Specifications

Resource States
Resource States
State Meaning
In-Service,
Protected
(ISP)
Resource is operational. LifeKeeper local recovery operates normally. LifeKeeper
inter-server recovery and failure recovery is operational.
In-Service,
Unprotected
(ISU)
Resource is operational. LifeKeeper local recovery mechanism is not operational for
this resource. LifeKeeper inter-server recovery and failure recovery is operational.
Out-of-
Service,
Failed
(OSF)
Resource has gone out-of-service because of a failure in the resource. Recovery has
not been completed or has failed. LifeKeeper alarming is not operational for this
resource.
Out-of-
Service,
Unimpaired
(OSU)
Resource is out-of-service but available to take over a resource from another server.
Illegal
(Undefined)
State
(ILLSTATE)
This state appears in situations where no state has been set for a resource instance.
Under normal circumstances, this invalid state does not last long: a transition into
one of the other states is expected. This state will occur if switchover occurs before
all LifeKeeper information tables have been updated (for example, when LifeKeeper
is first started up).
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