[HADOOP-7983] HA: failover should be able to pass args to fencers

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: HA Branch (HDFS-1623)
• Component/s: ha
• Target Version/s: HA Branch (HDFS-1623)
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Eli Collins
• Reporter: Eli Collins
• Created: 19/Jan/12 02:16
• Updated: 31/Jan/12 12:59
• Resolved: 30/Jan/12 22:28

Description

Currently fencing method args are passed in the config (eg "sshfence(host1,8022)" indicates to fence the service running on port 8022 on host1. The target service to fence should be determined by the failover (we fence the currently active service) not configured statically.