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Archives for August 2015

VCS cluster 6.2 LAB : Installing VCS

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If you have followed the first 4 posts of this series then you are ready to install the SFHA on the 2 nodes. We would also configure the I/O fencing using the installer. Unlike older version the I/O fencing can be configured with the help of installer. We don't even have to initialize the disks or create diskgroup for fencing. Makes sure you have fulfilled all the pre-requisites before proceeding with the installation. Download the trialware from the Symantec website which can be installed … [Read more...] about VCS cluster 6.2 LAB : Installing VCS

Filed Under: VCS Tagged With: vcs/sfha install

VCS cluster 6.2 LAB : Configuring Open-E DSS

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In the last post we installed the Open-e DSS V7 Lite software. Let us now configure it in order to provision iSCSI storage for the 2 VM nodes of the cluster. Creating iSCSI volume We have allocated four 10Gb HDD for the VM. One out of this is used for the OS installation of Open-e DSS. The rest 3 will be used to create a new volume group. In order to create an iSCSI Volume within a Volume Group, go through the following steps: 1. Click Configuration → Volume Manager → Volume … [Read more...] about VCS cluster 6.2 LAB : Configuring Open-E DSS

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VCS cluster 6.2 LAB : Installing Open-E DSS

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One of the most important components of this lab setup is the shared storage. I will be using the software Open-E DSS V7 lite version for the setup. The lite and the professional version software are the same except when we register the software we do it using the free key provided. The lite version by default works for 30 days. Upon registering it, you can use it without any time limitation. You can download the Open-E DSS V7 lite software from here. Open-E DSS V7 Lite is a free version of … [Read more...] about VCS cluster 6.2 LAB : Installing Open-E DSS

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VCS cluster 6.2 LAB : Installing and configuring OEL

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Installing the 2 nodes of the cluster The first step in the setup is to prepare the 2 nodes of the cluster. I have used Oracle enterprise linux 6.6 for the setup. You can use any OS of your choice supported by symantec. The VMs configuration is as follows : HDD - 20GB RAM - 1GB Processor core - 1 NIC cards - 3 (bridged network) IP address - 192.168.1.110 (node01) and 192.168.1.111 (node02) Netmask - 255.255.255.0 Gateway - 192.168.1.1 I've attached few important screenshots of the … [Read more...] about VCS cluster 6.2 LAB : Installing and configuring OEL

Filed Under: VCS Tagged With: oel installation and configuration

VCS cluster 6.2 LAB with working I/O fencing : The setup

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In one of my older posts I have configured VCS cluster home lab. The setup works fine but without I/O fencing configured. The setup configured in this series of posts has a working I/O fencing. The difference being the use of a different software iSCSI software - Open-E DSS V7 lite version. The other software iSCSI solutions like openfiler and FreeNAS does not provide the important feature of SCSI-3 PGR compliant iSCSI disks to configure the I/O fencing. The seup Hardware used: MAC book pro … [Read more...] about VCS cluster 6.2 LAB with working I/O fencing : The setup

Filed Under: VCS Tagged With: vcs, vcs cluster lab

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