Configuring highly available clusters using HACMP 4.5 / [Adrian Demeter ... et al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Demeter, Adrian.

Contributor:

Demeter, Adrian.

International Business Machines Corporation. International Technical Support Organization.

Series:

IBM redbooks.

IBM redbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Parallel computers.

Beowulf clusters (Computer systems).

IBM software.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (308 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

San Jose, CA : IBM, International Technical Support Organization, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Front cover

Contents

Figures

Tables

Notices

Trademarks

Preface

The team that wrote this redbook

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Comments welcome

Summary of changes

October 2002, Second Edition

Chapter 1. HACMP 4.5 overview

1.1 Introduction to HACMP

1.2 Requirements and prerequisites

1.2.1 Supported hardware

1.2.2 Required software levels

1.3 New features and functions

1.3.1 Usability enhancements

1.3.2 Administrative enhancements

1.3.3 Network enhancements

1.3.4 Device support

1.3.5 Application support

1.4 Installation and migration considerations

Chapter 2. Configuring highly available p690 clusters

2.1 LPAR

2.2 Hardware Management Console (HMC)

2.3 Planning considerations

2.3.1 System configuration

2.3.2 HMC high availability

2.3.3 Network

2.3.4 Storage

2.3.5 Software

2.4 Clustering with HACMP

2.4.1 Lab environment

2.4.2 System configuration

2.4.3 Preparing the cluster for high availability

2.4.4 Define the LPARs configuration on both p690s

2.4.5 Configure the nodes

2.4.6 Installing HACMP

2.4.7 Scenario 1: Cluster with 2 Ethernet and SSA storage

2.4.8 Scenario 2: Using SP Switch/SP Switch2 adapter

2.4.9 Scenario 3: Dual SP Switch2 network

2.4.10 Scenario 4: IP Aliasing

2.4.11 Scenario 5: Integrating ESS storage into HACMP

Chapter 3. HACWS: An HACMP Application for Cluster 1600

3.1 HACWS

3.2 Definitions

3.3 Requirements

3.3.1 Hardware requirements

3.3.2 Software requirements

3.4 Operation of HACWS

3.4.1 Components of HACWS

Rotating resource group - hacws_group1

The hacws_apps application server

Custom cluster events

3.4.2 Planning the HACMP configuration

Planning networks

The /spdata file system

3.4.3 Requirements imposed on the logical definitions

Network design.

HACMP startup design

3.5 Configurations used in this document

3.5.1 SP frame only with no standby adapters on the CWS

3.5.2 SP frame only with standby adapters on the primary CWS

3.5.3 SP Frame and p690 with the CWS and HMC on same SPLAN

3.5.4 CWS and HMC on a private network other than SPLAN

3.5.5 CWS and HMC on a private network with standby adapters

3.5.6 IP labels and networks

3.6 Installing and configuring HACWS

3.6.1 Preparation

Install the SP system

Install AIX on the backup control workstation

Configure shared storage

Configure RS-232 control lines

Configure non-IP network

3.6.2 Configuration of the backup control workstation

Install PSSP on the backup control workstation

Tune parameters on the backup control workstation

Configure authentication on the backup control workstation

3.6.3 Kerberos configuration on the backup control workstation

Add the boot address(es) of the primary control workstation

Add the Kerberos Version 4 rcmd service(s) key

Configure the secondary authentication server

Copy the Kerberos Version 4 keys to the backup CWS

Verify the Kerberos Version 4 database

3.6.4 Install HACMP/ES on both control workstations

3.6.5 Install HACWS

3.6.6 Configure HACWS

Stop the SP services on the primary CWS

Configure boot adapters on boot IP labels

Additional administrative steps

3.6.7 Configure HACMP topology

Define the cluster ID and name

Define the nodes to HACMP

Define the adapters to HACMP

Boot IP labels

Standby IP labels (optional)

Discover network topology

Service IP labels

Persistent IP label (optional)

Check the subnet

Synchronize the cluster topology

Configure the non-IP network

Add adapters for the serial network

Avoiding false adapter failures.

Configure HACWS application server

Configure HACWS resource group

Synchronize cluster resources

3.6.8 Set up the HACWS configuration

Make control workstations addressable by their host name

Install and configure HACWS

Customize cluster event processing

Add IP Alias

3.6.9 Verify HACWS and hardware configuration

3.6.10 Reboot primary and start cluster services

3.6.11 Verify operation of the primary control workstation

3.6.12 Start the backup control workstation

3.6.13 Starting of cluster services on the primary workstation

3.6.14 Backups

3.6.15 Testing HACWS

Testing failover and the operation of the backup CWS

Testing adapter failure (optional)

Testing failure of the private network for CWS and HMC

3.7 Considerations

Configuration changes

Chapter 4. HAGEO integration with HACMP cluster

4.1 HAGEO integration with HACMP

4.1.1 History

4.2 Planning

4.2.1 Hardware requirements

4.2.2 Software requirements

4.2.3 Configuration examples

4.3 New features of HAGEO 2.4

4.3.1 Integration with HACMP

4.3.2 TCP option for remote mirroring

4.3.3 Selection of temporal ordering policies

4.3.4 Support for 64-bit kernel environment

4.4 Clustering with HAGEO

4.4.1 Configure geographic topology

4.4.2 Configure GeoMirror devices

4.4.3 Managing the Geo Cluster

4.4.4 Performance considerations

4.4.5 Migration considerations

4.4.6 Troubleshooting

4.4.7 Maintenance considerations

Abbreviations and acronyms

Related publications

IBM Redbooks

Other resources

Referenced Web sites

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Index

Back cover.

Notes:

"October 2002."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC:

560375872