Index
B
- backup router
- See LVS clustering
C
- channel bonding
- See Ethernet bonding
- chkconfig,
Configuring Services on the LVS Routers
- cluster
- See cluster types
- administration,
Cluster Administration
- checking the configuration,
Checking the Cluster Configuration,
Using the shutil Utility
- daemons,
Configuring Cluster Daemons
- diagnosing and correcting problems,
Diagnosing and Correcting Problems in a Cluster
- disabling the cluster software,
Disabling the Cluster Software
- displaying status,
Displaying Cluster and Service Status
- name, changing,
Changing the Cluster Name
- using Red Hat Cluster Manager with Piranha,
Using Red Hat Cluster Manager with Piranha
- cluster administration,
Cluster Administration
- backing up the cluster database,
Backing Up and Restoring the Cluster Database
- changing the cluster name,
Changing the Cluster Name
- diagnosing and correcting problems in a cluster,
Diagnosing and Correcting Problems in a Cluster
- disabling the cluster software,
Disabling the Cluster Software
- displaying cluster and service status,
Displaying Cluster and Service Status
- modifying cluster event logging,
Modifying Cluster Event Logging
- modifying the cluster configuration,
Modifying the Cluster Configuration
- restoring the cluster database,
Backing Up and Restoring the Cluster Database
- starting and stopping the cluster software,
Starting and Stopping the Cluster Software
- updating the cluster software,
Updating the Cluster Software
- cluster command-line utilities,
Cluster Command-line Utilities
- cluster communication mechanisms,
Cluster Communication Mechanisms
- cluster configuration,
Checking the Cluster Configuration
- minimum
- example,
Minimum Hardware Requirements
- modifying,
Modifying the Cluster Configuration
- reloading,
Configuring the Cluster Software
- using the shutil utility,
Using the shutil Utility
- Cluster Configuration Tool
- accessing,
The Cluster Configuration Tool
- and Oracle service,
Oracle and the Cluster Configuration Tool
- cluster daemons,
Configuring Cluster Daemons
- membership daemon,
Configuring clumembd
- quorum daemon,
Configuring cluquorumd
- service manager daemon,
Configuring the clusvcmgrd daemon
- cluster database
- backing up,
Backing Up and Restoring the Cluster Database
- restoring,
Backing Up and Restoring the Cluster Database
- cluster event logging
- daemons
- cluhbd,
Modifying Cluster Event Logging
- clupowerd,
Modifying Cluster Event Logging
- cluquorumd,
Modifying Cluster Event Logging
- clusvcmgrd,
Modifying Cluster Event Logging
- severity levels,
Modifying Cluster Event Logging
- cluster features
- administration user interface,
Red Hat Cluster Manager Features
- application monitoring,
Red Hat Cluster Manager Features
- data integrity assurance,
Red Hat Cluster Manager Features
- event logging facility,
Red Hat Cluster Manager Features
- failover domain
- restricted,
Red Hat Cluster Manager Features
- unrestricted,
Red Hat Cluster Manager Features
- manual service relocation capabilities,
Red Hat Cluster Manager Features
- multiple cluster communication methods,
Red Hat Cluster Manager Features
- no-single-point-of-failure hardware configuration,
Red Hat Cluster Manager Features
- service configuration framework,
Red Hat Cluster Manager Features
- service failover capabilities,
Red Hat Cluster Manager Features
- status monitoring agent,
Red Hat Cluster Manager Features
- cluster hardware
- connecting,
Setting Up and Connecting the Cluster Hardware
- power controllers,
Choosing the Type of Power Controller
- setting up,
Setting Up and Connecting the Cluster Hardware
- cluster hardware tables,
Cluster Hardware Components
- cluster member hardware table,
Cluster Hardware Components
- cluster overview,
Red Hat Cluster Manager Overview
- cluster service,
Red Hat Cluster Manager Overview
- displaying status,
Displaying Cluster and Service Status
- cluster services
- active-active NFS configuration,
NFS Configuration: Active-Active Example
- administration,
Service Administration
- Apache HTTP Server, setting up,
Setting Up Apache HTTP Server
- httpd.conf,
Installing and Configuring the Apache HTTP Server
- configuration,
Adding a Service to the Cluster,
Configuring a Service
- configuring service disk storage,
Configuring Service Disk Storage
- deleting a service,
Deleting a Service
- disabling a service,
Disabling a Service
- displaying a service configuration,
Displaying a Service Configuration
- enabling a service,
Enabling a Service
- gathering service information,
Gathering Service Information
- handling a service that fails to start,
Handling Failed Services
- modifying a service,
Modifying a Service
- MySQL service, setting up,
Setting Up a MySQL Service
- NFS caveats,
NFS Caveats
- NFS client access,
NFS Client Access
- NFS Druid,
Using the NFS Druid
- NFS server requirements,
NFS Server Requirements
- NFS service, setting up,
Setting Up an NFS Service
- Oracle service, setting up,
Setting Up an Oracle Service
- Oracle, tuning,
Tuning Oracle Service
- relocating a service,
Relocating a Service
- Samba Druid,
Using the Samba Druid
- Samba operating model,
Samba Operating Model
- Samba server requirements,
Samba Server Requirements
- Samba service, setting up,
Setting Up a Samba Service
- scripts, creating,
Creating Service Scripts
- smb.conf.sharename file fields,
Fields in the smb.conf.sharename File
- verifying application software and service scripts,
Verifying Application Software and Service Scripts
- cluster software
- command-line utilities,
Cluster Command-line Utilities
- disabling,
Disabling the Cluster Software
- installation and configuration,
Cluster Configuration
- steps for installing and initializing,
Installing the Red Hat Cluster Suite Packages
- with rpm,
Installation with rpm
- with the Package Management Tool,
Installation with the Package Management Tool
- starting and stopping,
Starting and Stopping the Cluster Software
- steps for installing and initializing,
Installing the Red Hat Cluster Suite Packages
- updating,
Updating the Cluster Software
- version display,
Displaying the Cluster Software Version
- cluster software installation and configuration,
Cluster Configuration
- cluster systems,
Red Hat Cluster Manager Overview
- cluster types
- compute-clustering
- Beowulf,
Technology Overview
- definition of,
Technology Overview
- high-availability clustering,
Technology Overview
- See also Red Hat Cluster Manager
- definition of,
Technology Overview
- load-balance clustering,
Technology Overview
- See also LVS clustering
- definition of,
Technology Overview
- overview of,
Technology Overview
- clusvcadm
- using,
Using the clusvcadm Utility
- common cluster behaviors
- 2-4 Member cluster, IP tie-breaker,
Common Behaviors: 2-4 Member Cluster with IP-based Tie-Breaker
- 3-5 Member Cluster,
Common Behaviors: 3-5 Member Cluster
- miscellaneous,
Common Behaviors: Miscellaneous
- service daemons,
Common Behaviors: Cluster Service Daemons
- two member disk-based tie-breaker,
Common Behaviors: Two Member Cluster with Disk-based Tie-breaker
- common cluster behaviors table,
Common Cluster Behaviors: General
- components
- of LVS cluster,
Components of an LVS Cluster
- compute-clustering
- See cluster types
- configuration
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux,
Installing and Configuring Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- configuration file
- reloading,
Configuring the Cluster Software
- configuring a service,
Configuring a Service
- console startup messages
- displaying,
Displaying Console Startup Messages
- console switch,
Minimum Hardware Requirements
- setting up,
Setting Up a Console Switch
- console switch hardware table,
Cluster Hardware Components
- conventions
- document,
Document Conventions
D
- daemons
- clulockd
- configuring,
Configuring Cluster Daemons
- clumembd
- configuring,
Configuring Cluster Daemons
- cluquorumd
- configuring,
Configuring Cluster Daemons
- clurmtabd
- configuring,
Configuring Cluster Daemons
- clusvcmgrd
- configuring,
Configuring Cluster Daemons
- database service,
Red Hat Cluster Manager Features
- databases
- MySQL
- setting up service,
Setting Up a MySQL Service
- Oracle
- oraclescript example,
Setting Up an Oracle Service
- setting up,
Setting Up an Oracle Service
- startdb script example,
Setting Up an Oracle Service
- stopdb script example,
Setting Up an Oracle Service
- tuning,
Tuning Oracle Service
- using Cluster Configuration Tool with,
Oracle and the Cluster Configuration Tool
- deleting a service,
Deleting a Service
- diagnosing and correcting problems in a cluster
- table,
Diagnosing and Correcting Problems in a Cluster
- disabling a service,
Disabling a Service
- disk storage
- configuring service disk storage,
Configuring Service Disk Storage
- displaying a service configuration,
Displaying a Service Configuration
- displaying console startup messages,
Displaying Console Startup Messages
- displaying devices configured in the kernel,
Displaying Devices Configured in the Kernel
E
- enabling a service,
Enabling a Service
- Ethernet channel bonding
- configuring,
Configuring Ethernet Channel Bonding
- event logging
- modifying,
Modifying Cluster Event Logging
- syslog
- configuring,
Configuring syslogd Event Logging
- examples
- minimum cluster configuration,
Minimum Hardware Requirements
- NFS Druid,
Using the NFS Druid
- no single point of failure configuration,
Minimum Hardware Requirements
- oracle script,
Setting Up an Oracle Service
- Samba Druid,
Using the Samba Druid
- startdb script,
Setting Up an Oracle Service
- stopdb script,
Setting Up an Oracle Service
- using Cluster Configuration Tool to add an Oracle service,
Oracle and the Cluster Configuration Tool
- ext3,
Creating File Systems
F
- failover and recover scenarios,
Failover and Recovery Scenarios
- features, cluster,
Red Hat Cluster Manager Features
- feedback,
Send in Your Feedback
- file services
- NFS
- active-active configuration,
NFS Configuration: Active-Active Example
- caveats,
NFS Caveats
- client access,
NFS Client Access
- NFS Druid,
Using the NFS Druid
- server requirements,
NFS Server Requirements
- setting up service,
Setting Up an NFS Service
- Samba
- operating model,
Samba Operating Model
- Samba Druid,
Using the Samba Druid
- server requirements,
Samba Server Requirements
- setting up,
Setting Up a Samba Service
- file systems
- creating,
Creating File Systems
- FTP, clustering,
FTP In an LVS Cluster
- See also LVS clustering
G
- GFS
- cluster archive
- configuration,
Saving Your Configuration and Next Steps
- configuration
- with ccs_tool,
Saving Your Configuration and Next Steps
- GFS Setup Druid,
The GFS Setup Druid
- and CCS files,
Choose Location for CCS Files
- cluster name,
Cluster Name
- configuration,
The GFS Setup Druid
- configuring cluster members,
Cluster Members
- fence device configuration,
Fence Devices
- GULM settings,
LOCK_GULM parameters
- member configuration,
Adding a New Member
- post-configuration,
Saving Your Configuration and Next Steps
- saving configuration,
Saving Your Configuration and Next Steps
- Grand Unified Lock Manager
- See GULM
- GULM,
LOCK_GULM parameters
- configuration with GFS Setup Druid,
LOCK_GULM parameters
H
- handling a service that fails to start,
Handling Failed Services
- hardware
- installing basic cluster hardware,
Installing the Basic Cluster Hardware
- hardware configuration
- availability considerations,
Choosing a Hardware Configuration
- choosing a configuration,
Choosing a Hardware Configuration
- cost restrictions,
Choosing a Hardware Configuration
- data integrity under all failure conditions,
Choosing a Hardware Configuration
- minimum,
Minimum Hardware Requirements
- optional hardware,
Minimum Hardware Requirements
- performance considerations,
Choosing a Hardware Configuration
- shared storage requirements,
Shared Storage Requirements
- hardware information, supplementary,
Supplementary Hardware Information
- hardware installation
- operating system configuration,
Hardware Installation and Operating System Configuration
- hardware watchdog timer
- configuring,
Configuring a Hardware Watchdog Timer
- hardware watchdog timers,
Configuring a Hardware Watchdog Timer
- high-availability clustering
- See cluster types
- hot-standby configuration,
Red Hat Cluster Manager Overview
- how to use this manual,
How To Use This Manual
- HTTP services
- Apache HTTP Server
- httpd.conf,
Installing and Configuring the Apache HTTP Server
- setting up,
Setting Up Apache HTTP Server
I
- installation
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux,
Installing and Configuring Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- installing basic cluster hardware,
Installing the Basic Cluster Hardware
- installing the basic cluster hardware,
Installing the Basic Cluster Hardware
- introduction,
Introduction
- cluster features,
Red Hat Cluster Manager Features
- cluster overview,
Red Hat Cluster Manager Overview
- how to use this manual,
How To Use This Manual
- other Red Hat Enterprise Linux manuals,
Introduction
- iptables,
Configuring Services on the LVS Routers
- ipvsadm program,
ipvsadm
L
- least connections
- See job scheduling, LVS
- Linux Virtual Server
- See LVS clustering
- load-balance clustering
- See cluster types
- low voltage differential (LVD),
SCSI Bus Length
- LVS
- /etc/sysconfig/ha/lvs.cf file,
/etc/sysconfig/ha/lvs.cf
- components of,
Components of an LVS Cluster
- daemon,
lvs
- date replication, real servers,
Data Replication and Data Sharing Between Real Servers
- definition of,
Technology Overview
- initial configuration,
Initial LVS Configuration
- ipvsadm program,
ipvsadm
- job scheduling,
LVS Scheduling Overview
- lvs daemon,
lvs
- LVS routers
- configuring services,
Initial LVS Configuration
- necessary services,
Configuring Services on the LVS Routers
- primary node,
Initial LVS Configuration
- multi-port services,
Multi-port Services and LVS Clustering
- FTP,
FTP In an LVS Cluster
- nanny daemon,
nanny
- NAT routing
- enabling,
Enabling NAT Routing on the LVS Routers
- requirements, hardware,
The NAT LVS Cluster
- requirements, network,
The NAT LVS Cluster
- requirements, software,
The NAT LVS Cluster
- overview of,
Load-Balancing Clusters Using Linux Virtual Servers,
Linux Virtual Server Overview
- packet forwarding,
Initial LVS Configuration
- Piranha Configuration Tool,
Piranha Configuration Tool
- pulse daemon,
pulse
- real servers,
Load-Balancing Clusters Using Linux Virtual Servers
- routing methods
- NAT,
Routing Methods
- routing prerequisites,
Configuring Network Interfaces for a NAT LVS Cluster
- scheduling, job,
LVS Scheduling Overview
- send_arp program,
send_arp
- shared data,
Data Replication and Data Sharing Between Real Servers
- starting the cluster,
Configuring the LVS Routers with Piranha Configuration Tool
- synchronizing configuration files,
Configuring the LVS Routers with Piranha Configuration Tool
- three tiered
- Red Hat Cluster Manager,
A Three Tiered LVS Configuration
- using Red Hat Cluster Manager with Piranha,
Using Red Hat Cluster Manager with Piranha
- lvs daemon,
lvs
M
- member status table,
Displaying Cluster and Service Status
- member systems
- See cluster systems
- members
- setting up,
Setting Up the Members
- membership daemon,
Configuring clumembd
- minimum cluster configuration example,
Minimum Hardware Requirements
- minimum hardware configuration,
Minimum Hardware Requirements
- Mission Critical Linux, Inc.,
Acknowledgments
- mkfs,
Creating File Systems
- multi-port services, clustering,
Multi-port Services and LVS Clustering
- See also LVS clustering
- MySQL
- setting up service,
Setting Up a MySQL Service
N
- nanny daemon,
nanny
- NAT
- enabling,
Enabling NAT Routing on the LVS Routers
- routing methods, LVS,
Routing Methods
- network address translation
- See NAT
- network hardware table,
Cluster Hardware Components
- network hub,
Minimum Hardware Requirements
- network switch,
Minimum Hardware Requirements
- NFS
- active-active configuration,
NFS Configuration: Active-Active Example
- caveats,
NFS Caveats
- client access,
NFS Client Access
- NFS Druid,
Using the NFS Druid
- server requirements,
NFS Server Requirements
- setting up service,
Setting Up an NFS Service
- NMI watchdog timer
- enabling,
Enabling the NMI Watchdog Timer
- no single point of failure configuration,
Minimum Hardware Requirements
- Non-Maskable Interrupt (NMI) watchdog timers,
Enabling the NMI Watchdog Timer
P
- packet forwarding,
Initial LVS Configuration
- See also LVS clustering
- Parallel SCSI
- requirements,
Configuring Shared Disk Storage
- parted
- creating disk partitions,
Partitioning Disks
- partitioning disks,
Partitioning Disks
- Piranha
- using Red Hat Cluster Manager with,
Using Red Hat Cluster Manager with Piranha
- Piranha Configuration Tool,
Piranha Configuration Tool
- CONTROL/MONITORING,
Configuring the LVS Routers with Piranha Configuration Tool
- EDIT MONITORING SCRIPTS Subsection,
VIRTUAL SERVERS
- GLOBAL SETTINGS,
Configuring the LVS Routers with Piranha Configuration Tool
- limiting access to,
Initial LVS Configuration,
Limiting Access To the Piranha Configuration Tool
- login panel,
Configuring the LVS Routers with Piranha Configuration Tool
- necessary software,
Configuring the LVS Routers with Piranha Configuration Tool
- overview of,
Configuring the LVS Routers with Piranha Configuration Tool
- REAL SERVER subsection,
VIRTUAL SERVERS
- REDUNDANCY,
Configuring the LVS Routers with Piranha Configuration Tool
- setting a password,
Initial LVS Configuration
- VIRTUAL SERVER subsection
- Firewall Mark,
The VIRTUAL SERVER Subsection
- Persistence,
The VIRTUAL SERVER Subsection
- Scheduling,
The VIRTUAL SERVER Subsection
- Virtual IP Address,
The VIRTUAL SERVER Subsection
- VIRTUAL SERVER subsection,
VIRTUAL SERVERS
- VIRTUAL SERVERS,
Configuring the LVS Routers with Piranha Configuration Tool
- piranha-gui service,
Configuring Services on the LVS Routers
- piranha-passwd,
Initial LVS Configuration
- point-to-point Ethernet connection hardware table,
Cluster Hardware Components
- power controller connection, configuring,
Configuring a Power Controller Connection
- power controllers,
Choosing the Type of Power Controller
- network-attached,
Choosing the Type of Power Controller
- serial-attached,
Choosing the Type of Power Controller
- watchdog timers,
Choosing the Type of Power Controller
- hardware-based,
Choosing the Type of Power Controller
- software-based,
Choosing the Type of Power Controller
- power switch,
Configuring a Power Controller Connection
- See also power controller
- power switch hardware table,
Cluster Hardware Components
- power switches
- configuring,
Configuring Power Switches
- hardware watchdog timers
- configuring,
Configuring a Hardware Watchdog Timer
- NMI watchdog timers
- enabling,
Enabling the NMI Watchdog Timer
- setting up,
Setting Up Power Controllers
- watchdog,
Setting up Watchdog Power Switches
- software watchdog timers
- configuration,
Configuring the Software Watchdog Timer
- testing,
Testing the Power Switches,
Using the clufence Utility
- troubleshooting,
Testing the Power Switches,
Using the clufence Utility
- pulse daemon,
pulse
- pulse service,
Configuring Services on the LVS Routers
R
- raw,
Creating Raw Devices
- raw devices
- creating,
Creating Raw Devices
- rawdevices
- editing the file,
Editing the rawdevices File
- real servers
- See LVS clustering
- configuring services,
Initial LVS Configuration
- Red Hat Cluster Manager,
Technology Overview
- and Piranha,
Using Red Hat Cluster Manager with Piranha
- command-line utilities,
Cluster Command-line Utilities
- with Red Hat GFS,
The GFS Setup Druid
- Red Hat Cluster Suite,
Installing the Red Hat Cluster Suite Packages
- installation,
Installing the Red Hat Cluster Suite Packages
- with rpm,
Installation with rpm
- with the Package Management Tool,
Installation with the Package Management Tool
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux,
Introduction to Linux Virtual Server
- installation and configuration,
Installing and Configuring Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- overview of,
Technology Overview
- Red Hat GFS
- and Red Hat Cluster Suite,
The GFS Setup Druid
- Red Hat GFS with Red Hat Cluster Suite
- changes to Red Hat Cluster Suite,
Using Red Hat GFS with Red Hat Cluster Suite
- installation scenarios,
Using Red Hat GFS with Red Hat Cluster Suite
- terminology,
Using Red Hat GFS with Red Hat Cluster Suite
- using,
Using Red Hat GFS with Red Hat Cluster Suite
- using GFS Setup Druid,
The GFS Setup Druid
- relocating a service,
Relocating a Service
- round robin
- See job scheduling, LVS
- routing
- prerequisites for LVS,
Configuring Network Interfaces for a NAT LVS Cluster
S
- Samba
- operating model,
Samba Operating Model
- Samba Druid,
Using the Samba Druid
- server requirements,
Samba Server Requirements
- setting up service,
Setting Up a Samba Service
- smb.conf.sharename file fields,
Fields in the smb.conf.sharename File
- scheduling, job (LVS),
LVS Scheduling Overview
- scripts
- creating service scripts,
Creating Service Scripts
- oracle script example,
Setting Up an Oracle Service
- startdb script example,
Setting Up an Oracle Service
- stopdb script example,
Setting Up an Oracle Service
- verifying application software and service scripts,
Verifying Application Software and Service Scripts
- SCSI bus configuration requirements,
SCSI Bus Configuration Requirements
- SCSI bus length,
SCSI Bus Length
- SCSI bus termination,
SCSI Bus Termination
- SCSI identification numbers,
SCSI Identification Numbers
- security
- Piranha Configuration Tool,
Limiting Access To the Piranha Configuration Tool
- send_arp program,
send_arp
- service configuration,
Configuring a Service
- service failover,
Red Hat Cluster Manager Overview
- service property and resource information table,
Gathering Service Information
- service relocation,
Red Hat Cluster Manager Overview
- service status table,
Displaying Cluster and Service Status
- services,
Adding a Service to the Cluster
- See also adding to the cluster configuration
- shared cluster partitions
- configuring,
Configuring Shared Cluster Partitions
- requirements,
Configuring Shared Cluster Partitions
- shared disk storage
- configuring,
Configuring Shared Disk Storage
- shared disk storage hardware table,
Cluster Hardware Components
- shared partitions
- testing,
Testing the Shared Partitions
- shared state,
Red Hat Cluster Manager Overview
- shared storage,
Configuring Shared Disk Storage
- shared storage requirements,
Shared Storage Requirements
- single-initiator fibre channel interconnect
- setting up,
Setting Up a Fibre Channel Interconnect
- single-initiator SCSI bus
- setting up,
Setting Up a Single-initiator SCSI Bus
- software information, supplementary,
Supplementary Software Information
- software watchdog timers,
Configuring the Software Watchdog Timer
- sshd service,
Configuring Services on the LVS Routers
- synchronizing configuration files,
Configuring the LVS Routers with Piranha Configuration Tool
- syslog,
Configuring syslogd Event Logging
- syslog event logging
- configuring,
Configuring syslogd Event Logging
- syslogd,
Configuring syslogd Event Logging
- System V init,
Starting and Stopping the Cluster Software
T
- tables
- availability and data integrity,
Minimum Hardware Requirements
- cluster hardware,
Cluster Hardware Components
- cluster member hardware,
Cluster Hardware Components
- common cluster behaviors,
Common Cluster Behaviors: General
- console switch hardware,
Cluster Hardware Components
- diagnosing and correcting problems in a cluster,
Diagnosing and Correcting Problems in a Cluster
- installing the basic cluster hardware,
Installing the Basic Cluster Hardware
- member status,
Displaying Cluster and Service Status
- minimum cluster configuration components,
Minimum Hardware Requirements
- network hardware,
Cluster Hardware Components
- no single point of failure configuration,
Minimum Hardware Requirements
- point-to-point Ethernet connection hardware,
Cluster Hardware Components
- power controller connection, configuring,
Configuring a Power Controller Connection
- power switch hardware,
Cluster Hardware Components
- service property and resource information,
Gathering Service Information
- service status,
Displaying Cluster and Service Status
- shared disk storage hardware,
Cluster Hardware Components
- UPS system hardware,
Cluster Hardware Components
- terminal server,
Minimum Hardware Requirements
- testing
- power switches,
Testing the Power Switches,
Using the clufence Utility
- quorum partitions,
Using the shutil Utility
- shared partitions,
Testing the Shared Partitions
- troubleshooting
- diagnosing and correcting problems in a cluster,
Diagnosing and Correcting Problems in a Cluster
- failover and recover scenarios,
Failover and Recovery Scenarios
- power switch testing,
Testing the Power Switches,
Using the clufence Utility
- table,
Diagnosing and Correcting Problems in a Cluster