Novell SUSE LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 SP2 HEARTBEAT Manual page 76

IMPORTANT
Use this option with utmost care and avoid using it at a time when (part
of) the cluster does not have quorum. Otherwise, this results in divergence
between a small subset of the cluster nodes and the majority of the cluster.
The worst case is if the majority of the cluster is also running (as in a parti-
tioned cluster) and is also making changes. The problem arises when the
complete cluster regains quorum and starts acting as one again. Before it
can do so, it must pick the one configuration to continue to use. This is
clearly problematic if there are significant configuration differences between
the nodes.
--host hostname, -h hostname
Specify the host to which to send this command (rarely used, advanced option).
--local, -l
Let a command take effect locally (rarely used, advanced option).
--no-bcast, -b
Prevent the result of a command from being broadcast to other nodes even if it
modifies the CIB.
IMPORTANT
Use this option with care to avoid ending up with a divergent cluster.
--sync-call, -s
Use the CIB's synchronous API when performing the operation given to cibadmin.
This should have no noticeable effect for the user.
Examples
To get a copy of the entire active CIB (including status section, etc.) delivered to stdout,
issue this command:
cibadmin -Q
To add an IPaddr2 resource to the resources section, first create a file foo with the
following contents:
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