gfs - Error joining the fence group.

[Markus <markus.gersting@acns.de>]

Running Debian Lenny 64bit on vmware-server 1.0.7

Linux deb64bit-node2 2.6.26-2-amd64 #1 SMP Fri Mar 27 04:02:59 UTC 2009
x86_64

The configuration is adapted from the min-gfs.txt from the debian gfs2-tools 

but fails with fencing ...

### the result from cman restart: #########################################

deb64bit-node1:/usr/share/doc/gfs2-tools# /etc/init.d/cman restart
Stopping cluster manager
 Stopping Quorum Disk daemon: done
 Leaving fence domain: done
 Stopping daemons:/etc/init.d/cman: line 86:  4244 Beendet                
fence_tool -w leave
 gfs_controld dlm_controld fenced groupd
 Leaving the cluster:cman_tool: Cannot open connection to cman, is it
running ?
 done
 Stopping cluster configuration system: done
 Unmounting config filesystem: done
Starting cluster manager:
 Loading kernel modules: done
 Mounting config filesystem: done
 Starting cluster configuration system: done
 Joining cluster: done
 Starting daemons: groupd fenced dlm_controld gfs_controld
 Joining fence domain:Waiting for fenced to join the fence group.
Waiting for fenced to join the fence group.
Waiting for fenced to join the fence group.
... 
Waiting for fenced to join the fence group.
Waiting for fenced to join the fence group.
Error joining the fence group.
 done
 Starting Quorum Disk daemon: done

### /etc/cluster/cluster.conf ###################################
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<cluster name="mycluster" config_version="4">
<cman two_node="1" expected_votes="1">
</cman>
<clusternodes>
        <clusternode name="deb64bit-node1" nodeid="1">
                <fence>
                        <method name="single">
                                <device name="gnbd"
ipaddr="deb64bit-node1"/>
                        </method>
                </fence>
        </clusternode>

        <clusternode name="deb64bit-node2" nodeid="2">
                <fence>
                        <method name="single">
                                <device name="gnbd"
ipaddr="deb64bit-node2"/>
                        </method>
                </fence>
        </clusternode>
</clusternodes>

<fencedevices>
        <fencedevice name="gnbd" agent="fence_gnbd"/>
</fencedevices>
</cluster>
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