RE: Should the Virtual IP shutdown when all real servers are dead ?

[Peter Mueller <pmueller@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> LVS-A(MASTER) -->  real servers R1 and R2
> LVS-B(BACKUP) -->  real servers  R3 and R4

OK

> If by any chance the connectivity between LVS A and R1 R2 dies,
> but LVS-A can still talk to LVS-B, LVS-A will simply send an email
> and not fail the V IP.
> When this occurs, the admin will get an email but what really 
> should happen
> is that LVS-A should pass the V IP to LVS-B and have it 
> become the master.

I would suggest using a program like mon
(http://www.kernel.org/software/mon/) to down the interface or check with
linux-ha like Joe & Horms suggest.  There's nothing built in the LVS project
that will do this.

P