fence_xvm times out or hangs for long periods of time in a RHEL 5, 6, or 7 High Availability cluster of VMs running on a RHEL 6 or 7 host using fence-virtd-multicast
Issue
- I am trying to get
fence_xvmto work on mylibvirtVMs, and the request just times out.
# fence_xvm -a 226.18.19.20 -k /etc/cluster/fence_virtd.key -o list
Timed out waiting for response
Operation failed
- My VM cluster nodes that use
fence_xvmcan't fence each other. - How can I troubleshoot
fence_xvmnot returning any results or fencing a node?
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 with the High Availability Add On
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 with the High Availability Add On
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7 with the High Availability Add On
libvirtVMs running as a cluster- Cluster uses
fence_xvmfor node fencing fence_virtdrunning on the RHEL 6 or 7libvirthost usingfence-virtd-multicastas the listener- These same concepts may apply equally to a RHEL 5 host running
fence_xvmd, but they have not been checked for accuracy there
- These same concepts may apply equally to a RHEL 5 host running
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