[PVE-User] Hardware watchdog for standalone server...

[dORSY]

don't really get what you want/need exactly, but for single hosts i'd start at 
bmc-watchdog(8) - Linux man page  
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bmc-watchdog(8) - Linux man page
 
bmc-watchdog controls a Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) watchdog timer. The bmc-watchdog tool typically executes as a cronjob or daemon to manage the ...
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it needs hw support to work (ipmi)i last used a daemon like this on freeBSD storage servers.hope this helps. 
 
  On Mon, Aug 19, 2024 at 17:45, Marco Gaiarin<gaio at lilliput.linux.it> wrote:   Mandi! Alwin Antreich
  In chel di` si favelave...

> Dow you want to make your VM/CT HA? That only works reliably with 3x nodes for
> quorum (or 2x nodes & qdevice) [0].

I know. No. I'm speaking about standalone servers.


> But if you want to reset a node if it doesn't spin up a watchdog (doesn't
> respond), then you could use systemd watchdog[1].

I'm saying EXACTLY that (also for dORSY): i need some sort of watchdog daemon,
or the HA watchdog daemon 'watchdog-mux' works even in standalone setup?


> Though I'd like to add that
> resetting nodes continuously (issue is reoccurring), increases the chances for
> data corruption.

If there's some hardware or other trouble that trigger watchdog, typically
the box is just TOFU and a reset cannot do more harm... at least this is my
experience.

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