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Identify Cluster and Resource States

The Cluster State view in ConsoleOne gives you important information about the status of servers and resources in your cluster.

Cluster servers and resources display in different colors, depending on their operating state. When servers and resources are green, they are in a normal operating condition. When a server that has been part of the cluster is red with a break in the icon, it has failed. When a resource is red, it is waiting for administrator intervention. When a server is gray with no break in the icon, that server is not currently a member of the cluster, or its state is unknown. When a resource is blank or has no colored icon, it is unassigned, offline, changing state, or in the process of loading or unloading.

The yellow ball in the middle of the server icon designates the master server in the cluster. The master server is initially the first server in the cluster, but another server can become master if the first server fails.

The Epoch number indicates the number of times the cluster state has changed. The cluster state will change every time a server joins or leaves the cluster.

Clicking on the Event Log tab gives you a detailed history of your cluster. Every time the cluster state changes, a new event is added to the Event Log. You can sort the events in the log by clicking on the column headings of the table. You can reverse the sort order by pressing the Shift key while clicking on a column heading. You can also save the Event Log to a file.

Clicking on the HTML Report tab in the Cluster State view screen launches a more detailed report of the state of your cluster. You can view this report or save it to an HTML file for printing or viewing with a browser.

The following table identifies the different resource states and gives descriptions and possible actions for each state.

Resource State Description Possible Actions

Alert

Either the Start, Failover, or Failback mode for the resource has been set to Manual. The resource is waiting to start, failover, or failback on the specified server.

Click the Alert status indicator and depending on the resource state, you will be prompted to Start, Failover, or Failback the resource.

Comatose

The resource is not running properly and requires administrator intervention.

Click the Comatose status indicator and offline the resource. Once resource problems have been resolved, the resource can be put back online (returned to the running state).

Unloading

The resource is in the process of unloading from the server it was running on.

None.

Running

The resource is in a normal running state.

Click the Running status indicator and choose to either migrate the resource to a different server in your cluster, or unload (offline) the resource.

Loading

The resource is in the process of loading on a server.

None.

Unassigned

There isn't an assigned node up that the resource can be loaded on.

Click the Unassigned status indicator and if desired, Offline the resource. Offlining the resource will prevent it from running on any of its preferred nodes should any of them join the cluster.

NDS_Sync

The properties of the resource have changed and the changes are still being synchronized in NDS.

None.

Offline

Offline status indicates the resource is shutdown or is in a dormant or inactive state.

Click the Offline status indicator and if desired, click the online button to load the resource on the best node possible, given the current state of the cluster and the resource's preferred nodes list.

Quorum Wait

The resource is waiting for quorum to be established so it can begin loading.

None.



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