[Linux-HA] RE: ipfail-like, or something else?

[Andrew Beekhof]

On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 17:58,  <tsombakos_mark at emc.com> wrote:
> Put more simply ... I have modified the hbaping HBcomm plugin to simply
> stat a file on the local filesystem (instead of checking an hba).  My
> hope was when I removed the file, the other node would be declared dead
> and the resources would fail over.
>
> Needless to say, it didn't work the way I hoped.
>
> When I start both nodes with the line
>
> myping othernodename
>
> in ha.cf, I end up split brain, each node saying the other is "not in
> our membership list".
>
> Theoretically, SHOULD this work?  It's certainly possible I fat-fingered
> something.  Or do I need something like a modified ipfail module instead
> of an HBcomm plugin?

for a crm-based cluster, perhaps base something on pingd instead

>
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> Hi all,
>
> We have a need to configure heartbeat to use an additional input as an
> indication of peer failure.  This is a two-node system.  We already have
> a "peer death" indication that we would like to use to tell heartbeat
> that the peer is definitely dead, so we are safe to assume its
> resources.  We have a serial communication path between the nodes.
>
> I started by looking at hbaping and thinking I would build a similar
> plugin, but from what I've read, a modified ipfail is closer to what I
> need.
>
> Is this the right path?  Or should I be looking at something else?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark
>
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