On Tue, Aug 26, 2003 at 05:32:35PM +0300, Julian Anastasov wrote:
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> As for the original subject, the LVS directors can not be
> real servers, clients and backup servers at the same time
> for the same virtual service, the VIP must be announced only
> from one director, if the backup director has the VIP configured
> then he can not communicate with other hosts from the cluster.
> Also, the backup server must not create ARP problem if the VIP
> is configured there.
That is true, but it is possible to make handle the VIP
such that it can work. This usually involves moving it
from one interface to another when a Linux Director
goes from active to standby, which is where this discussion
began.
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Horms
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