Re: [HTCondor-users] forcing HA negotiator switch to stand-by central manager?

[Jaime Frey <jfrey@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I believe the problem is that the role of active or passive CM is controlled by the had daemons. As long as the had daemons on both CMs are running and can talk to each other, then their active/passive roles wonât change. Your âcondor_off -daemon negotiatorâ will stop the negotiator, but doesnât imply âstart the negotiator on the other CMâ.
You should try âcondor_off -daemon hadâ to cause the other CM to become active and start its negotiator.

 - Jaime

> On Feb 12, 2024, at 3:51âAM, Thomas Hartmann <thomas.hartmann@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> short question, but what is in a HA set up the best way to force a negotiator daemon role to switch to the stand by central manager?
> 
> I stopped the negotiator on the active CM with
>  condor_off -daemon negotiator
> but the passive head seem not to pick up the daemon and the negotiators on both ehads were stopped. Also a
>  condor_on -daemon negotiator
> on the passive CM did not help. After I restarted the masters on both CMs for good and now the formerly passive CM took over the negotiator.
> 
> Cheers and thanks,
>  Thomas