[Linux-HA] Need advice on configuring Heartbeat 2 on Ubunu 6.10 : issue with /var/run persistence

[dave.146 at gmail.com]

Hi,

Warning: Heartbeat rookie.

I spent several frustrating hours trying to figure out why my Heartbeat
2.0.7 crm configuration would not come up after system restart, even though
a similar haresources configuration worked fine. To make a long story short,
I finally realized that the contents of /var/run on Ubuntu 6.10 (and perhaps
other versions and linux distros) are not preserved when the system is
restarted.  Heartbeat does recreate the /var/run/heartbeat directory but the
crm and ccm directories are not created and Heartbeat startup fails because
the crm components cannot create necessary files directories. I've worked
around the problem by creating the necessary directories in my
/etc/init.d/heartbeat script but I don't think this is the best solution.
Tne next release of heartbeat may overwrite this script and other
directories might be necessary. Has anyone had a similar experience and is
there any advice you could offer on a permanent solution.

Thanks,
Dave