In the world of pacemaker, we don't rely on quorum to the extent that other resource managers do - so we have no real need to fake having it. In your situation fencing[1] + no-quorum-policy="ignore" should normally be sufficient. Or add a third with standby=true set (prevents it from hosting resources) to act as a tie-breaker. [1] Be sure to read http://ourobengr.com/ha