Installing and Configuring Tiebreaker
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Ability to connect to the 7700 Controllers via the heartbeat IP address.
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Ability to connect to server’s power control device via IPMI or Dell iDRAC.
Downloading Tiebreaker Installation File
1.
Go to
http://www.violinsystems.com/support/
2.
Log in to Customer Support using your Violin Systems Customer Portal login and password
information. (Contact Customer Support if you do not have an account.)
3.
Click the
Software Downloads
tab.
4.
Navigate to the following folder:
Concerto OS7 Flash Storage Platform > Concerto OS
<release_version>
> Stretch Cluster Software > Stretch Cluster Software Image Files
.
5.
Depending on the server used for tiebreaker (physical or virtual), download one of the
following files:
a.
For a virtual server, download the
tiebreaker-
<release-version>
.ova
file to a USB drive.
b.
For a physical server, download the
tiebreaker-
<release-version>
.rpm
file to a USB
drive.
Installing Tiebreaker on a Virtual Machine
This section demonstrates the basic steps for installing the tiebreaker
-<release-version>
.ova file on
vCenter server. See the vCenter documentation for more information.
1.
Launch a vSphere Client connected to a vCenter Server, then select the ESX server
(datacenter) from the navigation pane on the left on which to deploy tiebreaker.
2.
Choose
File > Deploy OVF Template
. Then in the dialog that appears, click
Browse
,
navigate to the download location of the .ova file, select the file, and then click
Open
.
3.
Click
Next
. The template details appear. Click
Next
again.
4.
Read through the End User License Agreement (EULA), click
Accept
, click
Accept
a second
time, then click
Next
.
5.
Select the datacenter from the Inventory Location list, enter a unique Name for the VM if
necessary, then click
Next
.
6.
Select the resource pool (ESX server) within which to install tiebreaker and then click
Next
.
7.
Select the destination datastore for tiebreaker VM, click
Next
, then select one of the following
provision options:
— Thick Provision Lazy Zeroed: requires a minimum of 60 GB of free space.
— Thick Provision Eager Zeroed: requires a minimum of 60 GB of free space.
— Thin Provision: requires a minimum of 4 GB of free space.
8.
Click
Next
and do one of the following:
— To specify a static IP address, set the appropriate network properties.
— For DHCP, leave the Network Property options blank.
9.
Review the configuration summary, click the
Power on after deployment
check box, then
click
Finish
.