[ClusterLabs] Antw: [EXT] Failed fencing monitor process (fence_vmware_soap) RHEL 8

[Ken Gaillot]

On Thu, 2020-06-18 at 21:32 +0300, Andrei Borzenkov wrote:
> 18.06.2020 18:24, Ken Gaillot пишет:
> > Note that a failed start of a stonith device will not prevent the
> > cluster from using that device for fencing. It just prevents the
> > cluster from monitoring the device.
> > 
> 
> My understanding is that if stonith resource cannot run anywhere, it
> also won't be used for stonith. When failcount exceeds threshold,
> resource is banned from node. If it happens on all nodes, resource
> cannot run anywhere and so won't be used for stonith. Start failure
> automatically sets failcount to INFINITY.
> 
> Or do I misunderstand something?

I had to test to confirm, but a stonith resource stopped due to
failures can indeed be used. Only stonith resources stopped via
location constraints (bans) or target-role=Stopped are prevented from
being used.
-- 
Ken Gaillot <kgaillot at redhat.com>