pvecm nodes - high inc numbers?

[hotwired007]

Been using the command pvecm nodes a lot whilst testing HA on my cluster - any ideas why the inc number is massive?

root@voyager:~# pvecm nodes
Node Sts Inc Joined Name
1 M 488720 2012-05-28 08:32:39 voyager
2 M 489660 2012-05-28 09:16:59 bellerophon
3 M 488768 2012-05-28 08:33:08 challenger
root@voyager:~#

 

[hotwired007]

any ideas? what does the inc actually represent?

 

[e100]

It means absolutely nothing.

"pvecm nodes" displays the output of "cman_tool nodes"
Figured that out by looking at the code for pvecm.

Quick google search and I found this:
http://www.redhat.com/archives/linux-cluster/2009-January/msg00020.html

Inc is the cluster incarnation number at the time the node joined. It's a totally pointless piece of information that I think we'll remove in future releases ;-)

 

[hotwired007]

thanks! was gettign worried as i thought it indicated time or something...