When network services are restarted on the master management node,
the connection to the Oracle VM management network (
bond0
) is lost. By design, the
bond0
interface is not brought up automatically on boot, so that the
virtual IP of the management cluster can be configured on the
correct node, depending on which management node assumes the
master role. While the master management node is disconnected from
the Oracle VM management network, the Oracle VM Manager user interface
reports that the compute nodes in the server pool are offline.
The management node that becomes the master, runs the Oracle VM
services necessary to bring up the
bond0
interface and configure the virtual IP within a few minutes. It is
expected that the compute nodes in the Oracle VM server pool return to
their normal online status in the Oracle VM Manager user interface. If
the master management node does not reconnect automatically to the
Oracle VM management network, bring the
bond0
interface up manually from the Oracle Linux shell.
Execute this procedure ONLY when so instructed by Oracle Support. This should only be necessary in rare situations where the master management node fails to connect automatically. You should never manually disconnect or restart networking on any node.
Manually Reconnecting the Master Management Node to the Oracle VM Management Network
Using SSH and an account with superuser privileges, log into the disconnected master management node on the appliance management network.
# ssh root@192.168.4.3 root@192.168.4.3's password: [root@ovcamn05r1 ~]#
Check the configuration of the
bond0
interface.
If the interface is down, the console output looks similar to this:
# ifconfig bond0 bond0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:13:97:4E:B0:02 BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Bring the
bond0
interface up.
# ifconfig bond0 up
Check the configuration of the
bond0
interface again.
When the interface reconnects successfully to the Oracle VM management network, the console output looks similar to this:
# ifconfig bond0 bond0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:13:97:4E:B0:02 inet addr:192.168.140.4 Bcast:192.168.140.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::213:97ff:fe4e:b002/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MASTER MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:62191 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:9183 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:4539474 (4.33 MB) TX bytes:1853641 (1.77 MB)