An example apparatus includes a processor, a memory, and an interface that connects the processor, the memory, and a set of components. The set of components includes a first component configured to acquire a mode from members of an HA cluster and a second component configured to enforce mode pairing rules for members of the HA cluster. Once the desired mode pairing has been determined, a third component takes actions configured to either achieve the mode pairing according to rules for members of the HA cluster or to selectively force a hardware reset of one or more members of the HA cluster upon determining that a split brain scenario is possible based, at least in part, on the mode of the members of the HA cluster. The example apparatus therefore implements a rules-based manager for timer bounded arbitration protocol based resource control.
Rules-Based, Mode-Driven Manager for Timer Bounded Arbitration Protocol Based Resource Control