The remote HP StoreAll client and the new cluster must be in the same subnet, and they must be
routable to each other. The remote client and the management console of the new cluster must be
running the same version of the HP StoreAll OS Software.
Install and register the HP StoreAll client on the initial cluster, and then perform the following
procedure as the user root:
1.
From the HP StoreAll client, register the client with the new cluster:
register_client -p IPADDRESS -c clusterIF —n ClientName
IPADDRESS
is the address of the new management console and
clusterIF
is the interface
used for cluster communication. The new management console entry is added to the client
iadconf.xml
file and can be listed by executing the
ibrix_client
command on the new
management console.
2.
Restart HP StoreAll client services:
/etc/init.d/ibrix_client restart
3.
On the active management console of the new cluster, create a mountpoint for the new client,
and set the mount intent. In this example, the file system is
ifs1
, the mountpoint is
/mnt_ifs1
,
and the client’s host name is
client1.net.com
.
<installdirectory>/bin/ibrix_mountpoint -c -m /mnt_ifs1 -h client1.net.com
<installdirectory>/bin/ibrix_mount -f ifs1 -m /mnt_ifs1
4.
On the client, specify the cluster name whenever you mount a file system that is located on
the second cluster:
ibrix_lwmount -f <cluster-name>:fs1 -m /fs1
Preferring a network interface for an HP StoreAll Linux client
To prefer a network interface, enter the following command:
<installdirectory>/bin/ibrix_client -n -h SRCHOST -A DESTHOST/IFNAME
Execute this command once for each destination host that the HP StoreAll client needs to contact
using the specified network interface (
IFNAME
).
Preferring a network interface for a hostgroup
Prefer an interface for multiple HP StoreAll clients at one time by specifying a hostgroup. To prefer
a user network interface for all HP StoreAll clients, specify the
clients
hostgroup. After preferring
a network interface for a hostgroup, you can locally override the preference on individual HP
StoreAll clients with the command,
ibrix_lwhost
.
To prefer a network interface for a hostgroup, use the following command:
<installdirectory>/bin/ibrix_hostgroup -n -g HOSTGROUP -A DESTHOST/IFNAME
The destination host (
DESTHOST
) cannot be a hostgroup. For example, to prefer network interface
eth3
for traffic from all HP StoreAll clients (the
clients
hostgroup) to node
s2.hp.com
:
<installdirectory>/bin/ibrix_hostgroup -n -g clients -A s2.hp.com/eth3
Removing an HP StoreAll client from the cluster
To remove an HP StoreAll client from the cluster, enter the following command:
<installdirectory>/bin/ibrix_client -d -h CLIENTLIST
Installing and configuring the HP StoreAll Windows client
The HP StoreAll Windows client allows applications running on Windows machines to access and
update a file system. Cross-platform access is achieved by mapping Linux UIDs and GIDs to
Windows users and storing the information on the Active Directory (AD) server.
160 Installing and configuring HP StoreAll clients for Linux and Windows (optional)