[pgpool-general: 1091] Re: watchdog enabled delegate_IP on multiple nodes simultaneously

Lonni J Friedman netllama at gmail.com
Tue Oct 16 23:36:27 JST 2012


Yes, I believe that's correct.  I had a single database server, with
pgpool sitting in front of it for connection pooling & pgpool
failover.

On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 12:50 AM, Tatsuo Ishii <ishii at postgresql.org> wrote:
>> Our investigation showed that the problem could occur if pgpool is
>> running in RAW mode (i.e. neither replication mode nor master slave
>> mode if off). Is this your case?
>
> Oops. I meant "neither replication mode nor master slave mode is on"
> --
> Tatsuo Ishii
> SRA OSS, Inc. Japan
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> Japanese: http://www.sraoss.co.jp
>
>>> Any new status on this investigation?
>>>
>>> On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 7:10 AM, Lonni J Friedman <netllama at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Thanks for your reply.  Let me know if you need any other info from me.
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 2:42 AM, Yugo Nagata <nagata at sraoss.co.jp> wrote:
>>>>> I'm investigating the cause of this.
>>>>>
>>>>> From the log, it seems that both pgpools failed connecting to DB (cuda-db0)
>>>>> temporarily. In this period both services of pgpools was down. After the
>>>>> connection to the DB recovered, both pgpools might consider the other is
>>>>> still down each other, and escalate to active server (VIP holder).
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm going to reproduce it.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, 30 Sep 2012 12:38:12 -0700
>>>>> Lonni J Friedman <netllama at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> No ideas or suggestions?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 9:05 AM, Lonni J Friedman <netllama at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> > I'm running 3.2.0 on two Linux servers, with use_watchdog=on.  Two
>>>>>> > days ago, I noticed that the watchdog enabled the delegate_IP on both
>>>>>> > servers simultaneously (and remains in that state as of today).  This
>>>>>> > seems like the wrong behavior.  I was under the impression that the
>>>>>> > delegate_IP should be up on only 1 server at any time?  I suppose this
>>>>>> > might be harmless, as long as both servers are otherwise working ok,
>>>>>> > but it seems to defeat the point of enabling the IP only when the
>>>>>> > other server is down, if they're both up simultaneously.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > I've verified that both servers are responding by pinging the
>>>>>> > delegate_IP (from a separate system), and checking the HWaddress from
>>>>>> > the 'arp' command.  If I then purge the arp cache and ping again, it
>>>>>> > will eventually show the other server's HWaddress associated with the
>>>>>> > delegate_IP.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > In the pgpool logs on both servers, I do see the following around the
>>>>>> > time that this happened:
>>>>>> > wd_lifecheck: lifecheck failed 3 times. pgpool seems not to be working
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > My primary concern is why both servers have the delegate_IP up
>>>>>> > simultaneously when there was clearly some sort of problem that should
>>>>>> > have caused it to be brought down on at least 1 of them.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Both servers can communicate with each other (they can ping each
>>>>>> > other, and I can invoke psql to connect to localhost pgpool from both
>>>>>> > servers).  Here are all the uncommented settings in the WATCHDOG
>>>>>> > section of pgpool.conf (with wd_hostname differing for each server):
>>>>>> > #########
>>>>>> > use_watchdog = on
>>>>>> >                                     # Activates watchdog
>>>>>> > trusted_servers = 'cuda-fs1,cuda-vm0,cuda-fs2'
>>>>>> >                                     # trusted server list which are used
>>>>>> >                                     # to confirm network connection
>>>>>> >                                     # (hostA,hostB,hostC,...)
>>>>>> > delegate_IP = '10.31.97.78'
>>>>>> >                                     # delegate IP address
>>>>>> > wd_hostname = '10.31.99.166'
>>>>>> >                                     # Host name or IP address of this watchdog
>>>>>> > wd_port = 9000
>>>>>> >                                     # port number for watchdog service
>>>>>> > wd_interval = 10
>>>>>> >                                     # lifecheck interval (sec) > 0
>>>>>> > ping_path = '/bin'
>>>>>> >                                     # ping command path
>>>>>> > ifconfig_path = '/sbin'
>>>>>> >                                     # ifconfig command path
>>>>>> > if_up_cmd = 'ifconfig eth0:0 inet $_IP_$ netmask 255.255.252.0'
>>>>>> >                                     # startup delegate IP command
>>>>>> > if_down_cmd = 'ifconfig eth0:0 down'
>>>>>> >                                     # shutdown delegate IP command
>>>>>> > arping_path = '/usr/sbin'           # arping command path
>>>>>> > arping_cmd = 'arping -U $_IP_$ -w 1'
>>>>>> >                                     # arping command
>>>>>> > wd_life_point = 3
>>>>>> >                                     # lifecheck retry times
>>>>>> > wd_lifecheck_query = 'SELECT 1'
>>>>>> >                                     # lifecheck query to pgpool from watchdog
>>>>>> > other_pgpool_hostname0 = '10.31.99.165'
>>>>>> >                                     # Host name or IP address to
>>>>>> > connect to for other pgpool 0
>>>>>> > other_pgpool_port0 = 9999
>>>>>> >                                     # Port number for othet pgpool 0
>>>>>> > other_wd_port0 = 9000
>>>>>> > #########
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Here's ifconfig output from each server.  First 10.31.99.165:
>>>>>> > #########
>>>>>> > eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 52:54:00:FC:5A:DD
>>>>>> >           inet addr:10.31.99.165  Bcast:10.31.99.255  Mask:255.255.252.0
>>>>>> >           inet6 addr: fe80::5054:ff:fefc:5add/64 Scope:Link
>>>>>> >           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>>>>>> >           RX packets:4195383952 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>>>>>> >           TX packets:4618638427 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>>>>>> >           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>>>>>> >           RX bytes:5682945530436 (5.1 TiB)  TX bytes:7468635177326 (6.7 TiB)
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > eth0:0    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 52:54:00:FC:5A:DD
>>>>>> >           inet addr:10.31.97.78  Bcast:10.31.99.255  Mask:255.255.252.0
>>>>>> >           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>>>>>> > #########
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > And 10.31.99.166:
>>>>>> > #########
>>>>>> > eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:16:3E:87:6F:43
>>>>>> >           inet addr:10.31.99.166  Bcast:10.31.99.255  Mask:255.255.252.0
>>>>>> >           inet6 addr: fe80::216:3eff:fe87:6f43/64 Scope:Link
>>>>>> >           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>>>>>> >           RX packets:4618130586 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>>>>>> >           TX packets:200152071 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>>>>>> >           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>>>>>> >           RX bytes:5702786076291 (5.1 TiB)  TX bytes:15085410736 (14.0 GiB)
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > eth0:0    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:16:3E:87:6F:43
>>>>>> >           inet addr:10.31.97.78  Bcast:10.31.99.255  Mask:255.255.252.0
>>>>>> >           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>>>>>> > #########
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Here's the content of the pgpool log from 10.31.99.165:
>>>>>> > #########
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:55:34 ERROR: pid 28064: new_connection: create_cp() failed
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:55:34 LOG:   pid 27612: wd_lifecheck: lifecheck failed 3
>>>>>> > times. pgpool seems not to be working
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:55:34 LOG:   pid 27612: wd_lifecheck: lifecheck failed 3
>>>>>> > times. pgpool seems not to be working
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:55:45 ERROR: pid 28088: connect_inet_domain_socket:
>>>>>> > connect() failed: Connection refused
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:55:45 ERROR: pid 28088: connection to cuda-db0(5432) failed
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:55:45 ERROR: pid 28088: new_connection: create_cp() failed
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:55:46 ERROR: pid 28086: connect_inet_domain_socket:
>>>>>> > connect() failed: Connection refused
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:55:46 ERROR: pid 28086: connection to cuda-db0(5432) failed
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:55:46 ERROR: pid 28086: new_connection: create_cp() failed
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:55:46 LOG:   pid 27612: wd_lifecheck: lifecheck failed 3
>>>>>> > times. pgpool seems not to be working
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:55:46 LOG:   pid 27612: wd_lifecheck: lifecheck failed 3
>>>>>> > times. pgpool seems not to be working
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:55:57 ERROR: pid 28099: connect_inet_domain_socket:
>>>>>> > connect() failed: Connection refused
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:55:57 ERROR: pid 28099: connection to cuda-db0(5432) failed
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:55:57 ERROR: pid 28099: new_connection: create_cp() failed
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:55:58 ERROR: pid 27674: connect_inet_domain_socket:
>>>>>> > connect() failed: Connection refused
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:55:58 ERROR: pid 27674: connection to cuda-db0(5432) failed
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:55:58 ERROR: pid 27674: new_connection: create_cp() failed
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:55:58 LOG:   pid 27612: wd_lifecheck: lifecheck failed 3
>>>>>> > times. pgpool seems not to be working
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:55:58 LOG:   pid 27612: wd_lifecheck: lifecheck failed 3
>>>>>> > times. pgpool seems not to be working
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:56:09 ERROR: pid 28108: connect_inet_domain_socket:
>>>>>> > connect() failed: Connection refused
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:56:09 ERROR: pid 28108: connection to cuda-db0(5432) failed
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:56:09 ERROR: pid 28108: new_connection: create_cp() failed
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:56:10 ERROR: pid 28106: connect_inet_domain_socket:
>>>>>> > connect() failed: Connection refused
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:56:10 ERROR: pid 28106: connection to cuda-db0(5432) failed
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:56:10 ERROR: pid 28106: new_connection: create_cp() failed
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:56:10 LOG:   pid 27612: wd_lifecheck: lifecheck failed 3
>>>>>> > times. pgpool seems not to be working
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:56:10 LOG:   pid 27612: wd_lifecheck: lifecheck failed 3
>>>>>> > times. pgpool seems not to be working
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:56:22 LOG:   pid 27612: wd_escalation: escalated to master pgpool
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:56:24 LOG:   pid 27612: wd_escalation:  escaleted to
>>>>>> > delegate_IP holder
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:57:04 LOG:   pid 27813: send_failback_request: fail back
>>>>>> > 0 th node request from pid 27813
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:57:04 ERROR: pid 27596: failover_handler: invalid
>>>>>> > node_id 0 status:2 MAX_NUM_BACKENDS: 128
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:57:06 LOG:   pid 27813: send_failback_request: fail back
>>>>>> > 1 th node request from pid 27813
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:57:06 ERROR: pid 27596: failover_handler: invalid
>>>>>> > node_id 1 status:2 MAX_NUM_BACKENDS: 128
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:57:09 LOG:   pid 27813: send_failback_request: fail back
>>>>>> > 2 th node request from pid 27813
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:57:09 ERROR: pid 27596: failover_handler: invalid
>>>>>> > node_id 2 status:2 MAX_NUM_BACKENDS: 128
>>>>>> > #########
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > and 10.31.99.166:
>>>>>> > #########
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:55:22 ERROR: pid 7192: new_connection: create_cp() failed
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:55:22 LOG:   pid 6724: wd_lifecheck: lifecheck failed 3
>>>>>> > times. pgpool seems not to be working
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:55:22 LOG:   pid 6724: wd_lifecheck: lifecheck failed 3
>>>>>> > times. pgpool seems not to be working
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:55:22 ERROR: pid 7191: connect_inet_domain_socket:
>>>>>> > connect() failed: Connection refused
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:55:22 ERROR: pid 7191: connection to cuda-db0(5432) failed
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:55:22 ERROR: pid 7191: new_connection: create_cp() failed
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:55:34 ERROR: pid 7202: connect_inet_domain_socket:
>>>>>> > connect() failed: Connection refused
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:55:34 ERROR: pid 7202: connection to cuda-db0(5432) failed
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:55:34 ERROR: pid 7202: new_connection: create_cp() failed
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:55:34 LOG:   pid 6724: wd_lifecheck: lifecheck failed 3
>>>>>> > times. pgpool seems not to be working
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:55:34 LOG:   pid 6724: wd_lifecheck: lifecheck failed 3
>>>>>> > times. pgpool seems not to be working
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:55:34 ERROR: pid 7209: connect_inet_domain_socket:
>>>>>> > connect() failed: Connection refused
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:55:34 ERROR: pid 7209: connection to cuda-db0(5432) failed
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:55:34 ERROR: pid 7209: new_connection: create_cp() failed
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:55:46 ERROR: pid 7213: connect_inet_domain_socket:
>>>>>> > connect() failed: Connection refused
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:55:46 ERROR: pid 7213: connection to cuda-db0(5432) failed
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:55:46 ERROR: pid 7213: new_connection: create_cp() failed
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:55:46 LOG:   pid 6724: wd_lifecheck: lifecheck failed 3
>>>>>> > times. pgpool seems not to be working
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:55:46 LOG:   pid 6724: wd_lifecheck: lifecheck failed 3
>>>>>> > times. pgpool seems not to be working
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:55:46 ERROR: pid 7221: connect_inet_domain_socket:
>>>>>> > connect() failed: Connection refused
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:55:46 ERROR: pid 7221: connection to cuda-db0(5432) failed
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:55:46 ERROR: pid 7221: new_connection: create_cp() failed
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:55:58 ERROR: pid 7223: connect_inet_domain_socket:
>>>>>> > connect() failed: Connection refused
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:55:58 ERROR: pid 7223: connection to cuda-db0(5432) failed
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:55:58 ERROR: pid 7223: new_connection: create_cp() failed
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:55:58 LOG:   pid 6724: wd_lifecheck: lifecheck failed 3
>>>>>> > times. pgpool seems not to be working
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:55:58 LOG:   pid 6724: wd_lifecheck: lifecheck failed 3
>>>>>> > times. pgpool seems not to be working
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:55:58 ERROR: pid 7231: connect_inet_domain_socket:
>>>>>> > connect() failed: Connection refused
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:55:58 ERROR: pid 7231: connection to cuda-db0(5432) failed
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:55:58 ERROR: pid 7231: new_connection: create_cp() failed
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:56:10 ERROR: pid 7233: connect_inet_domain_socket:
>>>>>> > connect() failed: Connection refused
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:56:10 ERROR: pid 7233: connection to cuda-db0(5432) failed
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:56:10 ERROR: pid 7233: new_connection: create_cp() failed
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:56:10 LOG:   pid 6724: wd_lifecheck: lifecheck failed 3
>>>>>> > times. pgpool seems not to be working
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:56:10 LOG:   pid 6724: wd_lifecheck: lifecheck failed 3
>>>>>> > times. pgpool seems not to be working
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:56:10 ERROR: pid 7243: connect_inet_domain_socket:
>>>>>> > connect() failed: Connection refused
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:56:10 ERROR: pid 7243: connection to cuda-db0(5432) failed
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:56:10 ERROR: pid 7243: new_connection: create_cp() failed
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:56:22 LOG:   pid 6724: wd_escalation: escalated to master pgpool
>>>>>> > 2012-09-24 10:56:24 LOG:   pid 6724: wd_escalation:  escaleted to
>>>>>> > delegate_IP holder
>>>>>> > #########
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > I'm not sure what sort of information is needed to debug what went
>>>>>> > wrong.  Let me know if something else is needed, and I'll do my best
>>>>>> > to provide it.  thanks


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