The resource-agent `portblock` is causing continuous flapping and monitor failure
Issue
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The resource-agent
portblockis causing continuous flapping and monitor failure. In the logs theocf:heartbeat:portblockresources are starting and then failing over and over.Nov 26 10:22:16 rhel8-3 pacemaker-controld[33775]: notice: Result of monitor operation for pb-unblock on rhel8-3.examplerh.com: ok Nov 26 10:22:20 rhel8-3 pacemaker-controld[33775]: notice: Result of monitor operation for pb-block on rhel8-3.examplerh.com: not running Nov 26 10:22:20 rhel8-3 pacemaker-attrd[33773]: notice: Setting last-failure-pb-block#monitor_10000[rhel8-3.examplerh.com] in instance_attributes: (unset) -> 1764170540 Nov 26 10:22:20 rhel8-3 pacemaker-attrd[33773]: notice: Setting fail-count-pb-block#monitor_10000[rhel8-3.examplerh.com] in instance_attributes: (unset) -> 1 Nov 26 10:22:20 rhel8-3 pacemaker-controld[33775]: notice: Requesting local execution of stop operation for pb-unblock on rhel8-3.examplerh.com Nov 26 10:22:20 rhel8-3 pacemaker-attrd[46403]: notice: Setting last-failure-pb-block#monitor_10000[rhel8-3.examplerh.com] in instance_attributes: (unset) -> 1764170540 Nov 26 10:22:20 rhel8-3 pacemaker-attrd[46403]: notice: Setting fail-count-pb-block#monitor_10000[rhel8-3.examplerh.com] in instance_attributes: (unset) -> 1 Nov 26 10:22:20 rhel8-3 pacemaker-schedulerd[46404]: warning: Unexpected result (not running) was recorded for monitor of pb-block on rhel8-3.examplerh.com at Nov 26 10:22:20 2025 Nov 26 10:22:20 rhel8-3 pacemaker-schedulerd[46404]: notice: Actions: Recover pb-block ( rhel8-3.examplerh.com ) Nov 26 10:22:20 rhel8-3 pacemaker-schedulerd[46404]: notice: Actions: Restart pb-unblock ( rhel8-3.examplerh.com ) due to required pb-block start
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 8 (with the High Availability Add On)
- A
ocf:heartbeat:portblockresource-agent is managed bypacemaker - RHEL 8.8.z:
resource-agents-4.9.0-40.el8_8.13 - RHEL 8.10.z:
resource-agents-4.9.0-54.el8_10.2
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