OCF_PACEMAKER_CONTRO(7)

💅 NAME 💅

ok so bestie, gather round — ocf_pacemaker_controld is the DLM Agent for cluster file systems. that's the whole vibe. she controls stuff. she's iconic. periodt ✨

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

[OCF_RESKEY_args=string] [OCF_RESKEY_daemon=string]
[OCF_RESKEY_allow_fencing_disabled=string]
[OCF_RESKEY_allow_stonith_disabled=string]

controld [start | stop | monitor | meta-data | validate-all]

like, those are your knobs up top and the actual commands down below. no cap 🫶

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so this Resource Agent is the main character for the dlm_controld services that your cluster-aware file systems literally cannot function without. it's giving backstage manager energy — nobody sees her, but the whole show falls apart without her 💅

she's lowkey assuming dlm_controld is chillin' in your default PATH, so make sure it actually is, bestie, or this whole thing is gonna be awkward 🙈

and the big one: in most cases she should be run as an anonymous clone. that's her natural habitat. that's her era. ✨

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🌸 SUPPORTED PARAMETERS 🌸

• OCF_RESKEY_args = string [-s 0] — DLM Options

any extra little options you wanna hand over when starting up the dlm_controld service. sprinkle them in like seasoning 🍓

• OCF_RESKEY_daemon = string [dlm_controld] — The daemon to start

literally just the daemon to start — and it supports dlm_controld. that's the one. that's the girl. 👑

• OCF_RESKEY_allow_fencing_disabled = string [false] — Allow start-up even without fencing

lets DLM start up even if fencing is disabled in the cluster. sounds cute, right? WRONG. 😭 setting this to true will cause cluster malfunction and hangs on fail-over for any DLM clients that actually require fencing — think GFS2, OCFS2, and cLVM2.

⚠️ bestie this option is advanced use only. like, do not touch unless you know exactly what you're doing. this is not the moment for main character energy. 💀

• OCF_RESKEY_allow_stonith_disabled = string [false] — Deprecated

yeah she's deprecated. she's retired. we still list her because history matters, but ngl, she's not the vibe anymore 🫶

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⭐ AUTHOR ⭐

Andrew Beekhof <andrew@beekhof.net> — author. absolute legend, we stan. 💖

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and that's the whole page, bestie! 🌈 this little number comes to you from the Pacemaker Configuration manual, dated 09/17/2026 — screenshot it, frame it, send it to the group chat. mwah! 💋🎀🦋