[ClusterLabs] Antw: Growing a cluster from 1 node without fencing

Ulrich Windl Ulrich.Windl at rz.uni-regensburg.de
Mon Aug 14 12:20:32 CEST 2017


Hi!

Have you tried studying the logs? Usually you get useful information from
there (to share!).

Regards,
Ulrich

>>> Edwin Török <edvin.torok at citrix.com> schrieb am 14.08.2017 um 11:51 in
Nachricht <3d1653ad-50b5-07e3-9392-92d7d651324e at citrix.com>:
> Hi,
> 
> 
> When setting up a cluster with just 1 node with auto-tie-breaker and 
> DLM, and incrementally adding more I got some unexpected fencing if the 
> 2nd node doesn't join the cluster soon enough.
> 
> What I also found surprising is that if the cluster has ever seen 2 
> nodes, then turning off the 2nd node works fine and doesn't cause 
> fencing (using auto-tie-breaker).
> 
> 
> I have a hardware watchdog, and can reproduce the problem with these (or 
> older) versions and sequence of steps:
> 
> corosync-2.4.0-9.el7.x86_64
> pacemaker-1.1.16-12.el7.x86_64
> sbd-1.3.0-3.el7.x86_64
> pcs-0.9.158-6.el7.x86_64
> 
> pcs cluster destroy
> rm /var/lib/corosync/* -f
> pcs cluster auth -u hacluster cluster1 cluster2
> pcs cluster setup --name cluster cluster1 --auto_tie_breaker=1
> pcs stonith sbd enable
> pcs cluster start --all
> pcs property set no-quorum-policy=ignore
> # or pcs property set no-quorum-policy=freeze
> # or pcs property set no-quorum-policy=suicide
> pcs resource create dlm ocf:pacemaker:controld op monitor interval=30s 
> on-fail=fence clone interleave=true ordered=true
> while ! dlm_tool join testls; do sleep 1; done
> crm_mon -1
> pcs cluster node add cluster2&
> journalctl --follow
> 
> 
> What am I doing wrong, and how can I avoid fencing?
> I thought that setting no-quorum-policy to ignore would prevent this (if 
> I have just 1 node I don't really need fencing until the 2nd node is 
> actually up), but if there are any active DLM lockspaces that doesn't 
> seem to be the case.
> 
> Thanks,
> --Edwin
> 
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