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
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VCS cluster 6.2 LAB : Configuring Open-E DSS
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
VCS cluster 6.2 LAB : Installing Open-E DSS
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
VCS cluster 6.2 LAB : Installing and configuring OEL
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
VCS cluster 6.2 LAB with working I/O fencing : The setup
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
The ultimate Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) interview questions
Basics What are the different service group types ? Service groups can be one of the 3 type : 1. Failover - Service group runs on one system at a time. 2. Parallel - Service group runs on multiple systems simultaneously. 3. Hybrid - Used in replicated data clusters (disaster recovery setups). SG behaves as Failover within the local cluster and Parallel for the remote cluster. Where is the VCS main configuration file located ? The main.cf file contains the configuration of the entire … [Read more...] about The ultimate Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) interview questions
VCS cluster 5.1 LAB using VMware workstation : Installing VCS
Now comes the last step in this series to create a VCS LAB. We need to copy the installation media to one of the VMs. We would use shared folder feature of VMware workstation to copy the install media into the node geek01. To enable sharing goto VM > Settings . On the options tab select shared folders. Add the folder you want to share from the host machine. Note that sharing feature is enabled only when you install VMware tools into the guest VM. After you have shared the folder from host … [Read more...] about VCS cluster 5.1 LAB using VMware workstation : Installing VCS
VCS cluster 5.1 LAB using VMware workstation : Configuring openfiler
In the last post we have installed the openfiler virtual machine. Let us now configure the openfiler to assign iscsi LUNs to the two solaris 10 virtual machines. Login to the web interface using below credentials Management Interface: https://10.10.10.10:446 Administrator Username: openfiler Administrator Password: password Enabling iSCSI services and adding network Access configuration First step is to enable the iscsi target service. Enable the iSCSI target service and start it in the … [Read more...] about VCS cluster 5.1 LAB using VMware workstation : Configuring openfiler
VCS cluster 5.1 LAB using VMware workstation : Installing openfiler
To configure a shared storage for this setup we'll be using openfiler. We need to create an openfiler VM with 512 MB RAM and 3 Disks of 500 MB for I/O fencing. Also to install the openfiler OS we need a 10GB HDD. Click on the create new virtual machine icon from home screen to get started. Select typical configuration for this VM. Select the ISO for the openfiler. Select the operating system as Other and version as FeeBSD Set the name of the virtual machine as openfiler. … [Read more...] about VCS cluster 5.1 LAB using VMware workstation : Installing openfiler
VCS cluster 5.1 LAB using VMware workstation : Installing solaris
In the last part we went through the overall setup for this home LAB. Lets now dive into installing the two solaris virtual machines. Before we start creating the virtual machines, we need to setup the 2 networks (one for connecting the VMs from outside and one for openfiler storage). 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0 - Connecting the VMs from outside 10.10.10.0/255.255.255.0 - To connect the Openfiler storage to the VMs For this click on Edit -> Virtual Network Editor Now you would see … [Read more...] about VCS cluster 5.1 LAB using VMware workstation : Installing solaris