[LDM #CVY-225341]: LDM secondary feed issue?

Gilbert,

Ah. I thought this discussion was about noaaport.admin.niu.edu because that was 
the only host you had mentioned until now.

I have no opinion about weather3.admin.niu.edu because I didn't investigate it.

I'm glad that data is now flowing, however.

> On Thu, 15 Aug 2013, Unidata LDM Support wrote:
> 
> > Gilbert,
> >
> >> So, if the backup has no backup feeds, my LDM won't fail over?
> >
> > I'm afraid that I don't understand the question.
> >
> > I'm saying that the LDM system on host noaaport.admin.niu.edu was
> >running based on a configuration-file that did not have a REQUEST entry
> >for data from the LDM on host idd.unidata.ucar.edu. Consequently, when
> >the feed from 131.156.129.136 went down, there was no feed from
> >idd.unidata.ucar.edu to take over. When the LDM was restarted based on a
> >configuration-file that had the missing REQUEST entry, data started
> >flowing from idd.unidata.ucar.edu to noaaport.admin.niu.edu.
> 
> Correct. But, on weather3.admin.niu.edu, I pointed to
> noaaport.admin.niu.edu as a primary, and idd.unidata.ucar.edu as a backup.
> When noaaport.admin.niu.edu went down, I had the understanding that
> weather3.admin.niu.edu should have failed over to idd.unidata.ucar.edu,
> which it did not do.
> 
> > I suspect that you added the entry sometime after the LDM was started
> >but forgot to restart the LDM. Thus, the REQUEST entry for data from
> >idd.unidata.ucar.edu was in the configuration-file but was after-the-fact
> for the running LDM.
> >
> > Been there. Done that. Bought the tee-shirt. :-)
> 
> See above, I didn't ask the question properly.
> 
> Gilbert
> 
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Regards,
Steve Emmerson

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: CVY-225341
Department: Support LDM
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed