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[Figure] Online/Offline Sequence of Dependent Resources When Starting or Terminating a Group
Dependency Configuration
To define this dependency among resources, configure this link in the ‘Resource Dependency’ "Resource Dependency" view from detailed information panel of MCCS console.
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When you configure parent-child dependency link between two resources, there are 2 levels and the maximum level can be checked on value of 'MaxDependencyLevel'of "MaxDependencyLevel" of group attribute.
Link
[Figure] Setting Link
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- In the Group tab of the configuration tree of MCCS console, select the Group–> Group –> the 'Resource dependency' tab from detailed information panel.
- On the right palette screen, select '"Create Dependency'".
- Select the parent resource (e.g. App) first and then select the child resource (e.g. IP address), then dependency link will be set.
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※ For linking process, first selected resource is parent resource and the one selected later is the child resource. |
Unlink
[Figure] Setting Unlink
- When you unlink the dependency, select '"Select' " icon from the palette"Palette".
- Select a dependency link to delete.
- On the selected link, right click with your mouse button and select 'Unlink' from select the "Unlink" button from pop up menu and click '"OK'" button.
Dependency Attribute
You can review and edit a dependency attribute when you select a dependency among resources.
There are '"OnlineDependency' " and '"OfflineDependency' in " in the dependency attribute.
This is applied when you bring online and take offline a resource within '"Restartlimit'". (For more details about Restartlimitabout Restartlimit, Please refer to "Chapter 7. Resource" in this manual.)
| Attribute | Description | Type | Default | Edit | Note |
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| OnlineDependency | This indicates that the child is also brought online or not when a resource online is initiated. | STRING | STRONG | O | |
OfflineDependency | This indicates that the parent is also taken offline or not when a resource offline is initiated. | STRING | STRONG | O |
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When dependency is configured between both resources, MCCS checks NIC resource is online state before it bring online an IP address resource.
Disk Resource, IP address Resource, Application Resource (
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e.g. DB)
Most applications may stores their data on the disks (storage). Accordingly, applications are dependent on disks.
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Actions due to dependency
Online/Offline of the group is performed from bottom to top according to the dependency in case of online, and from top to bottom in case of offline.
Following are a few examples how MCCS manages the resources after dependency link among the resources when a resource is failed. Attributes and state of resources are defined as the figure below.
[Figure] Resource State Information Charts
Action by dependency attribute
- OnlineDependency
[Figure] Example of bringing online of resource r1(
OnlineDependency attribute of D1 between r1 and r2 is STRONG, OnlineDependency OnlineDependency attribute of D2 between r1 and r3 is WEAK.)
- MCCS checks the Online Dependency attribute linked to r1.
- When you initiate resource online of r1, Child resources, r4 -> r2 -> r1, are brought online through the hierarchy as the attribute of D1 is STRONG.
(r3 isn't brought online as the attribute of D2 is WEAK.)
- OfflineDependency
[Figure] Example of take offline of resource r4.(
D1의 OfflineDependency attribute of D1 between r2 and r4 is STRONG, OfflineDependency OfflineDependency attribute of D2 between r3 and r4 is WEAK.)
- MCCS checks OfflineDependency attribute linked to r4.
- When you initiate resource online of r4, Parents resources, r1 -> r2 -> r4, are taken offline through the hierarchy as the attribute of D1 is STRONG.
(r3 isn't taken offline as the attribute of D2 is WEAK.)
Resource Critical Attributes
- Failure occurs from a resource on which critical resource depend.
[Figure] Example of Failure Occur 1
- As a failure is occurred at resource r2, resource r1 will be taken offline. (Since resource r1 depends on resource r2 which is failed, resource r1 may cannot be online properly.)
- Since resource r2 has critical attribute, resource r3 and r4 will be taken offline in order to failover the group.
- As a result, resource r2 is considered as failure and all resources in the group will be taken offline
- Non-critical Resources
[Figure] Example of Failure Occur 2
- Resource r2 which is not critical is online status.
- When resource r2 get failed, resource r1 will be taken offline because it dependent on resource r2.
- As r2 resource is not critical, group failover will be not performed. Therefore, the group will be partial online status.
RestartLimit Attribute
RestartLimit is an attribute of the resource type. This value determines how many times the recovery will be attempted until it is finally confirmed that it is failure.
(Please refer to "Chapter 7. Resource" for more details.)
[Figure] Example of Failure Occur 3
- On the assumption that the value of RestartLimit is 1 for resource r2, the first failure has occurred.
- MCCS will bring online resource r2 again as the value of RestartLimit.
At this time, resource r1 which depends on resource r2 will be taken offline. - resource r2 restart.
- resource r1 online.
- When another failure occurs on resource r2, all of the resource will be taken offline from resource r1 to r3 by order.
- Resource r3 will be taken offline.
- As a result, resource r2 is considered as failure and all resources in the group is offline status in the node.
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When it restart bring online of a group in a node due to failure, parent resources are taken offline first based on OfflineDependency attribute in the failure node. And then, bring online resources through the hierarchy. |