FENCE_ACK_MANUAL(8)

💖 FENCE_ACK_MANUAL(8) 💖

okay bestie, so this one is fence_ack_manual, and it lives in section 8 of the cluster manual. it's a program to override fenced fencing operations. yes, really. it's the "girl, i got this, stand down" button. 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

fence_ack_manual — a program to override fenced fencing operations

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

fence_ack_manual [OPTIONS] nodename

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so here's the vibe. when fenced(8) fails to fence a node, it retries indefinitely. like, forever. it will not stop. it's giving obsessive. and that's where fence_ack_manual(8) comes in: it tells fenced to stop retrying and just consider the node fenced. periodt. 💅

⚠️ but babes, listen to me on this one. it is important that this only be done after the node has been manually turned off or prevented from writing to shared storage. without this manual action and verification, the storage that fencing protects may become corrupted. no cap. this is the part where you do the work first and press the button second. 🙈

and here's the other scenario, the one that trips people up. when fenced fences a node that has no fence devices defined in the cluster configuration, the fencing operation fails. and that failure will be repeated indefinitely until fence_ack_manual is run by an operator to indicate the node is in a safe state to proceed. so you're the operator, and you're the one saying "yes, it's safe, go ahead." main character energy honestly. 👑

quick lore drop iykyk: defining no fencing devices for a node is the equivalent of using the fence_manual agent in previous versions. ✨

💅 OPTIONS 💅

• -h — print a help message describing available options, then exit. short, sweet, iconic.

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• fenced(8)

mwah, that's the whole page. sending you off with love from the cluster crew, dated 2009-12-21, from the one and only FENCE_ACK_MANUAL(8). go be safe out there, bestie 💖✨🎀