[Users] SPM not selected after host failed

[Itamar Heim]

On 09/20/2012 04:55 PM, "Marc-Christian Schröer | ingenit GmbH & Co. KG" 
wrote:
> Am 20.09.2012 15:34, schrieb Itamar Heim:
>
> Hello Itamar,
>
> thank you for your answer.
>
>> is power management configured on both hosts?
>> since the non responsive node happened to be the SPM, it must be fenced.
>> engine should to this automatically (and this is what you did manually by 'confirm host has been rebooted'.
>> but engine can only do this automatically if power management is configured on both hosts.
>
> Power management is configured for both nodes. But this might be the
> problem: we use the integrated IPMI over LAN power management - and
> if I pull the plug on the machine the power management becomes un-
> available, too.
>
> Could this be the problem?

yes... no auto recovery if can't verify node was fenced.
for your tests, maybe power off the machine for your tests as opposed to 
"no power"?

you could use APM, but if no power, even APM won't reply to fencing.

>
> Kind regards,
>    Marc
>