[Pacemaker] Several problems with simple virtual-IP config

[Michael Schwartzkopff]

On Tuesday 08 February 2011 18:03:31 Klaus Darilion wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I'm a newbie and have a problem with a simple virtual-IP config. I want
> the virtual-IP to be either on server1 or server2, depending on which of
> the server is having network connectivity (ping) to the outside. My
> config is:
> 
> node server1 \
>         attributes standby="off"
> node server2 \
>         attributes standby="off"
> primitive failover-ip ocf:heartbeat:IPaddr \
>         params ip="11.222.32.161" \
>         op monitor interval="3s"
> primitive pingtest ocf:pacemaker:pingd \
>         params host_list="11.222.53.113" multiplier="10" dampen="5s" \
>         op monitor interval="10s"
> clone clonePing pingtest
> location aktiverLB failover-ip \
>         rule $id="aktiverLB-rule" pingd: defined pingd
> property $id="cib-bootstrap-options" \
>         dc-version="1.0.9-74392a28b7f31d7ddc86689598bd23114f58978b" \
>         cluster-infrastructure="openais" \
>         expected-quorum-votes="2" \
>         stonith-enabled="false" \
>         no-quorum-policy="ignore"
> 
> I use Debian Lenny with packages from backports. My problems are:
> 
> 1. After starting /etc/init.d/corosync it takes around 60s until
> pacemaker comes online. Which timer is that? Is it safe to reduce it to
> few seconds?
> 
> 2. Everything is running and Server1 has the virtual-IP:
> 
>   Online: [ server1 server2 ]
> 
>   failover-ip     (ocf::heartbeat:IPaddr):        Started server1
>    Clone Set: clonePing
>        Started: [ server1 server2 ]
> 
> 
> Then I changed node server2 to standby: # crm node standby server2.
> 
> 
>   Node server2: standby
>   Online: [ server1 ]
> 
>   failover-ip     (ocf::heartbeat:IPaddr):        Started server1
>    Clone Set: clonePing
>        Started: [ server1 ]
>        Stopped: [ pingtest:0 ]
> 
> Why is the output "Stopped: [ pingtest:0 ]" and not as I would expect
> "Stopped: [ server2 ]"?

No. The clone instances are pingtest:0 and pingtest:1.

> 3. Now, server1, hosting the virtual-IP, loost connectivity to the ping
> target (I inserted a firewall rule) -> The virtual-IP stayed with server1.
> 
> Now I put server2 online again: # crm node online server2.
> That means, server2 is online and has ping connectivity, server1 is
> online and doesn't have ping connectivity. But the virtual-IP stayed
> with server1:
> 
>   Online: [ server1 server2 ]
> 
>   failover-ip     (ocf::heartbeat:IPaddr):        Started server1
>    Clone Set: clonePing
>        Started: [ server2 server1 ]
> 
> What do I have to change in the config to have here a failover to server2?

What are the pingd scores for each node? You can display it with
crm_mon -1f

> 4. IIUC the "clone clonePing pingtest" is necessary to have the ping
> service running on every node. Is this correct? (I'm confused by the
> term 'clone' as this does not seem logical to me).
> 
> 
> Thanks a lot
> Klaus
> 
> 
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