7238]: [TOTEM] Did not need to originate > any messages in recovery. > > Oct 22 16:10:55 bpas-j5 openais[7238]: [TOTEM] Sending initial ORF token > > Oct 22 16:10:55 bpas-j5 openais[7238]: [CLM ] CLM CONFIGURATION CHANGE > > Oct 22 16:10:55 bpas-j5 openais[7238]: [CLM ] New Configuration: > > Oct 22 16:10:55 bpas-j5 kernel: dlm: closing connection to node 2 > > Oct 22 16:10:55 bpas-j5 openais[7238]: [CLM ] r(0) ip(172.26.5.11) > > Oct 22 16:10:55 bpas-j5 openais[7238]: [CLM ] Members Left: > > Oct 22 16:10:55 bpas-j5 openais[7238]: [CLM ] r(0) ip(172.26.6.11) > > > > > > -- Linux-cluster mailing list Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster