[Linux-HA] When do STONITH device shoot a node?

[Andrew Beekhof]

On 8/31/07, sebastien lorandel <lorandel.sebastien at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> maybe this question has already been asked, but I didn't found any complete
> answer. So I am still wondering when exactly we get a STONITH.
> So I guess:
> - when a split-brain occurs

this is a specific case, more generally it happens when nodes disappear/fail

> - when a resource remains unmanaged

close but not quite
its when a resource fails to stop

> - when a resource fails (if "on_fail" was set to "fence")

also when bringing the cluster online (after being completely stopped)
because we don't truly know what state inactive nodes are in