Why did cluster services not fail over during a localized power failure?

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Issue

  • When  unplug the power cable of active node, the passive node does not takeover service on itself.
  • Why do cluster services do not failover/relocate to passive node when power cable of a node running the services is unplugged/pulled.
Aug 25 17:02:58 host1 fenced[4459]: agent "fence_ipmilan" reports: Rebooting machine @ IPMI:10.0.0.2...ipmilan: Failed to connect after 10 seconds Failed 
Aug 25 17:02:58 host1 fenced[4459]: fence "host1.example.org" failed 
Aug 25 17:03:03 host1 fenced[4459]: fencing node "host1.example.org" 
Aug 25 17:03:13 host1 fenced[4459]: agent "fence_ipmilan" reports: Rebooting machine @ IPMI:10.0.0.2...ipmilan: Failed to connect after 10 seconds Failed 
Aug 25 17:03:13 host1 fenced[4459]: fence "host1.example.org" failed 
Aug 25 17:03:18 host1 fenced[4459]: fencing node "host1.example.org" 
Aug 25 17:03:28 host1 fenced[4459]: agent "fence_ipmilan" reports: Rebooting machine @ IPMI:10.0.0.2...ipmilan: Failed to connect after 10 seconds Failed 
Aug 25 17:03:28 host1 fenced[4459]: fence "host1.example.org" failed 
Aug 25 17:03:33 host1 fenced[4459]: fencing node "host1.example.org" 

Environment

  • Red Hat Cluster Suite 4+
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 (with the High Availability Add on)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 (with the High Availability Add on)

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