HP StorageWorks XP Cluster Extension Software Administrator Guide (T1656-96035, April 2010)

Including the XP Cluster Extension resource type ........................................................................... 79
Configuring the XP Cluster Extension resource ............................................................................... 79
XP Cluster Extension resource types ....................................................................................... 79
Resource type definition ...................................................................................................... 79
Adding an XP Cluster Extension resource ..................................................................................... 80
Adding an XP Cluster Extension resource using the VCS CLI ..................................................... 80
Adding an XP Cluster Extension resource using the VCS Cluster Manager GUI ........................... 80
Changing XP Cluster Extension attributes ..................................................................................... 83
Changing an attribute value using the VCS CLI ...................................................................... 83
Changing an attribute value using the VCS Cluster Manager GUI ............................................. 83
Linking an XP Cluster Extension resource ...................................................................................... 84
Linking other resources to the XP Cluster Extension resource ..................................................... 84
Linking other resources using the VCS Cluster Manager GUI .................................................... 85
Bringing an XP Cluster Extension resource online .......................................................................... 85
Enabling and bringing an XP Cluster Extension resource online using the CLI ............................. 85
Enabling and bringing an XP Cluster Extension resource online using the VCS Cluster Manager
GUI .................................................................................................................................. 85
Taking an XP Cluster Extension resource offline ............................................................................. 86
Taking an XP Cluster Extension resource offline using the VCS Cluster Manager GUI ................... 86
Deleting an XP Cluster Extension resource .................................................................................... 87
Deleting a resource using the VCS CLI .................................................................................. 87
Deleting a resource using the VCS Cluster Manager GUI ......................................................... 87
Disabling the XP Cluster Extension agent ...................................................................................... 87
Pair/resync monitor integration ................................................................................................... 88
Log-level reporting .............................................................................................................. 88
Timing considerations for VCS .................................................................................................... 88
Enabling/disabling service groups .............................................................................................. 89
Restrictions for VCS with XP Cluster Extension ............................................................................... 90
Unexpected offline conditions ..................................................................................................... 90
Bringing the XP Cluster Extension resources online .................................................................. 91
5 Configuring XP Cluster Extension for Linux ........................................... 93
XP Cluster Extension for Linux: Sample configuration ...................................................................... 93
Configuring XP Cluster Extension with RHCS ................................................................................. 95
Configuration overview ....................................................................................................... 95
Creating an RHCS XP Cluster Extension shared resource ......................................................... 95
Using Conga to create a shared resource ....................................................................... 95
Using system-config-cluster to create a shared resource ..................................................... 96
Creating an RHCS service using the XP Cluster Extension shared resource ................................. 97
Using Conga to create a service .................................................................................... 97
Using system-config-cluster to create a service .................................................................. 98
Creating the XP Cluster Extension resource configuration file .............................................. 99
Testing the service configuration .................................................................................. 100
Managing XP Cluster Extension services (RHCS) ................................................................... 101
Starting an RHCS service ............................................................................................ 101
Stopping or disabling an RHCS service ........................................................................ 101
Configuring XP Cluster Extension with SLE HA ............................................................................ 102
Configuration overview ..................................................................................................... 102
Creating and configuring an XP Cluster Extension resource .................................................... 102
Creating the XP Cluster Extension resource configuration file ............................................ 102
Creating an XP Cluster Extension resource for Pacemaker ................................................ 103
Creating an XP Cluster Extension resource for Heartbeat ................................................. 105
Testing the configuration ............................................................................................. 106
Managing XP Cluster Extension services (SLE HA) ................................................................. 106
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