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programs to get cluster status alerts. The cluster IP address provides a single point for cluster
access, configuration, and management. A Master IP Address resource that makes this possible
is created automatically during the Cluster Services installation.
The cluster IP address will be bound to the master node and will remain with the master node
regardless of which server is the master node.
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(Conditional) If you are creating a new cluster, select the device where the SBD partition will
be created.
For example, the device might be something similar to sdc.
If you have a shared disk system or SAN attached to your cluster servers, Novell Cluster
Services will create a small cluster partition on that shared disk system. This small cluster
partition is referred to as the Split Brain Detector (SBD) partition. Specify the drive or device
where you want the small cluster partition created.
If you do not have a shared disk system connected to your cluster servers, accept the default
(none).
IMPORTANT:
You must have at least 20 MB of free space 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
Novell Cluster Services.
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(Conditional) If you want to mirror the SBD partition for greater fault tolerance, select the
device where you want to mirror to, then click
Next
.
You can also mirror SBD partitions after installing Novell Cluster Services. See
Section 4.6.10,
“Mirroring SBD (Cluster) Partitions,” on page 60
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Select the IP address Novell Cluster Services will use for this node.
Some servers have multiple IP addresses. This step lets you choose which IP address Novell
Cluster Services will use.
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Choose whether to start Novell Cluster Services software after configuring it, then click
Next
.
This option applies only to installing Novell Cluster Services after the OES installation,
because it starts automatically when the server reboots during the OES installation.
If you choose to not start Novell Cluster Services software, you need to either manually start it
after the installation, or reboot the cluster server to automatically start it.
You can manually start Novell Cluster Services by going to the
/etc/init.d
directory and
entering
./novell-ncs start
at the server console of the cluster server.
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Continue through the rest of the OES installation.
3.5.3 Installing Novell Cluster Services after the OES
Installation
If you did not install Novell Cluster Services during the OES installation, you can install it later by
completing the following steps:
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At the Linux server console, type
yast2 ncs
.
This installs the Novell Cluster Services software component and takes you to the cluster
configuration screen.
You must be logged in as root to access the cluster configuration screen.