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Page 1: ...NEC ExpressCluster SRE Version 7 0 Installation and Configuration Guide Windows edition ...

Page 2: ...ment is subject to change without notice No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical for any purpose without the express written permission of NEC Corporation of America Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Other system names company names and product names are trademarks and registered trademark...

Page 3: ...EC ExpressCluster Server Service _________________________ 18 Creating a Cluster___________________________________________________ 18 Configuring the Cluster Properties_____________________________________ 33 Creating the Failover Group __________________________________________ 38 Chapter 4 Installation Windows 2000 ____________________________________ 45 Chapter 5 Configuration Windows 2000 ___...

Page 4: ... Command Reference _______________________________________________ 109 ARMLOAD _____________________________________________________ 109 ARMKILL ______________________________________________________ 111 Prerequisites ______________________________________________________ 112 Customization Steps ________________________________________________ 112 Appendix A Modifying IP Addresses ________________...

Page 5: ...hapter 4 Installation Windows 2000 explains the software installation steps in the silent mode for Microsoft Windows 2000 Chapter 5 Configuration Windows 2000 explains the steps to configure a single node cluster for Microsoft Windows 2000 Chapter 6 Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Customization explains the steps to customize scripts for monitoring Microsoft SQL Server 2000 processes Chapter 7 Microsoft...

Page 6: ...quence Prerequisites Chapter 1 Installation Chapter 4 Configuration Chapter 5 Customization Chapter 6 Chapter 7 or Chapter 8 Please note that only installation Chapter 1 should be performed at the factory since configuration and customization are dependent on customer site specific environment ...

Page 7: ...B Software Prerequisites Operating System Windows 2000 Advanced Server with Service Pack 4 or Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition SNMP Please ensure that SNMP is installed on the server where NEC ExpressCluster SRE would be installed Please use Control Panel Administrative Tools Services and look for SNMP Service and SNMP Trap Service If not installed please install SNMP using Control Panel Add or Rem...

Page 8: ...to_install exe The automatic installation process will take a few minutes and you may encounter a popup dialog box as shown below This dialog box will close automatically and installation will continue You do not need to execute any mouse clicks for this dialog box Step 2 If you see the following warning dialog box do not execute any mouse click This dialog will close automatically and installatio...

Page 9: ...ommand prompt using Start Command Prompt type in the following command and hit Enter C Program Files NEC ExpressCluster tools sreprep The command will complete silently and no user input is required Default Loopback Adapter IP addresses Following IP addresses are assigned as default addresses to the Loopback Adapter 1 IP 10 123 187 1 Subnet 255 255 255 0 2 IP 192 168 93 1 Subnet 255 255 255 0 To b...

Page 10: ...10 Step 2 Click the Registration button ...

Page 11: ...11 Step 3 Click the License item is inputted button ...

Page 12: ...12 Step 4 Select Windows for the OS information product version for the Product Classification NEC ExpressCluster SE for Windows Ver7 0 Cluster License for the Product name and click Next as shown below ...

Page 13: ...13 Step 5 Select the Node unit radio button type in 1 as the Node licenses number and click Next ...

Page 14: ...14 Step 6 Locate the ExpressCluster SRE License Key at the back of the server along the edge as indicated in following figure ...

Page 15: ... number as indicated by S N AA000001 above and the Key as indicated by Key DFJ4J4J4 JD398VJH D389NHYW 3DJ9888J above and click Next Key DFJ4J4J4 JD398VJH D389NHYW 3DJ9888J S N AA000001 ExpressCluster SRE License Key 405 01718 000 ...

Page 16: ...16 Step 8 Confirm the license information and click Next on the following screen ...

Page 17: ...17 Step 9 Check to see that the message The license was registered appears Now you have finished license registration Step 10 Click Finish on the following screen ...

Page 18: ...vice Step 1 The default value by the installation for the NEC EXPRESSCLUSTER Server service is Manual startup Change it to Automatic startup using Start Administrative Tools Services and Start the service Creating a Cluster Step 1 Start the NEC ExpressCluster Manager using Start All Programs NEC ExpressCluster Manager Manager ...

Page 19: ...19 Step 2 Click the Create cluster C button on the following screen ...

Page 20: ...20 Step 3 Select NEC ExpressCluster Standard SE SX S and click Next on the following screen ...

Page 21: ... 4 Type in a cluster name e g SRE VCC the computer name of the server e g SRE SRV and first IP address e g 10 123 187 1 This is the IP address that you see in the properties of your Network Interface as below ...

Page 22: ...22 Note Up to 15 characters are allowed for the cluster name Please do not use a cluster name which is same as the computer name ...

Page 23: ...23 Click Next Step 5 On the following screen click the Add A button ...

Page 24: ...24 Step 6 Select the second IP address which would be used as Primary Interconnect first DO NOT SELECT THE IP ADDRESS AS IN STEP 4 ABOVE In this case select 192 168 93 1 as below ...

Page 25: ...25 Click OK Then click on Add A again and add first IP address as in Step 4 above Following is the image Click OK Step 7 Click Next on the following screen ...

Page 26: ...26 Step 8 Click Next on the screen below ...

Page 27: ...27 Step 9 Select No NP resolution mode O and click Next on the screen below ...

Page 28: ...28 Step 10 Click Next on the screen below ...

Page 29: ...29 Step 11 Click Next on the screen below ...

Page 30: ...30 Step 12 Click Next on the screen below ...

Page 31: ...31 Step 13 Click Finish on the screen below ...

Page 32: ...32 Step 14 Click OK on the screen below You should see a screen with the cluster and server similar to the one below ...

Page 33: ...33 Configuring the Cluster Properties Step 1 Right click on the cluster icon SRE VCC and select the Property P menu item ...

Page 34: ...34 Step 2 Click Yes below Step 3 Select Detailed set up D and click OK ...

Page 35: ...35 Step 4 Select the Return mode tab and select Auto return N as below ...

Page 36: ...36 Step 5 Select the Heartbeat Interval tab and select the Show STOP error panic P radio button and click OK as in the following screen Step 6 Click Yes below Step 7 ...

Page 37: ...type in the following command and hit enter armem M reboot You see the following text Command succeeded Note This command configures the server for automatic reboot incase a process terminates more than x times in y hours These threshold values are specified using the armload command Please see section ARMLOAD in Chapter 8 for the explanation of these threshold parameters ...

Page 38: ...38 Creating the Failover Group Step 1 Start the NEC ExpressCluster Manager using Start Programs NEC ExpressCluster Manager Step 2 Right click on the cluster icon and select Create Group U as below ...

Page 39: ...39 Step 3 Enter the failover group name as say SRE GRP and click OK Step 4 Select the Setup tab select the Yes B radio button for Auto failback and click OK ...

Page 40: ...40 Step 5 Select the server from the Server list S and click the Add A button ...

Page 41: ...41 Step 6 Click OK on the following screen ...

Page 42: ...42 Step 7 Right click on the failover group and start the group on the server by following the screen shots below ...

Page 43: ...43 Click OK The Failover Group icon should be Green and all the resources should be Online as below ...

Page 44: ...44 ...

Page 45: ...may encounter a couple popup dialog boxes These dialog boxes will close automatically and installation will continue You do not need to execute any mouse clicks for any of these dialog boxes Step 2 If you see the following warning dialog box do not execute any mouse click This dialog will close automatically and installation will continue Step 3 If you see the following warning dialog box do not e...

Page 46: ...rompt using Start Programs Accessories Command Prompt type in the following command and hit Enter C Program Files NEC ExpressCluster tools sreprep The command will complete silently and no user input is required Default Loopback Adapter IP addresses Following IP addresses are assigned as default addresses to the Loopback Adapter 1 IP 10 123 187 1 Subnet 255 255 255 0 2 IP 192 168 93 1 Subnet 255 2...

Page 47: ...47 Step 2 Click the Registration button ...

Page 48: ...se item is inputted button Step 4 Select Windows for the OS information product version for the Product Classification NEC ExpressCluster SE for Windows Ver7 0 Cluster License for the Product name and click Next as shown below ...

Page 49: ...49 Step 5 Select the Node unit radio button type in 1 as the Node licenses number and click Next ...

Page 50: ...50 Step 6 Locate the ExpressCluster SRE License Key at the back of the server along the edge as indicated in following figure ...

Page 51: ... number as indicated by S N AA000001 above and the Key as indicated by Key DFJ4J4J4 JD398VJH D389NHYW 3DJ9888J above and click Next Key DFJ4J4J4 JD398VJH D389NHYW 3DJ9888J S N AA000001 ExpressCluster SRE License Key 405 01718 000 ...

Page 52: ...52 Step 8 Confirm the license information and click Next on the following screen ...

Page 53: ...53 Step 9 Check to see that the message The license was registered appears Now you have finished license registration Step 10 Click Finish on the following screen ...

Page 54: ...Step 1 The default value by the installation for the NEC EXPRESSCLUSTER Server service is Manual startup Change it to Automatic startup using Start Settings Control Panel Administrative Tools Services and Start the service Creating a Cluster Step 1 Start the NEC ExpressCluster Manager using Start Programs NEC ExpressCluster Manager ...

Page 55: ...55 Step 2 Click the Create cluster C button on the following screen Step 3 Select NEC ExpressCluster Standard SE SX S and click Next on the following screen ...

Page 56: ... 4 Type in a cluster name e g SRE VCC the computer name of the server e g SRE SRV and first IP address e g 10 123 187 1 This is the IP address that you see in the properties of your Network Interface as below ...

Page 57: ...57 Note Up to 15 characters are allowed for the cluster name Please do not use a cluster name which is same as the computer name ...

Page 58: ...58 Click Next Step 5 On the following screen click the Add A button ...

Page 59: ...59 Step 6 Select the second IP address which would be used as Primary Interconnect first DO NOT SELECT THE IP ADDRESS AS IN STEP 4 ABOVE In this case select 192 168 93 1 as below ...

Page 60: ...60 Click OK Then click on Add A again and add first IP address as in Step 4 above Following is the image Click OK Step 7 Click Next on the following screen ...

Page 61: ...61 Step 8 Click Next on the screen below ...

Page 62: ...62 Step 9 Select No NP resolution mode O and click Next on the screen below ...

Page 63: ...63 Step 10 Click Next on the screen below ...

Page 64: ...64 Step 11 Click Next on the screen below ...

Page 65: ...65 Step 12 Click Next on the screen below ...

Page 66: ...66 Step 13 Click Finish on the screen below ...

Page 67: ...67 Step 14 Click OK on the screen below You should see a screen with the cluster and server similar to the one below ...

Page 68: ...68 Configuring the Cluster Properties Step 1 Right click on the cluster icon SRE VCC and select the Property P menu item ...

Page 69: ...69 Step 2 Click Yes below Step 3 Select Detailed set up D and click OK ...

Page 70: ...70 Step 4 Select the Return mode tab and select Auto return N as below ...

Page 71: ...71 Step 5 Select the Heartbeat Interval tab and select the Show STOP error panic P radio button and click OK as in the following screen Step 6 Click Yes below Step 7 ...

Page 72: ...type in the following command and hit enter armem M reboot You see the following text Command succeeded Note This command configures the server for automatic reboot incase a process terminates more than x times in y hours These threshold values are specified using the armload command Please see section ARMLOAD in Chapter 8 for the explanation of these threshold parameters ...

Page 73: ...73 Creating the Failover Group Step 1 Start the NEC ExpressCluster Manager using Start Programs NEC ExpressCluster Manager Step 2 Right click on the cluster icon and select Create Group U as below ...

Page 74: ...74 Step 3 Enter the failover group name as say SRE GRP and click OK Step 4 Select the Setup tab select the Yes B radio button for Auto failback and click OK ...

Page 75: ...75 Step 5 Select the server from the Server list S and click the Add A button ...

Page 76: ...76 Step 6 Click OK on the following screen ...

Page 77: ...77 Step 7 Right click on the failover group and start the group on the server by following the screen shots below ...

Page 78: ...78 Click OK The Failover Group icon should be Green and all the resources should be Online as below ...

Page 79: ...79 ...

Page 80: ...ng Start Settings Control Panel Administrative tools Services 1 MSSQLSERVER 2 SQLSERVERAGENT If these services are running please stop these services using Control Panel Services Customization Steps Step 1 Right Click on the Fail over Group in the ExpressCluster Manager UI and select the Property P menu item The Screen shot is as shown ...

Page 81: ...t the Reference and Change C radio button Also check the Stop the group S check box and Click OK The screenshot is as below Step 3 Select the Scripts tab and highlight the start bat script The screen shot is as shown ...

Page 82: ...82 Step 4 Click on the Replace button This takes you to the following screen ...

Page 83: ...he Import G button on the screen above Step 5 Navigate to C Program Files NEC ExpressCluster templates scripts MS SQL Server select the start bat file and click Open as shown Step 6 Click OK on the following screen ...

Page 84: ...ing confirmation dialog Step 8 This opens the start bat file in notepad You should see the following two lines under the Normal section armload SQLSERVER S A R 3 H 1 INT 5 MSSQLSERVER armload SQLAGENT S A R 3 H 1 INT 5 SQLSERVERAGENT ...

Page 85: ...numeric characters S specifies that MSSQLSERVER is a service A indicates that ExpressCluster will not identify it as an error if the service has already started and is running R n H x INT y indicates that ExpressCluster will restart the service after y seconds if the service has terminated less than or equal to n times in x hours In the case where MSSQLSERVER service terminates more than n times w...

Page 86: ...86 Step 11 Click on the Replace button This takes you to the following screen ...

Page 87: ...he Import G button on the screen above Step 12 Navigate to C Program Files NEC ExpressCluster templates scripts MS SQL Server select the stop bat file and click Open as shown Step 13 Click OK on the following screen ...

Page 88: ...14 Click OK on the following confirmation dialog Step 15 This opens the stop bat file in notepad You should see the following two lines under the Normal section as shown below armkill SQLAGENT armkill SQLSERVER ...

Page 89: ...89 Step 16 Close the file and click OK on the following screen ...

Page 90: ...90 Step 17 Click OK again on the following screen ...

Page 91: ...91 Step 18 Start the group on the server Right click on the Failover Group and select Start Group E to start the group on the server Follow the screenshots below ...

Page 92: ...92 Click OK on the screen below The Failover Group icon should be Green and all the resources should be Online as below ...

Page 93: ...SSQLSERVER 2 SQLSERVERAGENT In case either or both of the above processes terminate they are automatically restarted after 5 seconds In case they terminate more than 3 times in 1 hour the server is rebooted automatically This completes the configuration for monitoring the Microsoft SQL Server 2000 processes ...

Page 94: ...inistrative tools Services 1 IMAP4Svc 2 MSExchangeIS 3 MSExchangeMGMT 4 MSExchangeMTA 5 POP3svc 6 RESvc 7 MSExchangeSA If these services are running please stop these services using Start Settings Control Panel Services Customization Steps Step 1 Right Click on the Fail over Group in the ExpressCluster Manager UI and select the Property P menu item The Screen shot is as shown ...

Page 95: ...95 Step 2 Select the Reference and Change C radio button Also check the Stop the group S check box and Click OK The screenshot is as below ...

Page 96: ...96 Step 3 Select the Scripts tab and highlight the start bat script The Screen shot is as shown ...

Page 97: ...97 Step 4 Click on the Replace button This takes you to the following screen ...

Page 98: ...the Import G button on the screen above Step 5 Navigate to C Program Files NEC ExpressCluster templates scripts MS Exchange select the start bat file and click Open as shown Step 6 Click OK on the following screen ...

Page 99: ...nder the Normal section as below armload MSIMAP S A R 3 H 1 INT 5 IMAP4Svc armload MSSTORE S A R 3 H 1 INT 5 MSExchangeIS armload MSMGMT S A R 3 H 1 INT 5 MSExchangeMGMT armload MSMTA S A R 3 H 1 INT 5 MSExchangeMTA armload MSPOP S A R 3 H 1 INT 5 POP3svc armload MSROUTING S A R 3 H 1 INT 5 RESvc armload MSSA S A R 3 H 1 INT 5 MSExchangeSA ...

Page 100: ...anumeric characters S specifies that IMAP4SVC is a service A indicates that ExpressCluster will not identify it as an error if the service has already started and is running R n H x INT y indicates that ExpressCluster will restart the service after y seconds if the service has terminated less than or equal to n times in x hours In the case where IMAP4SVC service terminates more than n times within...

Page 101: ...101 Step 11 Click on the Replace button This takes you to the following screen ...

Page 102: ...the Import G button on the screen above Step 12 Navigate to C Program Files NEC ExpressCluster templates scripts MS Exchange select the stop bat file and click Open as shown Step 13 Click OK on the following screen ...

Page 103: ...onfirmation dialog Step 15 This opens the stop bat file in notepad You should see the following lines under the Normal section as below armkill MSIMAP armkill MSSTORE armkill MSMGMT armkill MSMTA armkill MSPOP armkill MSROUTING armkill MSSA ...

Page 104: ...104 Step 16 Close the file and click OK ...

Page 105: ...105 Step 17 Click OK again on the following screen ...

Page 106: ...106 Step 18 Start the group on the server Right click on the Failover Group and select Start Group E to start the group on the server Follow the screenshots below ...

Page 107: ...107 Click OK on the screen below The Failover Group icon should be Green and all the resources should be Online as below ...

Page 108: ...ngeMGMT 4 MSExchangeMTA 5 POP3svc 6 RESvc 7 MSExchangeSA In case either or all of the above processes terminate they are automatically restarted after 5 seconds In case they terminate more than 3 times in 1 hour the server is rebooted automatically This completes the configuration for monitoring the Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server processes ...

Page 109: ...atchID This is the ID used for monitoring This ID is used for terminating the service by the ARMKILL command The ID must be unique name within a cluster IDs that begin with NEC_ are reserved They cannot be used by users Set the ID using at most 255 single byte alphanumeric characters It is case insensitive R retry Causes the application or service to be monitored and specifies the threshold value ...

Page 110: ...his parameter can be omitted If the parameter is omitted waiting for startup completion will not be executed The specified range is from 0 to 3600 If 0 is specified waiting time becomes infinity INT time Used to specify the time in seconds for re starting a single service or a restart interval of the script This parameter can be omitted If the parameter is omitted the re start interval is 0 second...

Page 111: ... of the service to be terminated For this ID use the one that was specified when the service was started up by the ARMLOAD command C Cancels the monitoring of the service but does not terminate the service This parameter can be omitted If it is omitted the service is terminated Also this parameter cannot be specified at the same time as the T parameter T time ...

Page 112: ...ng section explains the steps required to customize the scripts for monitoring an arbitrary service e g Telnet service Prerequisites Please verify that the service you would like to monitor in this case Telnet service starts and stops normally using Control Panel Administrative tools Services If the Telnet service has started please stop it using Control Panel Administrative tools Services Customi...

Page 113: ...113 Step 2 Select the Reference and Change C radio button Also check the Stop the group S check box and Click OK The screenshot is as below ...

Page 114: ...114 Step 3 Select the Scripts tab and highlight the start bat script The Screen shot is as shown ...

Page 115: ... Edit button This opens the start bat file in notepad Edit the start bat file to configure the monitoring of Telnet service by adding the following lines under the Normal section as below armload TEL S A R 2 H 1 INT 5 tlntsvr ...

Page 116: ... OK Step 6 Highlight the stop bat script similar to Step 3 above Step 7 Click on the Edit button This opens the stop bat file in notepad Edit the stop bat file by adding the following lines under the Normal section as below armkill TEL ...

Page 117: ...117 Step 8 Save the file and click OK Click OK again on the following screen ...

Page 118: ...118 Step 9 Start the group on the server Right click on the Failover Group and select Start Group E to start the group on the server Follow the screenshots below ...

Page 119: ...119 Click OK on the screen below The Failover Group icon should be Green and all the resources should be Online as below ...

Page 120: ...at the Telnet service starts successfully on the server In case the Telnet service terminates it is automatically restarted after 5 seconds If it terminates more than 2 times in 1 hour the server is rebooted automatically ...

Page 121: ...egister the Cluster Server with the Manager and the second IP address is used as the Primary Interconnect IP address The steps below change the default IP address 10 123 187 1 255 255 255 0 to 20 20 20 1 255 255 255 0 and 192 168 93 1 255 255 255 0 to 131 241 74 17 255 255 255 0 The steps below are applicable for both Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 unless indicated otherwise Step 1 Windows 2003 Nav...

Page 122: ...Windows 2000 Use Start Settings Control Panel Network and Dial up Connections Right click on Network and Dial up Connections and click Open Right click on ECSRE Loopback and select Properties as shown below ...

Page 123: ...123 Step 2 Windows 2003 Select Internet Protocol TCP IP and click the Properties button ...

Page 124: ...124 Windows 2000 Select Internet Protocol TCP IP and click the Properties button ...

Page 125: ...125 Step 3 Change the IP Address to it IP 20 20 20 1 The image is as below ...

Page 126: ...126 Step 4 Click on the Advanced button select 192 168 93 1 and click the Edit button as below ...

Page 127: ...127 Step 5 Change the second IP Address to IP 131 241 74 17 and Click OK Step 6 Click OK on the following screen ...

Page 128: ...128 Step 7 Click OK on the following screen ...

Page 129: ...129 This completes the steps to change the default IP addresses ...

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