Did you adjust EXPECTED_VOTES on the alpha server? From: Mark Wickens <mark at wickensonline.co.uk> Sender: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 11:09:04 +0100 To: <hecnet at Update.UU.SE> ReplyTo: hecnet at Update.UU.SE Subject: Fwd: Re: [HECnet] More clustering fun Just to add to the picture - if I reduce VOTES on the satellite to 0 I get this happening: -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [HECnet] More clustering fun Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 09:33:47 +0000 From: hvlems at zonnet.nl Reply-To: hvlems at zonnet.nl To: Mark Wickens <mark at wickensonline.co.uk> All I can think of is this: 1) Both slave and aleph both use the same VMSCLUSTER license 2) The cluster id and cluster password are different on both nodes. On an alpha you can modify this in sysman (use help in sysman to find the correct command). On a Vax the command is burried in sysgen. Hans -----Original Message----- From: Mark Wickens <mark at wickensonline.co.uk> Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 10:11:41 Cc: <hvlems at zonnet.nl> Subject: Re: [HECnet] More clustering fun Hi Hans, I didn't want to pre-empt what I thought happened last time as I wasn't sure I'd got it right, but it has happened again so it's definitely an issue. I've updated the VOTES in ALEPH (the satellite) MODPARAMS.DAT, ran AUTOGEN and rebooted the cluster. Now when ALEPH attempts to join the cluster I get these messages repeatedly: %CNXMAN, sending VAXcluster membership request to system SLAVE %CNXMAN, sending VAXcluster membership request to system SLAVE %CNXMAN, sending VAXcluster membership request to system SLAVE %CNXMAN, sending VAXcluster membership request to system SLAVE %CNXMAN, sending VAXcluster membership request to system SLAVE and I see this on SLAVE: $$ %CNXMAN, Received VMScluster membership request from system ALEPH %CNXMAN, Proposing addition of system ALEPH %CNXMAN, Completing VMScluster state transition %%%%%%%%%%% OPCOM 16-SEP-2011 10:05:35.79 %%%%%%%%%%% 10:05:35.79 Node SLAVE (csid 00010001) received VMScluster membership request from node ALEPH %%%%%%%%%%% OPCOM 16-SEP-2011 10:05:35.79 %%%%%%%%%%% 10:05:35.79 Node SLAVE (csid 00010001) proposed addition of node ALEPH %%%%%%%%%%% OPCOM 16-SEP-2011 10:05:35.79 %%%%%%%%%%% 10:05:35.79 Node SLAVE (csid 00010001) completed VMScluster state transition $$ %CNXMAN, Received VMScluster membership request from system ALEPH %CNXMAN, Proposing addition of system ALEPH %CNXMAN, Completing VMScluster state transition %%%%%%%%%%% OPCOM 16-SEP-2011 10:05:39.04 %%%%%%%%%%% 10:05:39.04 Node SLAVE (csid 00010001) received VMScluster membership request from node ALEPH %%%%%%%%%%% OPCOM 16-SEP-2011 10:05:39.04 %%%%%%%%%%% 10:05:39.04 Node SLAVE (csid 00010001) proposed addition of node ALEPH %%%%%%%%%%% OPCOM 16-SEP-2011 10:05:39.04 %%%%%%%%%%% 10:05:39.04 Node SLAVE (csid 00010001) completed VMScluster state transition $$ %CNXMAN, Received VMScluster membership request from system ALEPH %CNXMAN, Proposing addition of system ALEPH %CNXMAN, Completing VMScluster state transition %%%%%%%%%%% OPCOM 16-SEP-2011 10:05:43.02 %%%%%%%%%%% 10:05:43.02 Node SLAVE (csid 00010001) received VMScluster membership request from node ALEPH %%%%%%%%%%% OPCOM 16-SEP-2011 10:05:43.02 %%%%%%%%%%% 10:05:43.02 Node SLAVE (csid 00010001) proposed addition of node ALEPH %%%%%%%%%%% OPCOM 16-SEP-2011 10:05:43.02 %%%%%%%%%%% 10:05:43.02 Node SLAVE (csid 00010001) completed VMScluster state transition This just repeats forever. Some more information from SLAVE (the ALPHA server): SHOW CLUSTER: View of Cluster from system ID 4345 node: SLAVE 16-SEP-2011 10:06:13 +--------------------------------------------------------+---------+ | SYSTEMS | MEMBERS | +--------+--------------------------------+--------------+---------+ | NODE | HW_TYPE | SOFTWARE | STATUS | +--------+--------------------------------+--------------+---------+ | SLAVE | AlphaServer 1000A 5/300 | VMS V8.3 | MEMBER | | ALEPH | VAXstation 4000-VLC | VMS V7.3 | NEW | +--------+--------------------------------+--------------+---------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | CLUSTER | +--------+-----------+----------+------------+-------------------+-------------------+ | CL_EXP | CL_QUORUM | CL_VOTES | CL_MEMBERS | FORMED | LAST_TRANSITION | +--------+-----------+----------+------------+-------------------+-------------------+ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16-SEP-2011 09:56 | 16-SEP-2011 09:56 | +--------+-----------+----------+------------+-------------------+-------------------+ SYSGEN> SHOW EXPECTED_VOTES %CNXMAN, Completing VMScluster state transition Parameter Name Current Default Min. Max. Unit Dynamic -------------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ---- ------- EXPECTED_VOTES 1 1 1 127 Votes Any ideas why this is going wrong? Thanks for the help, much appreciated, Mark. On 16/09/11 09:40, hvlems at zonnet.nl wrote: