[Linux-HA] Need advice on configuring Heartbeat 2 on Ubunu 6.10 : issue with /var/run persistence

[Ralf Gross]

dave.146 at gmail.com schrieb:
> Warning: Heartbeat rookie.
> 
> I spent several frustrating hours trying to figure out why my Heartbeat
> 2.0.7 crm configuration would not come up after system restart, even though
> a similar haresources configuration worked fine. To make a long story short,
> I finally realized that the contents of /var/run on Ubuntu 6.10 (and perhaps
> other versions and linux distros) are not preserved when the system is
> restarted.  Heartbeat does recreate the /var/run/heartbeat directory but the
> crm and ccm directories are not created and Heartbeat startup fails because
> the crm components cannot create necessary files directories. I've worked
> around the problem by creating the necessary directories in my
> /etc/init.d/heartbeat script but I don't think this is the best solution.
> Tne next release of heartbeat may overwrite this script and other
> directories might be necessary. Has anyone had a similar experience and is
> there any advice you could offer on a permanent solution.

I ran into this a while ago. It's a bug in ubuntu 6.06, I don't know
if it still exists in 6.10. 


Bug #51933:
Heartbeat fails to start after Dapper upgrade

https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/heartbeat-2/+bug/51933

Ralf