<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Hi,<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">engine executes power management (fencing) operation using different host in the same cluster/DC as target host reside. It's an oVirt requirement that each host in the same cluster and data center is able to connect to power management deviced of all other hosts in the same cluster/DC.<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"> <br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">Here's simplified flow for defaults (fence proxy may be selected in the same cluster or DC)<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">1. Find all existing hosts in the same cluster which don't have connection issues (status Up, Maintenance, NonOperational for a reason different than network issues)<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">2. Select first host in Up (if no host is Up, then pick any other host, if no host found continue with DC in step 5) and try to execute fence operation<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">3. If fence operation is successful, exit<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">4. If not, retry 2 times and if still not successful go back to step 2 but exclude already problematic fence proxy<br>5. Find all existing hosts in the same data center which don't have connection issues (status Up, Maintenance, NonOperational for a reason different than network issues)<br><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">6.
Select first host in Up (if no host is Up, then pick any other host, if
no host found then fail and exit) and try to execute fence
operation<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">7. If fence operation is successful, exit<br>8. If not, retry 2 times and if still not successful go back to step 6 but exclude already problematic fence proxy<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">9. If still no success, fail<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">As you see your setup with only 2 hosts is kinda fragile (and not only for fencing operations), you need to assure that 1 hosts is always in perfect condition. If possible I'd recommend you to add at least one other host if possible to make your setup more resistant to failures.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Martin Perina<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 6:10 PM, cmc <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:iucounu@gmail.com" target="_blank">iucounu@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br>
<br>
Can someone tell me how the engine decides which power management<br>
proxy/proxies to use (using default cluster/dc config)? I am using<br>
drac 7 for a fence agent in my two host cluster, and have noticed that<br>
one of the hosts cannot contact the drac. My guess is that the engine<br>
is using one host to as a power management proxy and hosts cannot<br>
reach their own drac as they are on the same interface + vlan.<br>
<br>
Example scenario:<br>
<br>
Engine uses host 2 as power management proxy. It can contact host 1’s<br>
drac, but cannot contact its own drac. In the case of host 2 being<br>
unreachable/kdumping etc, would the engine switch to use host 1 as the<br>
proxy to contact host 2’s drac?<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<br>
Cam<br>
<br>
PS: I'd like to use the APC as an additional fencing agent, each host<br>
has two PSUs connected to two different APCs. Is there a guide on how<br>
to specify two ports on two different PDUs to control power on a host?<br>
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