Serviceguard NFS Toolkit for Linux Version A.01.
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Serviceguard NFS for Linux Version A.01.02 Release Notes Announcements 1 Serviceguard NFS for Linux Version A.01.02 Release Notes Announcements Serviceguard NFS for Linux is a separate set of shell scripts, and a binary file that allow you to configure Serviceguard packages that mount highly available networked file systems. An NFS server is a host that “exports” its local directories (makes them available for client hosts to mount using NFS).
Serviceguard NFS for Linux Version A.01.02 Release Notes Announcements Serviceguard A.11.15: • HP Integrity Servers and HP ProLiant Servers • SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 powered by UnitedLinux 1.0 • RedHat Enterprise Server 3 Complete NFS Toolkit product documentation is provided in the manual Managing Serviceguard NFS for Linux.
Serviceguard NFS for Linux Version A.01.02 Release Notes What’s in this Version What’s in this Version The following basic configurations are supported: • Simple failover from an active NFS server node to an idle NFS server node. • Failover from one active NFS server node to another active NFS server node, where the adoptive node supports more than one NFS package after the failover. • A host configured as an adoptive node for more than one NFS package.
Serviceguard NFS for Linux Version A.01.02 Release Notes What Manuals are Available for This Version What Manuals are Available for This Version The following manual containing information about HA NFS is included with Serviceguard NFS for Linux A.01.02: • Managing Serviceguard NFS for Linux (HP Part Number T1442-90007). Online versions of the user’s guides and white papers are also available on Hewlett-Packard’s Linux web page: http://docs.hp.
Serviceguard NFS for Linux Version A.01.02 Release Notes What Manuals are Available for This Version http://www.hp.com/go/ha The NFS Toolkit for Linux is not available in native language versions.
Serviceguard NFS for Linux Version A.01.02 Release Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements In addition to the instructions provided below, see Managing Serviceguard NFS on Linux (T1142-90007) for more detailed installing and configuring instructions. IMPORTANT You cannot use Serviceguard NFS Toolkit without NFS Services.
Serviceguard NFS for Linux Version A.01.02 Release Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements NOTE • README. Description of the tool kit contents. • hanfs.sh. The NFS control script template that starts and stops NFS daemons and exports and unexports file systems. • nfs.mon. The NFS monitor script. • /usr/bin/sync_rmtab. Remote mount table synchronization binary code. • toolkit.sh. The interface script between the Package Control Script and hanfs.sh.
Serviceguard NFS for Linux Version A.01.02 Release Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Script (hanfs.sh), and NFS monitor script (nfs.mon). You can use package specific file names for the scripts, such as pkg1.conf and pkg1.cntl. NOTE 12 pkg.cntl, toolkit.sh, and hanfs.sh should be in the same directory. Do not rename the toolkit.sh, hanfs.sh and nfs.mon. These files are hard coded in the two control scripts.
Serviceguard NFS for Linux Version A.01.02 Release Notes Known Problems and Workarounds Known Problems and Workarounds The following describes known problems with the NFS Toolkit and workarounds for them. However, this is subject to change without notice. For the most current information contact your HP support representative. More recent information on known problems and workarounds may be available on the Hewlett Packard IT Resource Center: http://itrc.hp.com (Americas and Asia Pacific) http://europe.
Serviceguard NFS for Linux Version A.01.02 Release Notes Known Problems and Workarounds 1. Verify that clients are not currently mounting the file systems. 2. Verify that all NFS packages are running on all nodes in the cluster. 3. On each node, perform: # cat /dev/null > /var/lib/nfs/rmtab 4. Resume the normal client mounting process.
Serviceguard NFS for Linux Version A.01.02 Release Notes Patches and Fixes in this Version Patches and Fixes in this Version Patches There are no known patches at the time of this publication. However, this is subject to change without notice. For the most current information contact your HP support representative. NOTE Patches can be superseded or withdrawn at any time. Be sure to check the status of any patch before downloading it.
Serviceguard NFS for Linux Version A.01.02 Release Notes Patches and Fixes in this Version sync_rmtab.c the file name was defined without the path. This has been changed to include the absolute path of the file. Defect Number Problem and Resolution (JAGaf09215) Problem: sync_rmtab sync and export do not match mounted subdirectories. “sync_rmtab sync /export/home” will only catch /export/home. It will not include /export/home/fred, /export/home/bob, etc.
Serviceguard NFS for Linux Version A.01.02 Release Notes Software Availability in Native Languages Software Availability in Native Languages The NFS Toolkit for Linux is not available in native language versions.
Serviceguard NFS for Linux Version A.01.
