beautypg.com

9 cluster administration – HP ProLiant DL160 G5 Storage-Server User Manual

Page 7

background image

Extend Virtual Disk Wizard ......................................................................................... 125
Schedule Snapshot Wizard
......................................................................................... 125

Hardware provider ........................................................................................................... 126
Cluster support
................................................................................................................. 126

9 Cluster administration ..................................................................... 127

Cluster overview ..................................................................................................................... 127
Cluster terms and components .................................................................................................. 128

Nodes ............................................................................................................................ 128
Resources
........................................................................................................................ 128
Cluster groups ................................................................................................................. 129
Virtual servers
.................................................................................................................. 129
Failover and failback
........................................................................................................ 129
Quorum disk
................................................................................................................... 129

Cluster concepts ..................................................................................................................... 130

Sequence of events for cluster resources .............................................................................. 130
Hierarchy of cluster resource components ............................................................................ 131

Cluster planning ..................................................................................................................... 131

Storage planning ............................................................................................................. 132
Network planning
............................................................................................................ 132
Protocol planning ............................................................................................................. 133

Preparing for cluster installation ................................................................................................ 134

Before beginning installation ............................................................................................. 134
Using multipath data paths for high availability
.................................................................... 134
Enabling cluster aware Microsoft Services for NFS (optional)
.................................................. 134
Checklists for cluster server installation ................................................................................ 135

Network requirements ................................................................................................ 135
Shared disk requirements ............................................................................................ 136

Cluster installation ................................................................................................................... 136

Setting up networks .......................................................................................................... 137

Configuring the private network adapter ....................................................................... 137
Configuring the public network adapter
........................................................................ 137
Renaming the local area connection icons
.................................................................... 137
Verifying connectivity and name resolution
.................................................................... 137
Verifying domain membership ..................................................................................... 138
Setting up a cluster account
........................................................................................ 138
About the Quorum disk
.............................................................................................. 138
Configuring shared disks
............................................................................................ 138
Verifying disk access and functionality
.......................................................................... 138

Configuring cluster service software ........................................................................................... 138

Using Cluster Administrator ............................................................................................... 139

Using Cluster Administrator remotely ............................................................................ 139
The HP Storage Server Management Console
................................................................ 139

Creating a cluster ............................................................................................................. 139
Adding nodes to a cluster
.................................................................................................. 139
Geographically dispersed clusters ...................................................................................... 140

Cluster groups and resources, including file shares ...................................................................... 140

Cluster group overview ..................................................................................................... 140

Node-based cluster groups ......................................................................................... 140
Load balancing ......................................................................................................... 141

File share resource planning issues ..................................................................................... 141

Resource planning ..................................................................................................... 141
Permissions and access rights on share resources
........................................................... 141
NFS cluster-specific issues ........................................................................................... 142

HP ProLiant Storage Server

7