Disabling intercluster LIF causes MetroCluster replication failure
Applies to
- MetroCluster
- ONTAP 9
Issue
Disabling the intercluster LIF on the primary node Config Replication service (CRS) causes unhealthy SVMs(Vservers).
Cluster peer health only through the node with LIF up:
mcc-siteA::*> cluster peer health show
Node Cluster Name Node-Name
---- ------------ ---------
Ping-Status RDB-Health Cluster-Health Availability
---------- ------------ ------------ -------------- -------------
mcc-siteA-01 mcc-siteB mcc-siteB-01
Data: interface_reachable
ICMP: interface_reachable true true true
mcc-siteB-02
Data: interface_reachable
ICMP: interface_reachable true true true
mcc-siteA-02
mcc-siteB mcc-siteB-01
Data: unreachable
ICMP: unreachable true true false
mcc-siteB-02
Data: unreachable
ICMP: unreachable true true false
MetroCluster Vserver shows unhealthy:
mcc-siteA::*> metrocluster vserver show
Cluster: mcc-siteA-ams1
Partner Configuration
Vserver Vserver State
------------------- ---------------------- -----------------
mcc-siteA-ams1 mcc-siteB unhealthy
Cluster: mcc-siteB
Partner Configuration
Vserver Vserver State
------------------- ---------------------- -----------------
mcc-siteB mcc-siteA unhealthy
vs_cifs vs_cifs-mc unhealthy
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