[DRBD-user] drbdadm --force option when using different drbd.conf file

tracymtaylor tracymtaylor at comcast.net
Thu Mar 19 23:30:00 CET 2009

Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.


Under 8.2.6 we have used a script to switch from one mirror host to another
creating a new drbd.conf file under a different name, using it, and if all
of the other parts of the procedure go well, making it the permanent
drbd.conf file. (Otherwise we roll back using the old one).  We’re switching
while disconnected and change resource names that refer to our /dev/drbd
devices, nodenames, ipaddresses.   The underlying /dev/sda partitions and
meta data partitions always continue to map to the same drbd devices.

We’ve changed to 8.2.7 and now drbdadm is giving us a warning like:

            Warning: resource monoblock_1
            last used config file: /var/opt/foo/etc/drbd.conf.tmp
              current config file: /etc/drbd.conf

            Do you want to proceed and register the current config file?
            *** confirmation forced via --force option ***

My question is, have we been in danger all along?  What exactly is this
trying to protect me from? 
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