Clustered service with a netfs resource fails to relocate if the export (NFS share) is no longer accessible in RHEL 5 or 6

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Issue

  • A two node cluster is using a remote NFS resource for a service. If the network link between the active node and the NFS server stops working, the service is not relocated.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 or 6 with the High Availability Add On
  • One or more <netfs> resources in /etc/cluster/cluster.conf

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