Pacemaker Enable or Disable Maintenance Mode or Freeze Cluster
Managing a PCS cluster involves the coordination of a group of interconnected computers to work together as a Highly availability. It requires expertise in various areas, including hardware and software configuration, performance tuning, security, and troubleshooting. One of the main challenges of managing a PCS cluster is ensuring that all the nodes in the cluster work together seamlessly and efficiently. This can be achieved by implementing a reliable cluster management software, using automation tools to simplify management tasks, and regularly monitoring and maintaining the health of the cluster. With proper management, a PC cluster can provide organizations with a cost-effective way to tackle complex computing problems that require vast amounts of computational resources.
This write-up details the process of placing a Pacemaker cluster into maintenance mode or freezing the cluster and managing it .
Enable Maintenance Mode
1 – Run the command to place the cluster into maintenance mode.
pcs property set maintenance-mode=true
2 – Next run the command to verity that it displays maintenance-mode: true which means the cluster is in maintenance mode.
pcs property
Example Output :
Cluster Properties:
cluster-infrastructure: cman
dc-version: 1.1.15-5.el6-e174ec8
have-watchdog: false
last-lrm-refresh: 1527095308
maintenance-mode: true
no-quorum-policy: freeze
3 – Next run the command and you will see an alert at the top of the status output showing the cluster is in maintenance mode.
pcs status --full
Example Output :
Cluster name: TEST_CLUSTER
Stack: cman
Current DC: server01-cpn (version 1.1.15-5.el6-e174ec8) - partition with quorum
Last updated: Fri Jun 1 09:25:24 2018 Last change: Fri Jun 1 09:20:51 2018 by root via cibadmin on server01-cpn
*** Resource management is DISABLED ***
The cluster will not attempt to start, stop or recover services
2 nodes and 44 resources configured
Disable Maintenance Mode
1 – Run the command to take the cluster out of maintenance mode.
pcs property set maintenance-mode=false
2 – Next run the command to verity that it does not display maintenance-mode: true which means the cluster is not in maintenance mode.
pcs property
File and Directory Locations
| LOCATION | DESCRIPTION |
| /var/lib/pacemaker/cib/cib.xml | Primary cluster configuration file |
| /var/log/cluster/corosync.log | Primary cluster log file |
| /usr/lib/ocf/resource.d/heartbeat/ | Directory where resource scripts are located |
Check Cluster Status
| COMMAND | DESCRIPTION |
| pcs cluster status | Display status of cluster nodes |
| pcs status –full (double dashes) | Display detailed cluster status of nodes and resources |
| pcs resource | Display status of all resources and resource groups |
Modify Cluster Nodes
| COMMAND | DESCRIPTION |
| pcs cluster standby | Place node in standby mode |
| pcs cluster unstandby | Remove node from standby mode |
Managing Running Resources
| COMMAND | DESCRIPTION |
| pcs resource move [resource_name] node name | Move resource to another node |
| pcs resource restart [resource_name] | Restart resource on current node |
| pcs resource enable [resource_name] | Start resource on current node |
| pcs resource disable [resource_name] | Stop resource on current node |
Debugging Resources
| COMMAND | DESCRIPTION |
| pcs resource debug-start [source_name] | Force resource to start on node where command is executed showing debug information. Use --full for even more verbose output. |
| pcs resource debug-stop [source_name] | Force resource to stop on node where command is executed showing debug information. Use --full for even more verbose output. |
| pcs resource debug-monitor [source_name] | Force resource to be monitored on node where command is executed showing debug information. Use --full for even more verbose output. |
Creating and Modifying Resources
| COMMAND | DESCRIPTION |
| pcs resource agents | List available resource agents |
| pcs resource describe [resource] | List configuration setting for resource |
| pcs resource create [resource id][resource] options… | Create resource |
| pcs resource show [resource id] | Display currently configured setting of resource |
| pcs resource update [resource id] options…. | Update resource configuration |
| pcs resource delete [resource id] | Delete resource |
| pcs resource cleanup [resource id] | Cleanup resource failures |
Creating and Modifying Stonith Resources
| COMMAND | DESCRIPTION |
| pcs stonith list | List available fence agents |
| pcs stonith describe [fence agent] | List configuration settings for fence agent |
| pcs stonith describe [stonith_id] | List configuration setting for stonith agent |
| pcs stonith create [stonith_id][resource] options… | Create stonith agent |
| pcs stonith show [stonith_id] | Display currently configured setting of stonith agent |
| pcs stonith update [stonith_id] options…. | Update stonith configuration |
| pcs stonith delete [stonith_id] | Delete stonith agent |
| pcs stonith cleanup [stonith_id] | Cleanup stonith agent failures |