beautypg.com

Adding a node to a cluster – Symantec VERITAS STORAGE FOUNDATION HP-UX User Manual

Page 52

background image

54 Adding and removing a node

Adding a node to a cluster

Adding a node to a cluster

If you want to add a new node to a multi-node cluster, first prepare the new
system hardware. Physically connect the new system to the cluster using private
networks and attach to any shared storage. Then install the required OS
software. Install all the prerequisite patches mentioned in

Required HP-UX

patches

” on page 15.

See “

Cluster platforms

” on page 11.

To add a node to a cluster

1

Log into the new system as superuser.

2

Determine the block device file for the DVD drive:

# ioscan -fnC disk

Make a note of the device file as it applies to your system.

3

Run the following commands to start PFS (Portable File System):

#

nohup pfs_mountd &

#

nohup pfsd &

4

Create a directory in which to mount the software disc and mount the disc
using the appropriate drive name. For example:

# mkdir -p /dvdrom

# /usr/sbin/mount -F cdfs /dev/dsk/c3t2d0 /dvdrom

5

Add

/opt/VRTS/bin

to your

PATH

and

/opt/VRTS/man

to your

MANPATH

environment variables
See “

Setting PATH and MANPATH environment variables

” on page 18.

6

Change to the SFCFS directory.

# cd sfcfs

7

Run the

installsfcfs

script with

-installonly

option to install all the

required SFCFS packages on the new node.

# ./installsfcfs -installonly

8

Enter y to install SFCFS on these systems.

Do you want to install SFCFS on these systems? [y,n,q] (y)

9

Enter the system name of the new node to install SFCFS.

Enter the system names separted by spaces on which to install

SFCFS: system03

10 Enter a license key for system03.

Enter a SFCFS license key for system03:[?]

XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-X