Index

Symbols

.rhosts, summary of, 1, 2

/etc/hostname.hme, network configuration file, 1

/etc/hosts file

avoiding naming service conflicts, 1

definingloghost, 1

names of nodes, 1

network configuration file, 1

/etc/nodename, network configuration file, 1

/usr directory, patching for diskless nodes, 1

, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

A

abrupt halt

on Linux, 1

on the Solaris OS, 1

abrupt poweroff, on the Solaris OS, 1

abrupt reboot

on Linux, 1

on the Solaris OS, 1

adding a node, 1

addressing example

class B, 1

class C, 1

B

back up, mirrored data partition

See data partitions, mirrored

boot command, summary of, 1

bootparams database, summary of, 1, 2

C

caching

enabling

on Linux, 1

on the Solaris OS, 1

when to use, 1

CGTP

verifying a redundant network, 1

viewing the routing table, 1

class B addressing example, 1

class C addressing example, 1

clean halt

on Linux, 1

on the Solaris OS, 1

clean poweroff

on Linux, 1

on the Solaris OS, 1

clean reboot

on Linux, 1

on the Solaris OS, 1

cluster

verifying

master and vice-master node synchronization, 1

presence of master and vice-master node, 1

Cluster Membership Manager, verifying operation of, 1

cluster network, mapping, 1

cluster_nodes_table, summary of, 1

clusters

recovering from failure, 1

requirements for a valid cluster, 1

restarting, 1

shutting down, 1

shutting down, avoiding during disk replacement, 1

verifying

correct configuration, 1

daemon operation, 1

network configuration, 1

Reliable Boot Service operation, 1

commands

See also individual command names

, 1

See also individual command names

adding commands to your path, 1

communication, external network configuration, 1

configuration files

Foundation Services, 1

Linux, 1

modifying, 1

Solaris, 1

coreadm.conf file, summary of, 1

crashed daemon, removing links to log files, 1

D

Daemon Monitor

debugging daemons, 1

removing links to logfiles, 1

verifyingthat a daemon is running on a node, 1

data and attribute caching

enabling

on Linux, 1

on Solaris, 1

when to use, 1

data caches, impact to performance, 1

data partitions, mirrored

adding on a virtual disk

on Linux, 1

on the Solaris OS, 1

backing up on a physical disk

on Linux, 1

on the Solaris OS, 1

deleting on Linux, 1

increasing size on a physical disk

on Linux, 1

on the Solaris OS, 1

increasing size on a virtual disk

on Linux, 1

on the Solaris OS, 1

data replication, viewing routing table, 1

dataless node

patching, 1, 2

replacing a disk, 1

shutting down, 1

debugging

applications using thesnoop command, 1

diskless nodes, 1

deleting partitions on Linux, 1

dfstab file, summary of, 1

DHCP configuration, modifying, 1

disk partition

change size on the Solaris OS, 1

display configuration

on Linux, 1

on the Solaris OS, 1

modify configuration on the Solaris OS, 1

on master-eligible nodes

on Linux, 1

on the Solaris OS, 1

disk, replacing

on a dataless node, 1

on a vice-master node, 1

on two master-eligible nodes, 1

diskless nodes

debugging, 1

examining, 1

patching

/usr directory, 1

root directory, 1

shutting down, 1

Domain Name System (DNS), avoiding naming conflicts, 1

DRBD metadata, defined, 1

dump command

backing up a mirrored data partition on a physical disk, Linux, 1

summary of, 1

E

errors, checking for, 1

Ethernet addresses, identifying, 1

external access, to peer node, 1

external communication

configuring, 1

examining network configuration, 1

F

failure, recovering clusters from, 1

files

See also individual file names

, 1

See also individual file names

managing

nonshared files, 1

shared files, 1

synchronizing, 1

filesystems, growing

on Linux, 1

on the Solaris OS, 1

floating address triplet, examining configuration of, 1

floating external address, examining

ifconfig output, 1

nhfs.conf configuration file, 1

Node State Manager configuration, 1

format command

disk partition configuration

displaying, 1

modifying, 1

summary of, 1

Foundation Services

administration tools, 1

configuration files, 1

modifying configurationfiles, 1

patching, 1

restarting, 1

stopping, 1

stopping and restarting the Daemon Monitor, 1

G

growing a file system

growfs command on the Solaris OS, 1

resize2fs command on Linux, 1

H

halt, clean node halt

on Linux, 1

on the Solaris OS, 1

highly available services, minimum criteria, 1

hostname., 1

hosts file, summary of, 1, 2

I

ifconfig command

examining network configuration, 1

summary of, 1, 2

in.dhcp daemon, verifying operation, 1

inetd.conf file, summary of, 1, 2

inittab file, summary of, 1, 2

IP address

example of class B, 1

example of class C, 1

L

Linux

administration tools, 1

files modified to use the Netra HA Suite software, 1

log files

accessing, 1

configuring system log files, 1

logging NFS operations, 1

maintaining, 1

message categories, 1

redirecting log message to files, 1

removing old log files, 1

log messages, redirecting to nonpeer node, 1

loghost, defining in/etc/hosts file, 1

M

man pages, adding to your path, 1

master node

examining Node State Manager configuration, 1

external floating address, 1

floating address triplet, 1

shutting down, 1

verifying the presence of, 1

master-eligible node

disk partitions

on Linux, 1

on the Solaris OS, 1

replacing disks without shutdown, 1

messages

configuring categories, 1

high volume traffic, 1

redirecting to a nonpeer node, 1

mirrored data partitionSee data partition

monitored daemon, verifying daemon is running on a node, 1

mount command, summary of, 1, 2

mount options, usingO_SYNC orO_DSYNC, 1

N

names of nodes, avoiding conflicts between, 1

naming services, guidelines for configuration, 1

netmasks

identifying from theifconfig output, 1

summary of, 1, 2

netstat command

examining network configuration, 1

summary of, 1, 2

viewing the routing table, 1

netstat r command, description of output, 1

network cards, identifying Ethernet addresses, 1

network configuration

dataless node, 1

diskless node, 1

examining, 1, 2

floating addresstriplet, 1

verify for the cluster, 1

vice-master node, 1

network configuration file

/etc/hostname.hmex, 1

/etc/hosts, 1

/etc/nodename, 1

Network Information Services, avoiding naming conflicts, 1

network interface, determining status of, 1

network topology map, 1

NFS

logging NFS operations, 1

traffic, avoid disruption of, 1

nhadm command

checking

cluster startup, 1

network configuration, 1

comparing the content of files, 1

examining network configuration, 1

subcommands, 1

summary of, 1

verifying

cluster configuration, 1

peer node communcation, 1

nhadmsync.conf file, editing to compare files, 1

nhcmmd command, verifying operation, 1

nhcmmqualif command, summary of, 1

nhcmmrole command, summary of, 1

nhcmmstat command

finding the role of a node, 1

subcommands, 1

summary of, 1

triggering switchover, 1

verifying existence of vice-master node, 1

nhcmmstat command, finding the role of a node, 1

nhcrfsadm command, summary of, 1

nhenablesync command, summary of, 1

nhfs.conf file, summary of, 1

nhpmdadm command, summary of, 1

NIS, avoiding naming conflicts, 1

nma.notifs.txt file, summary of, 1

nma.params.txt file, summary of, 1

nma.properties file, summary of, 1

nma.security file, summary of, 1

nma.targets.txt file, summary of, 1

noac option

setting

on Linux, 1

on the Solaris OS, 1

when to set, 1

nodeid, identifying from theifconfig output, 1

nodename file, summary of, 1

nodes

abrupt halt

on Linux, 1

on the Solaris OS, 1

abrupt poweroff on the Solaris OS, 1

abrupt reboot

on Linux, 1

on the Solaris OS, 1

adding, 1

clean halt

on Linux, 1

on the Solaris OS, 1

clean poweroff

on Linux, 1

on the Solaris OS, 1

clean reboot

on Linux, 1

on the Solaris OS, 1

configuring for external communication, 1

debugging diskless nodes, 1

determining role of, 1

predefined, 1

restarting, 1

shutting down, 1

verifying a daemon is running on, 1

nonpeer node, system log messages from peer nodes, 1

nonshared files, managing, 1

nonshared packages, patching

list of packages to patch, 1

on dataless nodes

on Linux, 1

on the Solaris OS, 1

on master-eligible nodes

on Linux, 1

on the Solaris OS, 1

not_configured file

creating, 1

use of, 1

notrouter file, summary of, 1

nsswitch.conf file, summary of, 1, 2

O

O_SYNC andO_DSYNC mount options, when to use, 1

P

packages, patching

on Linux, 1

on the Solaris OS, 1

parted command

displaying disk partition configuration, 1

summary of, 1

partitionSee data partition

patchadd command, summary of, 1

patching

/usr directory for diskless nodes, 1

choosing a procedure, 1

introduction, 1, 2

nonshared packages on a dataless node

on Linux, 1

on the Solaris OS, 1

nonshared packages on master-eligible nodes

on Linux, 1

on the Solaris OS, 1

planning, 1

root directory on diskless nodes, 1

shared packages, 1

PATH environment variable, adding command and man pages, 1

peer nodes

accessing externally, 1

verifying communication of, 1

performance, impact of data caches and shared file systems, 1

pgrep command, summary of, 1, 2

physical disk

backing up a mirrored data partition

on Linux, 1

on the Solaris OS, 1

increasing size of a mirrored data partition

on Linux, 1

on the Solaris OS, 1

pkill command, summary of, 1, 2

poweroff

abrupt node halt

on Linux, 1

on the Solaris OS, 1

abrupt node poweroff, on the Solaris OS, 1

clean node poweroff

on Linux, 1

on the Solaris OS, 1

predefined node

determining whether a cluster has them, 1

summary of, 1

profile file, summary of, 1

ps command, summary of, 1

R

rdc.conf, reconfiguring the scoreboard bitmap, 1

reboot

abrupt node reboot

on Linux, 1

on the Solaris OS, 1

clean node reboot

on Linux, 1

on the Solaris OS, 1

reboot command, summary of, 1, 2

recovering a failed cluster, 1

redundant network, verifying existence of, 1

Reliable NFS

logging NFS operations, 1

verifying it is running, 1

ReliableBoot Service, verifying operation of, 1

replacing a disk

on a dataless node, 1

on a vice-master node, 1

on master-eligible nodes without shutdown, 1

replacing Ethernet cards

on a dataless node, 1

on a diskless node

with the DHCP dynamic boot policy, 1

with the DHCP static boot policy, 1

on a vice-master node node, 1

replication, viewing the routing table, 1

resize2fs command, growing a file system on Linux, 1

restarting

a node, 1

clusters, 1

nodes, 1

restore backup

restore command, on Linux, 1

ufsrestore command, on the Solaris OS, 1

restore command

restoring a backup on Linux, 1

summary of, 1

role of a node, determining, 1

route, summary of, 1, 2

routing table, viewing, 1

rpm command, summary of, 1

S

scoreboard bitmap

changing location of, 1

configuration of, 1

services

restarting, 1

stopping, 1

services file, summary of, 1, 2

shared file systems, impact to performance, 1

shared files, managing, 1

shared packages, patching

on Linux, 1

on the Solaris OS, 1

shutting down

a cluster, 1

diskless node or dataless node, 1

master node, 1

nodes, 1

vice-masternode, 1

snoop command, debugging diskless nodes, 1

Solaris configuration files modified for Netra HA Suite software, 1

Solaris Operating System

administration tools, 1

patching, 1

strace command, summary of, 1

switchover

nhcmmstat, 1

triggering, 1

switchover, triggering, 1

synchronization

of files, 1

verifying of masternode and vice-master node, 1

syslog.conf

configuring, 1

summary of, 1, 2

system file

summary of, 1

synchronization of, 1

system log files

accessing, 1

configuring system log files, 1

logging NFS operations, 1

maintaining, 1

message categories, 1

redirecting log message to files, 1

removing old log files, 1

T

tools

adding tools to your path, 1

examining network configuration, 1

Foundation Services administration tools, 1

Linux administration tools, 1

Solaris administration tools, 1

truss command, summary of, 1

U

ufrestore, restoring a backup, 1

ufsdump command

backing up mirrored data partition on physical disk, 1

summary of, 1

ufsrestore command, summary of, 1

V

vfstab command, summary of, 1, 2

vice-master node

replacing a disk, 1

shutting down, 1

verifying the presence of, 1

virtual disk

adding a mirrored data partition

on Linux, 1

on the Solaris OS, 1

increasing the size of a mirrored data partition

on Linux, 1