[Pacemaker] crm_verify issues warning (probably unjustified)

[Andrew Beekhof]

On Jan 18, 2008, at 10:56 AM, Andreas Mock wrote:

>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>> Von: The Pacemaker cluster resource manager <pacemaker at clusterlabs.org 
>> >
>> Gesendet: 18.01.08 09:12:31
>> An: The Pacemaker cluster resource manager  
>> <pacemaker at clusterlabs.org>
>> Betreff: Re: [Pacemaker] crm_verify issues warning (probably  
>> unjustified)
>>>
>>> In my opinion the warning is unjustified and unnecessary.
>>> The warning: "Warnings found during check: config may not be valid"
>>> is missleading IMHO.
>>
>> well it is a high availability cluster :-)
>>
>> having resources not be active isn't totally "normal" for a high
>> availability cluster but, as you said, its possible that it is what
>> the admin wants (which is why its a warning with 'may' instead of an
>> error with 'is').
>>
>> but if people feel strongly about it, i can drop the severity to
>> 'notice' (at least when target_role is set)
>
> That's exactly what I meant. If something is intended by an user
> which can be seen at "target_role=stopped" it is a state which is
> "normal".

Yes, but did they _mean_ to set that option?  And if they did when  
they set it, do they _still_ mean it? :-)

You'd not believe the amount of conversations/bugs that contain

Me: You configured the cluster to do X...
Them: Oh, but I really meant for it to do Y.

Particularly wrt. target_role

> When Target_role=stopped and the resource is running that you
> have to issue a warning.  :-))
>
> I didn't want to be too picky. So, only a hint and waste of
> email bandwidth.
>
> It happened to me as I started to use crm_verify -L -VVV very often.
> And I get a warning (greping the output) where I don't see
> a condition to be warned about when I stopped the resources.
> But probably a matter of taste as so often. :-)
>
> Best regards
> Andreas Mock
>
>
>
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