[Linux-HA] Service fails to start at failover

[Alan Robertson]

Andreas Bergstrøm wrote:
>> I just missed it.  I would guess from the logs that auto_failback is 
>> on. However, you're complaining that "manetheren" did not take over 
>> the resources near the end of the period given by the logs (between 
>> 11:35:55 and 11:35:58).  Is that right?
> 
> 
> No, manetheren is the main node, and malkier is the secondary which 
> should take over, and it is its log that I suplied.
> 
>> One more thought:
>>
>> Heartbeat will not start a service if it thinks its already running.  
>> And at various times, it wouldn't do that if the first resource on the 
>> line is started.  I don't remember exactly what the current state of 
>> affairs is.
>>
>> So, make sure that
>>     /etc/ha.d/resource.d/IPaddr 158.36.47.168 status
>> and    /etc/init/d/httpd status
> 
> 
> Hmm, both are stopped, but could 'service httpd status' be strange to 
> heartbeat:
> 
> [root at malkier ha.d]# service httpd status
> 
> Apache is *not* running.
> 
> Use /etc/init.d/httpd extendedstatus for more information.
> 
> 
> This is the standard Mandrake 9.2 apache 2 script, is this what is 
> confusing heartbeat?

Yes.  Heartbeat isn't very smart about parsing the output.


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