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Claudio Di-Martino wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I've set up a VS using direct routing composed of two linux-2.2.9 boxes
> with the 0.4 patch applied. The load balancer acts as a local node too.
> I configured mon to monitor the state of the services and update
> the redirect table accordingly.
> I also configured heartbeat so that when the load balancer fails
> the second machine takes over the virtual ip, sets up the redirect
> table and starts mon. When the load balancer restarts, the backup
> reconfigures itself as a real server, drops the interface alias
> that carries the virtual ip, stops mon, clears the redirect table.
> Although the configuration of the two machines is set up correctly
> it fails to restore the load balancer due to arp caching problems.
>
> It seems that the local gateway keeps routing requests for the
> virtual ip to the load balancer backup. Sending gratuitous
> arp packets from the load balancer doesn't have effect since
> the interface of the backup is still alive and responding.
Have you let the backup release the virtual IP address (stop
sending gratuitous ARP packets)?
>
> Has anyone encountered a similar problem and is there a hack
> or a proper solution to take back control of the virtual ip?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help or suggestion!
>
> Ciao!!!
>
> Claudio Di Martino claudio@xxxxxxxx
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