iScsi Auto Failover

[ottl05]

- I named the targets equal
- I set up the Virtual IPs on my NICs on both Systems
- the Auxilary is set on all NIC

the status on the primary:

Names  	Status
Global status
  	Service running 	inactive
  	Node status 	inactive
  	Ping node 	    ok
Communication via:
  	bond1 	unknown     (192.168.6... - replication)
  	eth2 	unknown    (192.168.10.... - iSCSI )
  	bond0 	unknown   (192.13.47.... LAN)

- the ping node: 192.13.47.xxx
- I entered the IPs from the replication bond as primary and secondary nodes.


but when I activate a iscsi-task for failover I´ll get an error:
Most probably there has been an error when connecting to the other node, or one of the selected tasks does not have a counterpart (a reverse task) on the other node. Please check the secondary node address and make sure you have configured appropriate reverse tasks.

On the secondary I could not setup a replication task, because the Volumes are in target-mode.

So whats wrong?

[To-M]

Are both NIC's for the Replication and Targets have the Auxiliary connection enabled. This is in SETUP -> Network -> iSCSI Failover -> Function: Auxiliary connection

Also check that the Volume Replication is completed successfully in Status > Tasks.

[ottl05]

Are both NIC's for the Replication and Targets have the Auxiliary connection enabled. This is in SETUP -> Network -> iSCSI Failover -> Function: Auxiliary connection

Also check that the Volume Replication is completed successfully in Status > Tasks.

the Auxiliary connection is activated on all NICs
the replication tasks are all completed successfully,

but still the same error.
when I activate the failover-function the information says:

Information
System has automatically selected interface bond0

bond0 are the nics to the LAN (192.13.47....)

as primary/secondary node I took the IPs from the replication bond (192.168.6....)

[To-M]

Email me and I will send you a step by step document. It looks as though the secondary has issues. Make sure you have the latest version that was just released this week.

[ottl05]

Email me and I will send you a step by step document. It looks as though the secondary has issues. Make sure you have the latest version that was just released this week.

email is underway

[ottl05]

with the help of Todd, the failover is now working :-)

[enealDC]

What about the release that was just put up on the FTP server yesterday?

Build 3278. What does this fix?

[To-M]

There was a problem in updating messages in other languages than English and this update fixes the messages updating for the last build 3277. Also fixed problem with error message in Failover/Failback.

[juelz]

Hi,

To-M, can you send the same email, which you send to ottl05, to me? My email address is julian_joswig@web.de
I still experience problems with activating the failover task. I updated the software, but the problem still occurs.

Thanks!

[To-M]

Email has been sent.