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Overview and Installation

Overview and Installation

100-004511-001 A

August 31, 1999

Novell Confidential

Chap-App

Temp. Rev 2.02

21 Jan 99

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You must have at least 10 MB of free space that is not part of an NSS partition 
on one of the shared disk drives to create the cluster partition. If no free space 
is available, the shared disk drives can’t be used by NetWare Cluster Services.

6.

Choose whether or not you want the servers you are adding to your 
cluster to reboot after installation, then click Next.

The installation program installs NetWare Cluster Services software on 
the servers in your cluster. It does not automatically load the software on 
the servers in your cluster. An easy way to automatically load the 
software is to reboot the servers you are adding to your cluster after the 
installation is complete.

7.

Specify the location of the license files and click Add > Next.

License files are located on the license diskettes included in the NetWare 
Cluster Services product box. The Cluster Server License diskette 
contains two Cluster Server Licenses, two Server Base License Upgrades 
and one 10-user CUAL. Cluster Server licenses are the only licenses 
required for most MLA customers. Additional CUALs, Server Base 
License Upgrades, and Cluster Server Licenses can be obtained from 
your Novell Authorized Reseller

SM

.

If you do not have a Master License Agreement, you will be prompted 
for an activation key for each node you add to a cluster. Obtaining  
activation keys will require you to provide the serial numbers for the 
licenses you are upgrading. Activation keys can be obtained at 

http://

www.novell.com/products/activation

.

You are given the option of installing with or without licenses. If you 
choose to install without licenses, you will need to manually install the 
necessary licenses at a later date using NetWare Administrator. NetWare 
Cluster Services will not function without the proper licenses in place.

8.

Continue through the final installation screen.

The installation program will then create a new cluster for you and install 
NetWare Cluster Services software on the servers you specified to be part 
of your cluster. If you are editing an existing cluster, the installation 
program will just install NetWare Cluster Services software on the 
servers you are adding to your cluster.

Summary of Contents for D7171A - NetServer - LPr

Page 1: ...Fi na l...

Page 2: ...oduct may require export authorization from the U S Department of Commerce prior to exporting from the U S or Canada t r a d e m a r k s Novell and NetWare and GroupWise are registered trademarks of N...

Page 3: ...Cluster Services 9 NetWare Cluster Services Licensing 9 Begin the Installation 11 Add Servers to the Cluster 13 Setting Up NetWare Cluster Services 14 Create Cluster Volumes 15 Cluster Enable Volumes...

Page 4: ...t 22 Tolerance 22 Master Watchdog 23 Slave Watchdog 23 Max Retransmits 23 Cluster Port Properties 23 Cluster Node Properties 23 Number IP Address 24 NCP Server 24 Migrate Resources 24 Identify Cluster...

Page 5: ...ystem that ensures high availability and manageability of critical network resources including data volumes applications server licenses and services It is a multinode NDS enabled clustering product f...

Page 6: ...vi Overview and Installation...

Page 7: ...cludes several important features to help you ensure and manage the availability of your network resources These include Support for shared disk configurations or local disk configurations Multinode a...

Page 8: ...load requirements thus manually load balance the cluster are also important benefits of NetWare Cluster Services An equally important benefit of implementing NetWare Cluster Services is that you can r...

Page 9: ...all registered resources to detect failure Suppose Web Server 1 experiences hardware or software problems and the users depending on Web Server 1 for Internet access e mail and information lose their...

Page 10: ...Web server 1 on Web Server 2 and Web Server 3 as specified In this example the failover process happened quickly and users regained access to the Internet Web site information and e mail within second...

Page 11: ...ver This gives network users continuous access to the volumes on the shared disk subsystem Typical resources might include data volumes applications server licenses and services The following figure s...

Page 12: ...e Cluster Services software running on each NetWare 5 server in the cluster A shared disk subsystem connected to all servers in the cluster optional but recommended for most configurations High speed...

Page 13: ...same server At least one local disk device not shared for volume SYS on each server It is recommended the client machine used to manage the cluster be at least 300 MHz or above and have at least 90 MB...

Page 14: ...disk system is larger than 10 GB you may need more free space The shared disk system is properly set up and functional according to the manufacturer s instructions Prior to installation verify that a...

Page 15: ...es that cluster volumes don t accidentally get mounted on multiple servers in the cluster which would cause data corruption Without this command the MOUNT ALL command could be run from any server cons...

Page 16: ...In order for users to get connections to servers in the cluster CUALs need to be accessible to User objects This means individual CUALs need to be placed at or above the user context in the NDS tree...

Page 17: ...e list Then click Next 4 Enter the name of the server you want to add to the cluster or browse and select one from the list and then click Add to Cluster Repeat this step for every server you want to...

Page 18: ...one 10 user CUAL Cluster Server licenses are the only licenses required for most MLA customers Additional CUALs Server Base License Upgrades and Cluster Server Licenses can be obtained from your Novel...

Page 19: ...wing line nodeid 123 45 67 89 6 If you don t reserve future nodes each time you want to add a new node you will need to run the installation program again and also temporarily remove all existing serv...

Page 20: ...each server in the cluster except the new server or servers you have just added This reloads NetWare Cluster Services software on existing cluster servers and causes them to rejoin the cluster The exi...

Page 21: ...VOLUME ALL command in the AUTOEXEC NCF file To manually activate a non shared volume type NSS ACTIVATE VOL at the server console prompt Replace VOL with the volume name You will then need to manually...

Page 22: ...and Netscape Enterprise Server as well as a generic IP SERVICE template The generic IP SERVICE template can be used when configuring certain server applications to run on your cluster You can edit and...

Page 23: ...itional If you are not using a template for the resources continue with Configure Load Scripts on page 17 If you are not using a template you must complete the process for creating the cluster resourc...

Page 24: ...If the script does not complete within the specified time the resource becomes idle Configure Unload Scripts Depending on your cluster application or resource you can add an unload script to specify...

Page 25: ...ource will not automatically failback to any other servers in the cluster except the preferred node Set the failover mode to Manual if you want to intervene after a failure occurs and before the resou...

Page 26: ...own arrow buttons to change the failover order of the servers assigned to the resource or volume Configuration Settings Depending on your needs and cluster setup some additional configuration may be r...

Page 27: ...ership and Timeout Properties To edit Quorum Membership and Timeout properties in ConsoleOne right click the Cluster object and select Properties This will bring up the Cluster Object Property page Se...

Page 28: ...the first node brought online in the cluster but if that node fails any of the other nodes in the cluster can become master To view or edit Cluster Protocol properties in ConsoleOne right click the C...

Page 29: ...uster Port Properties The default cluster port number is 7023 and is automatically assigned when the cluster is created The cluster port number does not need to be changed unless there is a conflict c...

Page 30: ...application by putting it on a faster machine Migrating resources allows you to balance the load and evenly distribute applications among the servers in your cluster 1 In ConsoleOne browse and select...

Page 31: ...the process of loading or unloading The yellow ball in the middle of the server icon designates the master server in the cluster The master server is initially the first server in the cluster but anot...

Page 32: ...resource problems have been resolved the resource can be put back online returned to the running state Unloading The resource is in the process of unloading from the server it was running on None Run...

Page 33: ...volname PURGE is used to delete bad Distinguished Names DNs in the TRUSTMIG FIL file You must first manually mount the volume before using TRUSTOOL with the PURGE option This will rename TRUSTMIG FIL...

Page 34: ...ee rights to that volume If you experience errors when a volume fails over and its trustees migrate to the new server you will need to run TRUSTOOL with the PURGE option to delete the user from the tr...

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