[Linux-HA] when eth1/eth2 shutdown and resume, heartbeat can not work any longer. is it a bug?

[Junko IKEDA]

> > > Is it a bug of heartbeat? Or shutting down the interfaces, eth1/eth2
> > in my
> > > case, is simply not supported by heartbeat?
> >
> > I was faced with the same problem yesterday.
> > It might be better to use "iptables" or "ifdown/ifup" instead of
> > "ifconfig".
> > If anyone has information concerning why only "ifconfig" cause this,
> > please let me know.
> >
> 
> I could be wrong, but I have a feeling ifconfig will NOT setup the
> routes (including the all-important default route) whereas ifup does...

I see.
ifconfig could not set one destination when I checked netstat.
maybe heartbeat needs that route.

by the way, I can find the reported message when some fire wall setting is
effective.

heartbeat[9413]: 2007/10/28_02:06:07 ERROR: Message hist queue is filling up
(155 messages in queue)

Thanks,
Junko