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rhel5 cman: Clarify 'expected' option

PATCH New Lon Hohberger 2 participants 2 messages Apr 7, 2011

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PATCH 1/1 rhel5 cman: Clarify 'expected' option

From: Shane Bradley <[email protected]>

Resolves: rhbz#688701

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 cman/man/cman_tool.8 |    6 ++++++
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cman/man/cman_tool.8 +6 -0
index 554a316..71e1841 100644
@@ -58,6 +58,12 @@ version of "leave force" so only use if if you really know what you are doing.
 Tells CMAN a new value of expected votes and instructs it to recalculate
 quorum based on this value. 
 .br
+The recalculation takes into account the number of currently
+active nodes, so this option should not be used in an attempt to
+artificially lower the quorum value in advance of a planned shutdown of
+cluster nodes.  Instead, the 'cman_tool leave remove' command should be
+used (see the 'leave' subcommand above).
+.br
 Use this option if your cluster has lost quorum due to nodes failing and
 you need to get it running again in a hurry.
 
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PATCH 1/1 rhel5 cman: Clarify 'expected' option

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Quoted 26 lines · Lon Hohberger

From: Shane Bradley <[email protected]>

Resolves: rhbz#688701

---
 cman/man/cman_tool.8 |    6 ++++++
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
cman/man/cman_tool.8 +6 -0
index 554a316..71e1841 100644
@@ -58,6 +58,12 @@ version of "leave force" so only use if if you really know what you are doing.
 Tells CMAN a new value of expected votes and instructs it to recalculate
 quorum based on this value. 
 .br
+The recalculation takes into account the number of currently
+active nodes, so this option should not be used in an attempt to
+artificially lower the quorum value in advance of a planned shutdown of
+cluster nodes.  Instead, the 'cman_tool leave remove' command should be
+used (see the 'leave' subcommand above).
+.br
 Use this option if your cluster has lost quorum due to nodes failing and
 you need to get it running again in a hurry.