Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.
/ 2006-09-12 16:29:14 +0200 \ aw at dayznet.org: > Hi all, > > I'm currently using drbd-0.7.21 in connection with linux-2.6.17.11. > For now there is only one node at all. The drbd-device has been set up > and is running fine if I set it to primary manually (drbdadm primary all). > Everytime the drbd script (/etc/init.d/drbd) start it will set the > drbd-device to secondary and waits x seconds (degr-wfc-timeout) for the > second node. > Is there any chance to bring up the device/node in primary state (as there is > only one node at all) automatically by drbd? drbd does _not_ switch itself to primary ever. it had been doing so in 0.6, because sync direction and state (or role) have been tightly coupled, and that caused a lot of trouble. so we are no longer changing the "role" (Priary/Secondary) ourselves ever. you need to do that with some kind of "cluster manager", which could be * you on the command line, after your tactical monitoring system sent you the alert at 2:22 am :) * or some init script (don't do that unless you have a very good reason for it and you fully understand all the consequences for the various error and recovery scenarios), * or heartbeat (which most of drbd users do use) * or that redhat cluster thingy (we have customers using it) * or that lifekeeper thingy (the do have some drbd "plugin", or whatever it is called) * or all the other projects out there I am not as aware of or familiar with... -- : Lars Ellenberg Tel +43-1-8178292-0 : : LINBIT Information Technologies GmbH Fax +43-1-8178292-82 : : Schoenbrunner Str. 244, A-1120 Vienna/Europe http://www.linbit.com : __ please use the "List-Reply" function of your email client.