Red Hat Cluster Suite, Manual

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148 Appendix B. Selectively Installing Red Hat Cluster Suite Packages
• gnbd-kernel
— Kernel module for the GFS Network Block Device
• lvm2-cluster
— Cluster extensions for the logical volume manager
• GFS-kernheaders
— GFS kernel header files
• gnbd-kernheaders
—
gnbd
kernel header files
Tip
You can access the Red Hat Cluster Suite and Red Hat GFS products by using Red
Hat Network to subscribe to and access the channels containing the Red Hat Cluster
Suite and Red Hat GFS packages. From the Red Hat Network channel, you can manage
entitlements for your cluster nodes and upgrade packages for each node within the Red
Hat Network Web-based interface. For more information on using Red Hat Network, visit
the following URL:
http://rhn.redhat.com
You can install Red Hat Cluster Suite and Red Hat GFS RPMs using either of the following
methods:
•
Automatic RPM installation — Using
up2date
•
Custom RPM installation — Selectively installing RPMs using the
rpm
utility
For automatic RPM installation, refer to Section B.1.1 Automatic RPM Installation . For
custom RPM installation, refer to Section B.1.2 Custom RPM Installation .
B.1.1. Automatic RPM Installation
Automatic RPM installation consists of running the
up2date
utility at each node for the
Red Hat Cluster Suite and Red Hat GFS products.
Note
If you are installing the GFS RPMs, you must run
up2date
for Red Hat Cluster Suite
before running it for Red Hat GFS.
To automatically install RPMs, do the following at each node:
1. Log on as the root user.