Description

This article explains how to fix the offline status of a QFabric Partition Address.

Symptoms

A status check shows that the QFabric Partition Address is offline: 

root@qfabric> show fabric administration inventory director-group status
Director Group Status Fri Sep 30 18:07:56 UTC 2016

Member Status Role     Mgmt Address                                          CPU Free Memory VMs Up Time
------ ------ -------- ----------------------------------------------------- --- ----------- --- -------------
dg0    online master   172.22.201.234  26% 24438396k   4   1 day, 05:15 hrs
dg1    online backup   172.22.201.236  25% 28058716k   3   1 day, 05:15 hrs

Member Device Id/Alias  Status  Role
------ ---------------- ------- ---------
dg0    0281022011000036 online  master

Master Services
---------------
Database Server                online
Load Balancer Director         online
QFabric Partition Address      offline  ==> issue

Solution

This issue is non service impacting and it has been reported under PR931663 .  However, if it is necessary to bring it back online in the 'show fabric administration inventory director-group status', the following procedure can correct this behavior.

  1. Log in to primary DG shell with root access.

  2. Open vim editor using command ' vim /etc/hosts' .

  3. With vim opened, click 'shift-g' to jump to end line.

  4. Click 'o' to create a new line and enter INSERT mode.

  5. Type in configured VIP IP address as follows:
# Directors must not resolve to 127.0.0.1 for cluster services
1.1.1.1 dg0
1.1.1.2 dg1
# Do not remove the following line, or various programs
# that require network functionality will fail.
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
::1 localhost6.localdomain6 localhost6
169.254.0.254 nfs.pbrain.net
169.254.0.3 db
169.254.3.3 dre
172.22.201.235 dcf
  1. Click Escape to go back to COMMAND mode.

  2. Enter wq to save the change and exit out of vim.

  3. Verify the behavior by issuing command show fabric administration inventory directory-group status at CLI.
(Note: 172.22.201.235 is the configured VIP address for Qfabric)

Modification History

2021-03-23: Updated the article terminology to align with Juniper's Inclusion & Diversity initiatives.

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