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30.6.3 Planning the Linux Agent Installation
Aside from the cluster-specific issues discussed in the preceding sections, the considerations
involved in planning to install the GroupWise Linux agents are the same in a clustering environment
as for any other environment. Review “
Planning the GroupWise Agents ”, then print and fill out the
“ GroupWise Agent Installation Worksheet ” in “ Installing GroupWise Agents ” in the GroupWise 7
Installation Guide for each domain and post office for which you will install the Linux MTA or
POA.
IMPORTANT: Do not install the Linux agent software until you are instructed to do so in
Chapter 32, “Setting Up a Domain and a Post Office in a Heartbeat Cluster,” on page 307 .
Skip to Chapter 32, “Setting Up a Domain and a Post Office in a Heartbeat Cluster,” on page 307 .
30.7 GroupWise Clustering Worksheets
Š
Section 30.7.1, “Heartbeat Clustering Worksheet,” on page 293
Š
Section 30.7.2, “GroupWise Clustering Worksheet,” on page 294
30.7.1 Heartbeat Clustering Worksheet
Item Explanation
1) HA Management Client Password: Specify the password you use to access the GUI HA
Management Client.
For more information, see Section 30.1.1, “Recording
Heartbeat Cluster Information,” on page 286 .
2) Nodes in Cluster: List the nodes in your Heartbeat cluster that you will use in
your GroupWise system. Identify each node by its hostname
and its physical IP address on your network.
For more information, see Section 30.1.1, “Recording
Heartbeat Cluster Information,” on page 286 .
3) EVMS Container Resources: Specify the names of the EVMS failover container resources
that you want to represent partitions of shared storage
provided by the SAN in your cluster.
For more information, see Section 30.1.1, “Recording
Heartbeat Cluster Information,” on page 286 .
4) File System Resources:
Š
Device
Š
Directory
Š
File system type
List the EVMS device name (for example,
/dev/evms/
gwsystem/gwvol1
), the mount point directory (
/mnt
,
/
gwsystem
, etc.), and file system type (
reiserfs
,
ext3
, etc.),
for each file system.
For more information, see Section 30.1.1, “Recording
Heartbeat Cluster Information,” on page 286 .