Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.
On 17/10/13 15:27, Lonni J Friedman wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 12:23 PM, Lonni J Friedman <netllama at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Thanks for your prompt reply. Comments/questions below....
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 12:18 PM, Digimer <lists at alteeve.ca> wrote:
>>> On 17/10/13 15:08, Lonni J Friedman wrote:
>>>> [ 1727.959118] block drbd0: state = { cs:StandAlone
>>>> ro:Secondary/Unknown ds:Inconsistent/DUnknown r----- }
>>>> [ 1728.069711] block drbd0: wanted = { cs:StandAlone
>>>> ro:Primary/Unknown ds:Inconsistent/DUnknown r----- }
>>>
>>> This is your problem. I suspect that you invalidated the node that had
>>> been UpToDate. This is a pretty dangerous state to be in. If you have
>>> critical data on this cluster, I _strongly_ recommend calling LinBit and
>>> getting professional guidance. It will be worth the money.
>>
>> Sadly the damage was done by a co-worker while I was out, and I'm
>> stuck trying to fix the mess. The data on this cluster doesn't change
>> all that often, so the odds of anything being lost are quite slim.
>>
>>>
>>> That said;
>>>
>>> The process will be a matter of deciding which node is actually UpToDate
>>> and then forcing it into that role. Once done, connect should work and
>>> the Inconsistent node should sync from UpToDate. You'll certainly want
>>> to do an FS consistency check after.
>>
>> OK, but what's the actual command to force a node to be primary?
>> There used to be a -f switch to force a node to become primary, but
>> that options seems to no longer exist (at least in 8.4.x).
>
>
> Nevermind, apparently what I needed was the --force option when
> specifying the primary node. Its finally doing the right thing, and
> syncing.
Glad you got it. I was looking in the manual for the 8.4 version as I'm
still a stead-fast 8.3 user. :)
digimer
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