Re: {bb} Big Brother Failover turning purple...

[Philip Clark <bblist@cannae.uklinux.net>]

On Thu, 2006-03-23 at 14:19, Kyle.Reynolds@transplace.com wrote:
> 
> Thanks.  I "undid' it, and set the failover script to run only on the
> failover box, and now it is working properly.  BBNET fails over within
> about 6 minutes.  It's almost like I had to "prime the pump" by getting
> BBNET to run once first...  I keep the config files in SVN, and I am the
> only one that edits them, so I am 99% sure these config files are exactly
> the same as they were when it WASN'T working...   I'm going to test this in
> our production environment in a few minutes, so hopefully I'll have a bit
> more insight then...  Anyone have any theories as to what seem to be
> happening?  It could very well just be me, but I'm very confident that the
> files haven't changed...

Apart from sympathy, the best I can do is recommend that you keep
testing. In your situation, I would pull the network cable from the
primary server once a day for a week or so; then once a week for a
few months and after that whenever the mood takes you.

Without being able to reproduce the problem, it's often practically 
impossible to locate or even confirm it. In that case, it's often
better to aim for improved confidence.

Cheers, Phil.



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