What is the fence_daemon "clean_start" option in an RHCS 4 or RHEL 5 or 6 High Availability cluster?

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Issue

  • What is the "clean_start" option for in the cluster.conf?
  • What is the purpose of the fence_daemon clean_start option in the cluster configuration?
  • I don't want nodes to fence each other on startup. Can I use clean_start for this?

Environment

  • Red Hat Cluster Suite (RHCS) 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 or 6 with the High Availability Add On

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