Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • TOC36;Table of Contents - Introduction
  • CH36;CHAPTER 158; Introduction to Clustering and High Availability - Novell Cluster Services Defined - Shared Disk Access - Secondary IP Addresses - Clustering Terminology - High45;Availability Solutions Overview - Novell Cluster Services - Business Continuity Clustering - PolyServe Matrix Server - Heartbeat Subsystem for High45;Availability Linux - When Not to Cluster Applications - Availability Defined - High Availability Defined - Calculating Average Downtime - Avoiding Downtime - Hardware - Environment - Software - Procedures - Novell Cluster Services Requirements - Hardware Requirements - Software Requirements
  • CH36;CHAPTER 258; Examining Novell Cluster Services Architecture - Novell Cluster Services Objects and Modules - Cluster eDirectory Objects - Cluster Modules - Heartbeats44; Epoch Numbers44; and the Split Brain Detector - Removing a Failing Slave Node - Removing a Failed Master Node - Summary
  • CH36;CHAPTER 358; Clustering Design - Cluster Design Guidelines - How Many Nodes to Choose - Using a Heartbeat LAN or Not - Use NIC Teaming - Choosing Storage Methods - Mirror the Split Brain Detector Partition - Selecting Applications to Run in a Cluster - eDirectory Cluster Guidelines - Creating a Failover Matrix - Application45;Specific Design Guidelines - Install Applications on the Shared Disk - Execute NCF and Script Files from the Load and Unload Scripts - Clustering Without Shared Storage - Prepare the Cluster
  • CH36;CHAPTER 458; Installation and Configuration - Installing NCS on OES NetWare - Exploring eDirectory After Cluster Installation - Adding a NetWare Node to a NetWare Cluster - Installing NCS on Linux - Adding a NetWare Node to a Linux Cluster - Manually Starting and Stopping NCS - Adding a License to Existing Cluster Nodes - Removing Nodes from a Cluster - Removing an OES NetWare Node from the Cluster - Removing an OES Linux Node from the Cluster - Installing NCS in VMware - What VMware Is - VMware Usage Scenarios - VMware Clustering Requirements - VMware Clustering Configuration
  • CH36;CHAPTER 558; Creating Cluster Resources - Creating Clustered Volumes - Creating Clustered Volumes on OES Linux and NetWare - Choosing the Right File System Type for Cluster Volumes on Linux - Creating Cluster Resources - Clustering a Simple Application on OES NetWare - Clustering a Simple Application on OES Linux - Cluster Script Syntax - Summary
  • CH36;CHAPTER 658; Cluster Management - Cluster Resources Management Applications - Managing Cluster Resources with iManager - Managing Cluster Resources on OES NetWare with Remote Manager - Managing Novell Cluster Services from the Command Line - Starting and Stopping Novell Cluster Services on Linux - Starting and Stopping Novell Cluster Services on NetWare - Managing Novell Cluster Services from the Command Line - Logging44; Event History44; and Alerting - Summary