HP ProLiant Storage Server User Guide (440584-005, June 2008)

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
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