How to implement a fence delay when using fence_vmware_soap as the fence agent in RHEL 5 or 6
Issue
- How to add 'delay' option of fencing when fence_vmware_soap fence agent is being used ?
- In order to avoid fence race, 'delay' option of fencing is recommended in article Delaying Fencing in a Two Node Cluster to Prevent Fence Races or "Fence Death" Scenarios. How to use for fence_vmware_soap fence agent ?
- I have configured a
delayforfence_vmware_soap, but its not taking effect. - Two different clusters with different releases of
fence-agentsbehave differently with respect to thedelayspecified forfence_vmware_soap. One delays, one doesn't.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 or 6 with the High Availability Add On
fence_vmware_soapis the configured fence agent for one or more nodes in/etc/cluster/cluster.conf
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