Clustered IP resource without a CIDR-format netmask fails to start in RHEL 5 or 6
Issue
- Why is a virtual IP resource not starting correctly in cluster service?
Feb 6 17:08:36 node1 rgmanager[25438]: start on ip "192.168.122.111/255.255.255.0" returned 1 (generic error)
Feb 6 17:08:36 node1 rgmanager[25438]: #68: Failed to start service:VIP-IP; return value: 1
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 or 6 with the High Availability Add On
- One or more services containing an
<ip>resource in/etc/cluster/cluster.conf<ip address>attribute does not contain a netmask listed in CIDR notation
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