Andrew Mercer
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4. Day-to-day cluster management

pcs status                     # overview: nodes, resources, failures
pcs status cluster
pcs status nodes
pcs status resources
pcs status groups
pcs status corosync
pcs status pcsd
pcs quorum status
pcs constraint                 # list all constraints
pcs resource show               # list resources
pcs resource show <name>        # detail on one resource
pcs cluster cib                 # dump the raw running CIB (XML)

Enable/disable the cluster service itself:

pcs cluster enable
pcs cluster disable
pcs cluster disable --all
pcs cluster disable <resource>

Add a node:

pcs cluster node add <node_name>

Standby / take a node out of service without stopping the cluster on it (resources migrate off, node stays a cluster member):

pcs cluster standby <node_name>
pcs cluster unstandby <node_name>

Maintenance mode (freeze all resource management cluster-wide — useful for patching):

pcs property set maintenance-mode=true
pcs property set maintenance-mode=false

Migrate a specific resource:

pcs resource move <resource> <node>

Clear a failed resource's fail-count so it's eligible to start again:

pcs resource cleanup <resource>

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