[Linux-ha-dev] Re: [Linux-ha-cvs] riloe plugin commit

[Chris Babcock]

> On 2004-10-02T01:46:48,
>    Chris Babcock <cbabcock at luthresearch.com> said:
>
>> Idea...  Perhaps a "watchdog" like system could be used to monitor
>> stonith/fencing operations and take action on stonith/fence failure or
>> blockage?  ( Perhaps something like retry, retry, reboot local node... )
>
> The STONITH subsystem already monitors the fencing success; right now it
> will eternally retry, and the new smart fencing daemon subsystem (see
> the Wiki) will have the ability to even retry the fence operation from
> another node.
>
Is the new fencing daemon subsystem smart enough to allow configuration of
thresholds and responses for fence/stonith failures?  That was more what I
was thinking, but failed to convey...


>
> Sincerely,
>     Lars Marowsky-Brée <lmb at suse.de>
>