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+.. index::
+ single: resource; action
+ single: resource; operation
+
+.. _operation:
+
+Resource Operations
+-------------------
+
+*Operations* are actions the cluster can perform on a resource by calling the
+resource agent. Resource agents must support certain common operations such as
+start, stop, and monitor, and may implement any others.
+
+Operations may be explicitly configured for two purposes: to override defaults
+for options (such as timeout) that the cluster will use whenever it initiates
+the operation, and to run an operation on a recurring basis (for example, to
+monitor the resource for failure).
+
+.. topic:: An OCF resource with a non-default start timeout
+
+ .. code-block:: xml
+
+ <primitive id="Public-IP" class="ocf" type="IPaddr" provider="heartbeat">
+ <operations>
+ <op id="Public-IP-start" name="start" timeout="60s"/>
+ </operations>
+ <instance_attributes id="params-public-ip">
+ <nvpair id="public-ip-addr" name="ip" value="192.0.2.2"/>
+ </instance_attributes>
+ </primitive>
+
+Pacemaker identifies operations by a combination of name and interval, so this
+combination must be unique for each resource. That is, you should not configure
+two operations for the same resource with the same name and interval.
+
+.. _operation_properties:
+
+Operation Properties
+####################
+
+Operation properties may be specified directly in the ``op`` element as
+XML attributes, or in a separate ``meta_attributes`` block as ``nvpair`` elements.
+XML attributes take precedence over ``nvpair`` elements if both are specified.
+
+.. table:: **Properties of an Operation**
+ :class: longtable
+ :widths: 1 2 3
+
+ +----------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
+ | Field | Default | Description |
+ +================+===================================+=====================================================+
+ | id | | .. index:: |
+ | | | single: id; action property |
+ | | | single: action; property, id |
+ | | | |
+ | | | A unique name for the operation. |
+ +----------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
+ | name | | .. index:: |
+ | | | single: name; action property |
+ | | | single: action; property, name |
+ | | | |
+ | | | The action to perform. This can be any action |
+ | | | supported by the agent; common values include |
+ | | | ``monitor``, ``start``, and ``stop``. |
+ +----------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
+ | interval | 0 | .. index:: |
+ | | | single: interval; action property |
+ | | | single: action; property, interval |
+ | | | |
+ | | | How frequently (in seconds) to perform the |
+ | | | operation. A value of 0 means "when needed". |
+ | | | A positive value defines a *recurring action*, |
+ | | | which is typically used with |
+ | | | :ref:`monitor <s-resource-monitoring>`. |
+ +----------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
+ | timeout | | .. index:: |
+ | | | single: timeout; action property |
+ | | | single: action; property, timeout |
+ | | | |
+ | | | How long to wait before declaring the action |
+ | | | has failed |
+ +----------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
+ | on-fail | Varies by action: | .. index:: |
+ | | | single: on-fail; action property |
+ | | * ``stop``: ``fence`` if | single: action; property, on-fail |
+ | | ``stonith-enabled`` is true | |
+ | | or ``block`` otherwise | The action to take if this action ever fails. |
+ | | * ``demote``: ``on-fail`` of the | Allowed values: |
+ | | ``monitor`` action with | |
+ | | ``role`` set to ``Promoted``, | * ``ignore:`` Pretend the resource did not fail. |
+ | | if present, enabled, and | * ``block:`` Don't perform any further operations |
+ | | configured to a value other | on the resource. |
+ | | than ``demote``, or ``restart`` | * ``stop:`` Stop the resource and do not start |
+ | | otherwise | it elsewhere. |
+ | | * all other actions: ``restart`` | * ``demote:`` Demote the resource, without a |
+ | | | full restart. This is valid only for ``promote`` |
+ | | | actions, and for ``monitor`` actions with both |
+ | | | a nonzero ``interval`` and ``role`` set to |
+ | | | ``Promoted``; for any other action, a |
+ | | | configuration error will be logged, and the |
+ | | | default behavior will be used. *(since 2.0.5)* |
+ | | | * ``restart:`` Stop the resource and start it |
+ | | | again (possibly on a different node). |
+ | | | * ``fence:`` STONITH the node on which the |
+ | | | resource failed. |
+ | | | * ``standby:`` Move *all* resources away from the |
+ | | | node on which the resource failed. |
+ +----------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
+ | enabled | TRUE | .. _op_enabled: |
+ | | | |
+ | | | .. index:: |
+ | | | single: enabled; action property |
+ | | | single: action; property, enabled |
+ | | | |
+ | | | If ``false``, ignore this operation definition. |
+ | | | This does not suppress all actions of this type, |
+ | | | but is typically used to pause a recurring monitor. |
+ | | | This can complement the resource being unmanaged |
+ | | | (:ref:`is-managed <is_managed>` set to ``false``), |
+ | | | which does not stop recurring operations. |
+ | | | Maintenance mode, which does stop configured this |
+ | | | monitors, overrides this setting. Allowed values: |
+ | | | ``true``, ``false``. |
+ +----------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
+ | record-pending | TRUE | .. index:: |
+ | | | single: record-pending; action property |
+ | | | single: action; property, record-pending |
+ | | | |
+ | | | If ``true``, the intention to perform the operation |
+ | | | is recorded so that GUIs and CLI tools can indicate |
+ | | | that an operation is in progress. This is best set |
+ | | | as an *operation default* |
+ | | | (see :ref:`s-operation-defaults`). Allowed values: |
+ | | | ``true``, ``false``. |
+ +----------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
+ | role | | .. index:: |
+ | | | single: role; action property |
+ | | | single: action; property, role |
+ | | | |
+ | | | Run the operation only on node(s) that the cluster |
+ | | | thinks should be in the specified role. This only |
+ | | | makes sense for recurring ``monitor`` operations. |
+ | | | Allowed (case-sensitive) values: ``Stopped``, |
+ | | | ``Started``, and in the case of :ref:`promotable |
+ | | | clone resources <s-resource-promotable>`, |
+ | | | ``Unpromoted`` and ``Promoted``. |
+ +----------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
+
+.. note::
+
+ When ``on-fail`` is set to ``demote``, recovery from failure by a successful
+ demote causes the cluster to recalculate whether and where a new instance
+ should be promoted. The node with the failure is eligible, so if promotion
+ scores have not changed, it will be promoted again.
+
+ There is no direct equivalent of ``migration-threshold`` for the promoted
+ role, but the same effect can be achieved with a location constraint using a
+ :ref:`rule <rules>` with a node attribute expression for the resource's fail
+ count.
+
+ For example, to immediately ban the promoted role from a node with any
+ failed promote or promoted instance monitor:
+
+ .. code-block:: xml
+
+ <rsc_location id="loc1" rsc="my_primitive">
+ <rule id="rule1" score="-INFINITY" role="Promoted" boolean-op="or">
+ <expression id="expr1" attribute="fail-count-my_primitive#promote_0"
+ operation="gte" value="1"/>
+ <expression id="expr2" attribute="fail-count-my_primitive#monitor_10000"
+ operation="gte" value="1"/>
+ </rule>
+ </rsc_location>
+
+ This example assumes that there is a promotable clone of the ``my_primitive``
+ resource (note that the primitive name, not the clone name, is used in the
+ rule), and that there is a recurring 10-second-interval monitor configured for
+ the promoted role (fail count attributes specify the interval in
+ milliseconds).
+
+.. _s-resource-monitoring:
+
+Monitoring Resources for Failure
+################################
+
+When Pacemaker first starts a resource, it runs one-time ``monitor`` operations
+(referred to as *probes*) to ensure the resource is running where it's
+supposed to be, and not running where it's not supposed to be. (This behavior
+can be affected by the ``resource-discovery`` location constraint property.)
+
+Other than those initial probes, Pacemaker will *not* (by default) check that
+the resource continues to stay healthy [#]_. You must configure ``monitor``
+operations explicitly to perform these checks.
+
+.. topic:: An OCF resource with a recurring health check
+
+ .. code-block:: xml
+
+ <primitive id="Public-IP" class="ocf" type="IPaddr" provider="heartbeat">
+ <operations>
+ <op id="Public-IP-start" name="start" timeout="60s"/>
+ <op id="Public-IP-monitor" name="monitor" interval="60s"/>
+ </operations>
+ <instance_attributes id="params-public-ip">
+ <nvpair id="public-ip-addr" name="ip" value="192.0.2.2"/>
+ </instance_attributes>
+ </primitive>
+
+By default, a ``monitor`` operation will ensure that the resource is running
+where it is supposed to. The ``target-role`` property can be used for further
+checking.
+
+For example, if a resource has one ``monitor`` operation with
+``interval=10 role=Started`` and a second ``monitor`` operation with
+``interval=11 role=Stopped``, the cluster will run the first monitor on any nodes
+it thinks *should* be running the resource, and the second monitor on any nodes
+that it thinks *should not* be running the resource (for the truly paranoid,
+who want to know when an administrator manually starts a service by mistake).
+
+.. note::
+
+ Currently, monitors with ``role=Stopped`` are not implemented for
+ :ref:`clone <s-resource-clone>` resources.
+
+
+.. _s-operation-defaults:
+
+Setting Global Defaults for Operations
+######################################
+
+You can change the global default values for operation properties
+in a given cluster. These are defined in an ``op_defaults`` section
+of the CIB's ``configuration`` section, and can be set with
+``crm_attribute``. For example,
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+ # crm_attribute --type op_defaults --name timeout --update 20s
+
+would default each operation's ``timeout`` to 20 seconds. If an
+operation's definition also includes a value for ``timeout``, then that
+value would be used for that operation instead.
+
+When Implicit Operations Take a Long Time
+#########################################
+
+The cluster will always perform a number of implicit operations: ``start``,
+``stop`` and a non-recurring ``monitor`` operation used at startup to check
+whether the resource is already active. If one of these is taking too long,
+then you can create an entry for them and specify a longer timeout.
+
+.. topic:: An OCF resource with custom timeouts for its implicit actions
+
+ .. code-block:: xml
+
+ <primitive id="Public-IP" class="ocf" type="IPaddr" provider="heartbeat">
+ <operations>
+ <op id="public-ip-startup" name="monitor" interval="0" timeout="90s"/>
+ <op id="public-ip-start" name="start" interval="0" timeout="180s"/>
+ <op id="public-ip-stop" name="stop" interval="0" timeout="15min"/>
+ </operations>
+ <instance_attributes id="params-public-ip">
+ <nvpair id="public-ip-addr" name="ip" value="192.0.2.2"/>
+ </instance_attributes>
+ </primitive>
+
+Multiple Monitor Operations
+###########################
+
+Provided no two operations (for a single resource) have the same name
+and interval, you can have as many ``monitor`` operations as you like.
+In this way, you can do a superficial health check every minute and
+progressively more intense ones at higher intervals.
+
+To tell the resource agent what kind of check to perform, you need to
+provide each monitor with a different value for a common parameter.
+The OCF standard creates a special parameter called ``OCF_CHECK_LEVEL``
+for this purpose and dictates that it is "made available to the
+resource agent without the normal ``OCF_RESKEY`` prefix".
+
+Whatever name you choose, you can specify it by adding an
+``instance_attributes`` block to the ``op`` tag. It is up to each
+resource agent to look for the parameter and decide how to use it.
+
+.. topic:: An OCF resource with two recurring health checks, performing
+ different levels of checks specified via ``OCF_CHECK_LEVEL``.
+
+ .. code-block:: xml
+
+ <primitive id="Public-IP" class="ocf" type="IPaddr" provider="heartbeat">
+ <operations>
+ <op id="public-ip-health-60" name="monitor" interval="60">
+ <instance_attributes id="params-public-ip-depth-60">
+ <nvpair id="public-ip-depth-60" name="OCF_CHECK_LEVEL" value="10"/>
+ </instance_attributes>
+ </op>
+ <op id="public-ip-health-300" name="monitor" interval="300">
+ <instance_attributes id="params-public-ip-depth-300">
+ <nvpair id="public-ip-depth-300" name="OCF_CHECK_LEVEL" value="20"/>
+ </instance_attributes>
+ </op>
+ </operations>
+ <instance_attributes id="params-public-ip">
+ <nvpair id="public-ip-level" name="ip" value="192.0.2.2"/>
+ </instance_attributes>
+ </primitive>
+
+Disabling a Monitor Operation
+#############################
+
+The easiest way to stop a recurring monitor is to just delete it.
+However, there can be times when you only want to disable it
+temporarily. In such cases, simply add ``enabled=false`` to the
+operation's definition.
+
+.. topic:: Example of an OCF resource with a disabled health check
+
+ .. code-block:: xml
+
+ <primitive id="Public-IP" class="ocf" type="IPaddr" provider="heartbeat">
+ <operations>
+ <op id="public-ip-check" name="monitor" interval="60s" enabled="false"/>
+ </operations>
+ <instance_attributes id="params-public-ip">
+ <nvpair id="public-ip-addr" name="ip" value="192.0.2.2"/>
+ </instance_attributes>
+ </primitive>
+
+This can be achieved from the command line by executing:
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+ # cibadmin --modify --xml-text '<op id="public-ip-check" enabled="false"/>'
+
+Once you've done whatever you needed to do, you can then re-enable it with
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+ # cibadmin --modify --xml-text '<op id="public-ip-check" enabled="true"/>'
+
+
+.. index::
+ single: start-delay; operation attribute
+ single: interval-origin; operation attribute
+ single: interval; interval-origin
+ single: operation; interval-origin
+ single: operation; start-delay
+
+Specifying When Recurring Actions are Performed
+###############################################
+
+By default, recurring actions are scheduled relative to when the resource
+started. In some cases, you might prefer that a recurring action start relative
+to a specific date and time. For example, you might schedule an in-depth
+monitor to run once every 24 hours, and want it to run outside business hours.
+
+To do this, set the operation's ``interval-origin``. The cluster uses this point
+to calculate the correct ``start-delay`` such that the operation will occur
+at ``interval-origin`` plus a multiple of the operation interval.
+
+For example, if the recurring operation's interval is 24h, its
+``interval-origin`` is set to 02:00, and it is currently 14:32, then the
+cluster would initiate the operation after 11 hours and 28 minutes.
+
+The value specified for ``interval`` and ``interval-origin`` can be any
+date/time conforming to the
+`ISO8601 standard <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601>`_. By way of
+example, to specify an operation that would run on the first Monday of
+2021 and every Monday after that, you would add:
+
+.. topic:: Example recurring action that runs relative to base date/time
+
+ .. code-block:: xml
+
+ <op id="intensive-monitor" name="monitor" interval="P7D" interval-origin="2021-W01-1"/>
+
+
+.. index::
+ single: resource; failure recovery
+ single: operation; failure recovery
+
+.. _failure-handling:
+
+Handling Resource Failure
+#########################
+
+By default, Pacemaker will attempt to recover failed resources by restarting
+them. However, failure recovery is highly configurable.
+
+.. index::
+ single: resource; failure count
+ single: operation; failure count
+
+Failure Counts
+______________
+
+Pacemaker tracks resource failures for each combination of node, resource, and
+operation (start, stop, monitor, etc.).
+
+You can query the fail count for a particular node, resource, and/or operation
+using the ``crm_failcount`` command. For example, to see how many times the
+10-second monitor for ``myrsc`` has failed on ``node1``, run:
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+ # crm_failcount --query -r myrsc -N node1 -n monitor -I 10s
+
+If you omit the node, ``crm_failcount`` will use the local node. If you omit
+the operation and interval, ``crm_failcount`` will display the sum of the fail
+counts for all operations on the resource.
+
+You can use ``crm_resource --cleanup`` or ``crm_failcount --delete`` to clear
+fail counts. For example, to clear the above monitor failures, run:
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+ # crm_resource --cleanup -r myrsc -N node1 -n monitor -I 10s
+
+If you omit the resource, ``crm_resource --cleanup`` will clear failures for
+all resources. If you omit the node, it will clear failures on all nodes. If
+you omit the operation and interval, it will clear the failures for all
+operations on the resource.
+
+.. note::
+
+ Even when cleaning up only a single operation, all failed operations will
+ disappear from the status display. This allows us to trigger a re-check of
+ the resource's current status.
+
+Higher-level tools may provide other commands for querying and clearing
+fail counts.
+
+The ``crm_mon`` tool shows the current cluster status, including any failed
+operations. To see the current fail counts for any failed resources, call
+``crm_mon`` with the ``--failcounts`` option. This shows the fail counts per
+resource (that is, the sum of any operation fail counts for the resource).
+
+.. index::
+ single: migration-threshold; resource meta-attribute
+ single: resource; migration-threshold
+
+Failure Response
+________________
+
+Normally, if a running resource fails, pacemaker will try to stop it and start
+it again. Pacemaker will choose the best location to start it each time, which
+may be the same node that it failed on.
+
+However, if a resource fails repeatedly, it is possible that there is an
+underlying problem on that node, and you might desire trying a different node
+in such a case. Pacemaker allows you to set your preference via the
+``migration-threshold`` resource meta-attribute. [#]_
+
+If you define ``migration-threshold`` to *N* for a resource, it will be banned
+from the original node after *N* failures there.
+
+.. note::
+
+ The ``migration-threshold`` is per *resource*, even though fail counts are
+ tracked per *operation*. The operation fail counts are added together
+ to compare against the ``migration-threshold``.
+
+By default, fail counts remain until manually cleared by an administrator
+using ``crm_resource --cleanup`` or ``crm_failcount --delete`` (hopefully after
+first fixing the failure's cause). It is possible to have fail counts expire
+automatically by setting the ``failure-timeout`` resource meta-attribute.
+
+.. important::
+
+ A successful operation does not clear past failures. If a recurring monitor
+ operation fails once, succeeds many times, then fails again days later, its
+ fail count is 2. Fail counts are cleared only by manual intervention or
+ failure timeout.
+
+For example, setting ``migration-threshold`` to 2 and ``failure-timeout`` to
+``60s`` would cause the resource to move to a new node after 2 failures, and
+allow it to move back (depending on stickiness and constraint scores) after one
+minute.
+
+.. note::
+
+ ``failure-timeout`` is measured since the most recent failure. That is, older
+ failures do not individually time out and lower the fail count. Instead, all
+ failures are timed out simultaneously (and the fail count is reset to 0) if
+ there is no new failure for the timeout period.
+
+There are two exceptions to the migration threshold: when a resource either
+fails to start or fails to stop.
+
+If the cluster property ``start-failure-is-fatal`` is set to ``true`` (which is
+the default), start failures cause the fail count to be set to ``INFINITY`` and
+thus always cause the resource to move immediately.
+
+Stop failures are slightly different and crucial. If a resource fails to stop
+and fencing is enabled, then the cluster will fence the node in order to be
+able to start the resource elsewhere. If fencing is disabled, then the cluster
+has no way to continue and will not try to start the resource elsewhere, but
+will try to stop it again after any failure timeout or clearing.
+
+
+.. index::
+ single: reload
+ single: reload-agent
+
+Reloading an Agent After a Definition Change
+############################################
+
+The cluster automatically detects changes to the configuration of active
+resources. The cluster's normal response is to stop the service (using the old
+definition) and start it again (with the new definition). This works, but some
+resource agents are smarter and can be told to use a new set of options without
+restarting.
+
+To take advantage of this capability, the resource agent must:
+
+* Implement the ``reload-agent`` action. What it should do depends completely
+ on your application!
+
+ .. note::
+
+ Resource agents may also implement a ``reload`` action to make the managed
+ service reload its own *native* configuration. This is different from
+ ``reload-agent``, which makes effective changes in the resource's
+ *Pacemaker* configuration (specifically, the values of the agent's
+ reloadable parameters).
+
+* Advertise the ``reload-agent`` operation in the ``actions`` section of its
+ meta-data.
+
+* Set the ``reloadable`` attribute to 1 in the ``parameters`` section of
+ its meta-data for any parameters eligible to be reloaded after a change.
+
+Once these requirements are satisfied, the cluster will automatically know to
+reload the resource (instead of restarting) when a reloadable parameter
+changes.
+
+.. note::
+
+ Metadata will not be re-read unless the resource needs to be started. If you
+ edit the agent of an already active resource to set a parameter reloadable,
+ the resource may restart the first time the parameter value changes.
+
+.. note::
+
+ If both a reloadable and non-reloadable parameter are changed
+ simultaneously, the resource will be restarted.
+
+
+
+.. _live-migration:
+
+Migrating Resources
+###################
+
+Normally, when the cluster needs to move a resource, it fully restarts the
+resource (that is, it stops the resource on the current node and starts it on
+the new node).
+
+However, some types of resources, such as many virtual machines, are able to
+move to another location without loss of state (often referred to as live
+migration or hot migration). In pacemaker, this is called live migration.
+Pacemaker can be configured to migrate a resource when moving it, rather than
+restarting it.
+
+Not all resources are able to migrate; see the
+:ref:`migration checklist <migration_checklist>` below. Even those that can,
+won't do so in all situations. Conceptually, there are two requirements from
+which the other prerequisites follow:
+
+* The resource must be active and healthy at the old location; and
+* everything required for the resource to run must be available on both the old
+ and new locations.
+
+The cluster is able to accommodate both *push* and *pull* migration models by
+requiring the resource agent to support two special actions: ``migrate_to``
+(performed on the current location) and ``migrate_from`` (performed on the
+destination).
+
+In push migration, the process on the current location transfers the resource
+to the new location where is it later activated. In this scenario, most of the
+work would be done in the ``migrate_to`` action and, if anything, the
+activation would occur during ``migrate_from``.
+
+Conversely for pull, the ``migrate_to`` action is practically empty and
+``migrate_from`` does most of the work, extracting the relevant resource state
+from the old location and activating it.
+
+There is no wrong or right way for a resource agent to implement migration, as
+long as it works.
+
+.. _migration_checklist:
+
+.. topic:: Migration Checklist
+
+ * The resource may not be a clone.
+ * The resource agent standard must be OCF.
+ * The resource must not be in a failed or degraded state.
+ * The resource agent must support ``migrate_to`` and ``migrate_from``
+ actions, and advertise them in its meta-data.
+ * The resource must have the ``allow-migrate`` meta-attribute set to
+ ``true`` (which is not the default).
+
+If an otherwise migratable resource depends on another resource via an ordering
+constraint, there are special situations in which it will be restarted rather
+than migrated.
+
+For example, if the resource depends on a clone, and at the time the resource
+needs to be moved, the clone has instances that are stopping and instances that
+are starting, then the resource will be restarted. The scheduler is not yet
+able to model this situation correctly and so takes the safer (if less optimal)
+path.
+
+Also, if a migratable resource depends on a non-migratable resource, and both
+need to be moved, the migratable resource will be restarted.
+.. rubric:: Footnotes
+
+.. [#] Currently, anyway. Automatic monitoring operations may be added in a future
+ version of Pacemaker.
+
+.. [#] The naming of this option was perhaps unfortunate as it is easily
+ confused with live migration, the process of moving a resource from one
+ node to another without stopping it. Xen virtual guests are the most
+ common example of resources that can be migrated in this manner.