Support Policies for RHEL High Availability clusters - fence_azure_arm
Contents
Overview
Applicable Environments
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) with the High Availability Add-on
- Using Microsoft Azure virtual machines as cluster members
Recommended Prior Reading
Useful References and Guides
- Support Policies for RHEL High Availability Clusters
- Design Guidance for RHEL High Availability Clusters - Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines as Cluster Members
- Installing and Configuring a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 (and later) High-Availability Cluster on Microsoft Azure
Introduction
This guide offers Red Hat's policies and requirements for using the fence_azure_arm fence agent for RHEL High Availability clusters running on Microsoft Azure platforms. Users of RHEL High Availability clusters should adhere to these policies in order to be eligible for support from Red Hat with the appropriate product support subscriptions.
Policies
No support for the network_fencing option: Red Hat does not support fence_azure_arm stonith devices configured with network_fencing=1. Its safety and reliability have not been verified.
No support for fence_azure_arm on SAP HANA on Azure (Large Instances): Red Hat supports the fence_azure_arm fence agent only for fencing Azure virtual machines. The fence_azure_arm fence agent cannot be used to fence Content from docs.microsoft.com is not included.SAP HANA on Azure (Large Instances) systems. These are bare metal systems and must be configured to use sbd with an Content from docs.microsoft.com is not included.IPMI watchdog. See also:
- Content from docs.microsoft.com is not included.Azure Large Instances high availability for SAP on RHEL
- Support Policies for RHEL High Availability Clusters - sbd and fence_sbd