From: Jeff Layton Subject: Re: Q: NFS server cluster Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2006 07:16:06 -0500 Message-ID: <1143893766.13560.9.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <20060331160217.1734f710@mwdsp001.swissptt.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Cc: nfs@lists.sourceforge.net Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.91] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1FPf27-0005dN-0i for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 01 Apr 2006 04:16:47 -0800 Received: from imf21aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.69]) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1FPf26-0005OE-GP for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 01 Apr 2006 04:16:46 -0800 Received: from ibm63aec.bellsouth.net ([72.148.41.34]) by imf21aec.mail.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20060401121609.MTGZ22697.imf21aec.mail.bellsouth.net@ibm63aec.bellsouth.net> for ; Sat, 1 Apr 2006 07:16:09 -0500 To: Chris Osicki In-Reply-To: <20060331160217.1734f710@mwdsp001.swissptt.ch> Sender: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: Discussion of NFS under Linux development, interoperability, and testing. List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: On Fri, 2006-03-31 at 16:02 +0200, Chris Osicki wrote: > Is there anything I can do to eliminate this behaviour? > If I understand correctly the problem is on the server side for the > client nothing changes, the same IP-address to talk to, the same > filesystem/filehandle. Or am I missing something. > Be sure the blockdev has the same device major/minor number on both hosts, though it sounds like you may already have checked that. Otherwise, this sounds a lot like an issue with ARP. When you float IP addresses you need to have the new address owner send gratuitous ARPs so that its neighbors update their caches. Make sure your failover software is doing this, and that the client and/or router isn't ignoring them. -- Jeff ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs