INDETERMINATE Cluster failover status

Products

• VMware Cloud Director

Issue/Introduction

The cluster status is marked as INDETERMINATE due to one/two Cloud Cell(s) node(s) exhibiting a failover status that does not match the other node(s).

Environment

Cloud Director 10.x

Cause

INDETERMINATE status occurs when a Cloud Cell node is configured with a different failover status (manual or automatic).

Resolution

To align the failover status of the affected node with the rest of the cluster, use the following command from any Node inside your Cluster:

For automatic failover:

curl -i -k -u "root:PASSWORD" -X POST -H "Accept: application/json" "https://<CELL-FQDN>:5480/api/1.0.0/nodes/failover/automatic"

or

curl -i -k -u root -X POST -H "Accept: application/json" "https://<CELL-FQDN>:5480/api/1.0.0/nodes/failover/automatic"

 

For manual failover:

curl -i -k -u "root:PASSWORD" -X POST -H "Accept: application/json" "https://<CELL-FQDN>:5480/api/1.0.0/nodes/failover/manual"

or

curl -i -k -u root -X POST -H "Accept: application/json" "https://<CELL-FQDN>:5480/api/1.0.0/nodes/failover/manual"

 

Verify the status change by re-checking the cluster status

curl -i -k -u "root:PASSWORD" -X GET -H "Accept: application/json" "https://<CELL-FQDN>:5480/api/1.0.0/nodes"

or

curl -i -k -u root -X POST -H "Accept: application/json" "https://<CELL-FQDN>:5480/api/1.0.0/nodes"

Additional Information

View Your VMware Cloud Director Appliance Cluster Health and Failover Mode

VMware Cloud Director Appliance API - Failovermode