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Date:      Thu, 4 Mar 2010 22:05:08 +0100
From:      Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com>
Cc:        fs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: HAST: split-brain -- how to force one side to become primary?
Message-ID:  <20100304210508.GA1816@garage.freebsd.pl>
In-Reply-To: <b269bc571003031631s1c4cbde1rb3f54b9189d95ea8@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <b269bc571003031631s1c4cbde1rb3f54b9189d95ea8@mail.gmail.com>

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On Wed, Mar 03, 2010 at 04:31:40PM -0800, Freddie Cash wrote:
> According to the wiki, when a split-brain situation arises, I should be a=
ble
> to stop hastd on one side, write changes to the /dev/hast/* providers on =
the
> primary to increment the localcnt valye, and then bring up the secondary
> hastd.  The locacnt/remotecnt values will be different, and everything wi=
ll
> start to re-sync.
>=20
> However, this doesn't seem to work.  Or, maybe I'm not doing things right=
 to
> make it work.  Or maybe I've completely misunderstood how it all works.
>  (Nah, that can never happen.  roll-eyes)  :)

On split-brain, when you decide that you don't need data on one of the
nodes you simply do the following on this node:

	# hastctl role init <resource>
	# hastctl create <resource>
	# hastctl role secondary <resource>

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Pawel Jakub Dawidek                       http://www.wheelsystems.com
pjd@FreeBSD.org                           http://www.FreeBSD.org
FreeBSD committer                         Am I Evil? Yes, I Am!

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