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Operating Systems Linux Red Hat Cluster Suite IP-Aliasing Post 302429803 by jjinno on Tuesday 15th of June 2010 03:09:16 PM
Old 06-15-2010
Short answer: this is perfectly normal. What happened was that an IP address was added to the interface without a differentiating label.

Believe it or not, the "ifconfig" application is strongly discouraged because it has a tendency to dramatize situations like this. Smilie It would probably have been removed years ago if not for legacy support.

Anyway, if you want to understand a bit more about what is happening, take a look at this iproute2 documentation. They explain that although all alias addresses are secondary addresses, the inverse is not necessarily true.

Then try the following:
Code:
[root@uscltest2 ~]# ip addr show dev eth0
[root@uscltest2 ~]# ip addr add 10.200.218.86/24 broadcast 10.200.218.255 dev eth0
[root@uscltest2 ~]# ip addr
[root@uscltest2 ~]# ifconfig
[root@uscltest2 ~]# ip addr add 10.200.218.87/24 broadcast 10.200.218.255 label eth0:alias dev eth0
[root@uscltest2 ~]# ip addr
[root@uscltest2 ~]# ifconfig

You will notice that after the first add, the output of "ip addr" showed the address, but the output of "ifconfig" did not. Additionally, when you added a label the second time, the output of "ip addr" still shows the address, but the output of "ifconfig" also show our new label. (which only says "eth0:alias" because we told it to - it could literally be anything)

After this little demo, reset things to normal:
Code:
[root@uscltest2 ~]# ip addr del 10.200.218.86/24 dev eth0
[root@uscltest2 ~]# ip addr del 10.200.218.87/24 dev eth0

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clusvcadm(8)						       Red Hat Cluster Suite						      clusvcadm(8)

NAME
clusvcadm - Cluster User Service Administration Utility SYNOPSIS
clusvcadm [-d <service> ] [-e <service> ] [-l] [-u] [-S] [-m <member> ] [-r <service> ] [-R <service> ] [-M <service> ] [-Z <service> ] [-U <service> ] [-s <service> ] [-v] DESCRIPTION
The clusvcadm command allows an administrator to enable, disable, relocate, and restart user services in a cluster. In order to perform cluster service operations, the cluster daemons must be running (and have quorum) on the member system on which the command is invoked. OPTIONS
-d <service> Stops and disables the user service named service -e <service> Enables and starts the user service named service -l Lock services in preparation for cluster shutdown. This should only be used if the administrator intends to perform a global, clus- ter wide shutdown. This prevents services from starting (but not stopping, like -Z does). Once the cluster quorum is dissolved, this state is reset. If a new instance of rgmanager boots while others are locked, the behavior is undefined. -u Unlock resource group managers. This allows services to start again. -S Display whether the resource group managers are locked or not. This can be used to verify the correct operation of the -l and -u options, but is only useful for debugging. -m <member> When used in conjunction with either the -e or -r options, this specifies the preferred target member on which to start the service. -r <service> Relocates the user service named service to another cluster member. -R <service> Restarts the user service named service on the cluster member on which it is currently running. -M <service> Use a special "migration" operation to move the user service named service to another cluster member. Currently, this is only use- ful for virtual machines. Use of migration usually requires special configuration of the local virtual machine manager in order to work correctly. -Z <service> Freezes the service named service on the cluster member on which it is currently running. This will prevent status checks of the service as well as failover in the event the node fails or rgmanager is stopped. -U <service> Unfreezes the user service named service on the cluster member on which it is currently running. This will re-enable status checks. -s <service> Stops the service named service until a member transition or until it is enabled again. -v Display version information and exit. NOTES
Executing -U (unfreeze) on a service which was frozen in the started state while the service owner is offline results in an undefined (and possibly dangerous) condition. Manually ensure all resources are clear before doing this. SEE ALSO
clustat(8) Jan 2005 clusvcadm(8)
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