Problem with lanqueryconf to extract Failover Groups configuration

[compiler]

Hi.

I have a working Failover Group named lan900. When that FG was created, the sysadmin followed all the steps in the APA Manual and all was OK except that now I'm unable to use "lanqueryconf" to extract the current config in ascii format.

The error I get is:


# lanqueryconf -s -c lanconfig.txt
WARNING: Port 1 is probably a part of a Fail-Over Group
WARNING: Port 3 is probably a part of a Fail-Over Group
No Fail-Over Groups found. ASCII file not created


But I found no errors when I applyed my "custom" lanconfig.ascii file:

# (Extract of lanconfig.ascii):
FAILOVER_GROUP lan900
STATIONARY_IP XX.XX.XX.XX
PRIMARY lan1 5
STANDBY lan5 3

# lanapplyconf -v -c /etc/lanmon/lanconfig.ascii
Reading ASCII file /etc/lanmon/lanconfig.ascii
Verifying ASCII file /etc/lanmon/lanconfig.ascii
Configuring Fail-Over Group(s)
Creating Fail-Over Group lan900
Updated binary file /etc/lanmon/lanconfig

# lanscan | grep LinkAgg0
LinkAgg0 0x0012239ACAA1 900 UP lan900 snap900 12 ETHER Yes 119

# lanscan -q
0
6
8
2
4
900 1 5
901
902
903
904

# lanadmin -x -v 900
Link Aggregate PPA # : 900
Number of Ports : 2
Ports PPA : 1 5
Link Aggregation State : LINKAGG MANUAL
Load Balance Mode : Hot Standby (LB_HOT_STANDBY)

# lanadmin -x -i 900
Link Aggregate PPA # : 900
Link Aggregation Mode : LAN_MONITOR
Load Balance Mode : Hot Standby (LB_HOT_STANDBY)
Active Port PPA # : 1
Port(s) ready : 5
Port(s) not ready : NONE
Port(s) connected to active port : 5


The Failover group is working as expected and the configuration keeps working after reboots. I tried also to remove the /etc/lanmon/lanconfig binary and /sbin/init.d/hplm recreated it correctly at boot time.

But I'm unable to save the current configuration in a text file. That's not a great problem, because I keep a copy of the file I used with lanapplyconf and I can modify it directly, but I would like to know why lanqueryconf gives that error.

Any idea? Maybe lanqueryconf must be called BEFORE hplm is started so that it can find "available" apa ports? :?

Thanks.

[Jim Keeble · Accepted solution]

You are right. Lanqueryconf does not read the binary file and send it to the output file. Instead, it inspects the system's lan interfaces in their current state and creates an ascii file based on what it finds.


The odd thing is that it reports the "already part of a failover group" message for port 3 instead of port 5.