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Cluster Server 8.0.2 Configuration and Upgrade Guide - AIX
Last Published:
2023-06-05
Product(s):
InfoScale & Storage Foundation (8.0.2)
Platform: AIX
- Section I. Configuring Cluster Server using the script-based installer
- I/O fencing requirements
- Preparing to configure VCS clusters for data integrity
- About planning to configure I/O fencing
- Setting up the CP server
- Configuring VCS
- Overview of tasks to configure VCS using the product installer
- Starting the software configuration
- Specifying systems for configuration
- Configuring the cluster name
- Configuring private heartbeat links
- Configuring the virtual IP of the cluster
- Configuring VCS in secure mode
- Setting up trust relationships for your VCS cluster
- Configuring a secure cluster node by node
- Adding VCS users
- Configuring SMTP email notification
- Configuring SNMP trap notification
- Configuring global clusters
- Completing the VCS configuration
- About Veritas License Audit Tool
- Verifying and updating licenses on the system
- Configuring VCS clusters for data integrity
- Setting up disk-based I/O fencing using installer
- Setting up server-based I/O fencing using installer
- Setting up non-SCSI-3 I/O fencing in virtual environments using installer
- Setting up majority-based I/O fencing using installer
- Enabling or disabling the preferred fencing policy
- Section II. Automated configuration using response files
- Performing an automated VCS configuration
- Performing an automated I/O fencing configuration using response files
- Configuring I/O fencing using response files
- Response file variables to configure disk-based I/O fencing
- Sample response file for configuring disk-based I/O fencing
- Response file variables to configure server-based I/O fencing
- Sample response file for configuring server-based I/O fencing
- Response file variables to configure non-SCSI-3 I/O fencing
- Sample response file for configuring non-SCSI-3 I/O fencing
- Response file variables to configure majority-based I/O fencing
- Sample response file for configuring majority-based I/O fencing
- Section III. Manual configuration
- Manually configuring VCS
- About configuring VCS manually
- Configuring LLT manually
- Configuring GAB manually
- Configuring VCS manually
- Configuring VCS in single node mode
- Starting LLT, GAB, and VCS after manual configuration
- About configuring cluster using VCS Cluster Configuration wizard
- Before configuring a VCS cluster using the VCS Cluster Configuration wizard
- Launching the VCS Cluster Configuration wizard
- Configuring a cluster by using the VCS cluster configuration wizard
- Adding a system to a VCS cluster
- Modifying the VCS configuration
- Manually configuring the clusters for data integrity
- Setting up disk-based I/O fencing manually
- Setting up server-based I/O fencing manually
- Preparing the CP servers manually for use by the VCS cluster
- Generating the client key and certificates manually on the client nodes
- Configuring server-based fencing on the VCS cluster manually
- Configuring CoordPoint agent to monitor coordination points
- Verifying server-based I/O fencing configuration
- Setting up non-SCSI-3 fencing in virtual environments manually
- Setting up majority-based I/O fencing manually
- Manually configuring VCS
- Section IV. Upgrading VCS
- Planning to upgrade VCS
- About upgrading to VCS 8.0.2
- Upgrading VCS in secure enterprise environments
- Supported upgrade paths
- Considerations for upgrading secure VCS 6.x clusters to VCS 8.0.2
- Considerations for upgrading VCS to 8.0.2 on systems configured with an Oracle resource
- Considerations for upgrading CP servers
- Considerations for upgrading CP clients
- Considerations for upgrading REST server
- Using Install Bundles to simultaneously install or upgrade full releases (base, maintenance, rolling patch), and individual patches
- Performing a VCS upgrade using the installer
- Before upgrading VCS using the script-based installer
- Upgrading VCS using the product installer
- Upgrading to 2048 bit key and SHA256 signature certificates
- Tasks to perform after upgrading to 2048 bit key and SHA256 signature certificates
- Deleting certificates of non-root users after upgrading to 2048 bit key and SHA256 signature certificates
- Re-establishing WAC communication in global clusters after upgrading to 2048 bit key and SHA256 signature certificates
- Re-establishing CP server and CP client communication after upgrading to 2048 bit key and SHA256 signature certificates
- Re-establishing trust with Steward after upgrading to 2048 bit key and SHA256 signature certificates
- Upgrading Steward to 2048 bit key and SHA256 signature certificates
- Performing an online upgrade
- Performing a phased upgrade of VCS
- About phased upgrade
- Performing a phased upgrade using the product installer
- Moving the service groups to the second subcluster
- Upgrading the operating system on the first subcluster
- Upgrading the first subcluster
- Preparing the second subcluster
- Activating the first subcluster
- Upgrading the operating system on the second subcluster
- Upgrading the second subcluster
- Finishing the phased upgrade
- Performing an automated VCS upgrade using response files
- Planning to upgrade VCS
- Section V. Adding and removing cluster nodes
- Adding a node to a single-node cluster
- Adding a node to a single-node cluster
- Adding a node to a multi-node VCS cluster
- Adding nodes using the VCS installer
- Manually adding a node to a cluster
- Setting up the hardware
- Installing the VCS software manually when adding a node
- Setting up the node to run in secure mode
- Configuring LLT and GAB when adding a node to the cluster
- Configuring I/O fencing on the new node
- Adding the node to the existing cluster
- Starting VCS and verifying the cluster
- Adding a node using response files
- Removing a node from a VCS cluster
- Removing a node from a VCS cluster
- Verifying the status of nodes and service groups
- Deleting the departing node from VCS configuration
- Modifying configuration files on each remaining node
- Removing the node configuration from the CP server
- Removing security credentials from the leaving node
- Unloading LLT and GAB and removing Veritas InfoScale Availability or Enterprise on the departing node
- Removing a node from a VCS cluster
- Adding a node to a single-node cluster
- Section VI. Installation reference
- Appendix A. Services and ports
- Appendix B. Configuration files
- Appendix C. Configuring LLT over UDP
- Using the UDP layer for LLT
- Manually configuring LLT over UDP using IPv4
- Broadcast address in the /etc/llttab file
- The link command in the /etc/llttab file
- The set-addr command in the /etc/llttab file
- Selecting UDP ports
- Configuring the netmask for LLT
- Configuring the broadcast address for LLT
- Sample configuration: direct-attached links
- Sample configuration: links crossing IP routers
- Manually configuring LLT over UDP using IPv6
- LLT over UDP sample /etc/llttab
- Appendix D. Migrating LLT links from IPv4 to IPv6 or dual-stack
- Appendix E. Configuring the secure shell or the remote shell for communications
- About configuring secure shell or remote shell communication modes before installing products
- Manually configuring passwordless ssh
- Setting up ssh and rsh connection using the installer -comsetup command
- Setting up ssh and rsh connection using the pwdutil.pl utility
- Restarting the ssh session
- Enabling rsh for AIX
- Appendix F. Installation script options
- Appendix G. Troubleshooting VCS configuration
- Restarting the installer after a failed network connection
- Cannot launch the cluster view link
- Starting and stopping processes for the Veritas InfoScale products
- Installer cannot create UUID for the cluster
- LLT startup script displays errors
- The vxfentsthdw utility fails for Active/Passive arrays when you test disks in raw format
- The vxfentsthdw utility fails when SCSI TEST UNIT READY command fails
- Issues during fencing startup on VCS cluster nodes set up for server-based fencing
- Appendix H. Sample VCS cluster setup diagrams for CP server-based I/O fencing
- Appendix I. Changing NFS server major numbers for VxVM volumes
- Appendix J. Upgrading the Steward process
Sample /etc/vxfenmode file for non-SCSI-3 fencing
#
# vxfen_mode determines in what mode VCS I/O Fencing should work.
#
# available options:
# scsi3 - use scsi3 persistent reservation disks
# customized - use script based customized fencing
# disabled - run the driver but don't do any actual fencing
#
vxfen_mode=customized
# vxfen_mechanism determines the mechanism for customized I/O
# fencing that should be used.
#
# available options:
# cps - use a coordination point server with optional script
# controlled scsi3 disks
#
vxfen_mechanism=cps
#
# scsi3_disk_policy determines the way in which I/O fencing
# communicates with the coordination disks. This field is
# required only if customized coordinator disks are being used.
#
# available options:
# dmp - use dynamic multipathing
#
scsi3_disk_policy=dmp
#
# Seconds for which the winning sub cluster waits to allow for the
# losing subcluster to panic & drain I/Os. Useful in the absence of
# SCSI3 based data disk fencing loser_exit_delay=55
#
# Seconds for which vxfend process wait for a customized fencing
# script to complete. Only used with vxfen_mode=customized
# vxfen_script_timeout=25
#
# vxfen_honor_cp_order determines the order in which vxfen
# should use the coordination points specified in this file.
#
# available options:
# 0 - vxfen uses a sorted list of coordination points specified
# in this file, the order in which coordination points are specified
# does not matter.
# (default)
# 1 - vxfen uses the coordination points in the same order they are
# specified in this file
# Specify 3 or more odd number of coordination points in this file,
# each one in its own line. They can be all-CP servers, all-SCSI-3
# compliant coordinator disks, or a combination of CP servers and
# SCSI-3 compliant coordinator disks.
# Please ensure that the CP server coordination points are
# numbered sequentially and in the same order on all the cluster
# nodes.
#
# Coordination Point Server(CPS) is specified as follows:
#
# cps<number>=[<vip/vhn>]:<port>
#
# If a CPS supports multiple virtual IPs or virtual hostnames
# over different subnets, all of the IPs/names can be specified
# in a comma separated list as follows:
#
# cps<number>=[<vip_1/vhn_1>]:<port_1>,[<vip_2/vhn_2>]:<port_2>,
# ...,[<vip_n/vhn_n>]:<port_n>
#
# Where,
# <number>
# is the serial number of the CPS as a coordination point; must
# start with 1.
# <vip>
# is the virtual IP address of the CPS, must be specified in
# square brackets ("[]").
# <vhn>
# is the virtual hostname of the CPS, must be specified in square
# brackets ("[]").
# <port>
# is the port number bound to a particular <vip/vhn> of the CPS.
# It is optional to specify a <port>. However, if specified, it
# must follow a colon (":") after <vip/vhn>. If not specified, the
# colon (":") must not exist after <vip/vhn>.
#
# For all the <vip/vhn>s which do not have a specified <port>,
# a default port can be specified as follows:
#
# port=<default_port>
#
# Where <default_port> is applicable to all the <vip/vhn>s for which a
# <port> is not specified. In other words, specifying <port> with a
# <vip/vhn> overrides the <default_port> for that <vip/vhn>.
# If the <default_port> is not specified, and there are <vip/vhn>s for
# which <port> is not specified, then port number 14250 will be used
# for such <vip/vhn>s.
#
# Example of specifying CP Servers to be used as coordination points:
# port=57777
# cps1=[192.168.0.23],[192.168.0.24]:58888,[cps1.company.com]
# cps2=[192.168.0.25]
# cps3=[cps2.company.com]:59999
#
# In the above example,
# - port 58888 will be used for vip [192.168.0.24]
# - port 59999 will be used for vhn [cps2.company.com], and
# - default port 57777 will be used for all remaining <vip/vhn>s:
# [192.168.0.23]
# [cps1.company.com]
# [192.168.0.25]
# - if default port 57777 were not specified, port 14250 would be
# used for all remaining <vip/vhn>s:
# [192.168.0.23]
# [cps1.company.com]
# [192.168.0.25]
#
# SCSI-3 compliant coordinator disks are specified as:
#
# vxfendg=<coordinator disk group name>
# Example:
# vxfendg=vxfencoorddg
#
# Examples of different configurations:
# 1. All CP server coordination points
# cps1=
# cps2=
# cps3=
#
# 2. A combination of CP server and a disk group having two SCSI-3
# coordinator disks
# cps1=
# vxfendg=
# Note: The disk group specified in this case should have two disks
#
# 3. All SCSI-3 coordinator disks
# vxfendg=
# Note: The disk group specified in case should have three disks
# cps1=[cps1.company.com]
# cps2=[cps2.company.com]
# cps3=[cps3.company.com]
# port=443