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VCS : Adding new node to the existing cluster

By Ramdev Install the VCS software m anually on serv er check the packages and install the license key . 1. ./Inst allvcs -inst allonly Configuring LLT and GAB: Create the LLT and GAB configuration files on the new node and update the files on the existing nodes. To configure LLT 1 Create the file /et c/llt host s on the new node. You m ust also update it on each of the current nodes in the cluster. For exam ple, suppose y ou are adding east to a cluster consisting of north and south: - If the file on one of the existing nodes resem bles: file /et c/llt host s 0 north 1 south - Update the file for all nodes, including the new one, resem bling: file /etc/llthosts 0 north 1 south 2 east 2 . Creat e t he file /et c/llt t ab on the new node, m aking sure that line beginning set-node specifies the new node. The file /etc/llttab on an existing node can serv e as a guide. The following exam ple describes a sy stem where node east is the new node on cluster num ber 2 : set-node east set-cluster 2 link qfe0 qfe:0 ether link qfe1 qfe:1 ether 3 On the new sy stem , run the com m and: # /sbin/llt config -c To configure GAB 1. Creat e t he file /et c/gabt ab on t he new sy st em . - If the /et c/gabt ab file on the existing nodes resem bles: # /sbin/gabconfig c Then the file on the new node should be the sam e, although it is recom m ended to use the -c-nN option, where N is the num ber of cluster nodes. - If the /et c/gabt ab file on the existing nodes resem bles: # /sbin/gabconfig -c -n2

Then, the file on all nodes, including the new node, should change to reflect the change in the num ber of cluster nodes. For exam ple, the new file on each node should resem ble: # /sbin/gabconfig -c -n3 The -n flag indicates to VCS the num ber of nodes required to be ready to form a cluster before VCS starts. 2. On t he new node, run t he command, t o configure GAB: # /sbin/gabconfig -c To verify GAB 1. On t he new node, run t he command: # /sbin/gabconfig -a The output should indicate that Port a m em bership shows all nodes including the new node. The output should resem ble: GAB Port Mem berships ==================================== Port a gen a3 6 4 0003 m em bership 01 2 2. Run t he same command on t he ot her nodes (nort h and sout h) t o verify t hat t he Port a membership includes t he new node: # /sbin/gabconfig -a GAB Port Mem berships ==================================== Port a gen a3 6 4 0003 m em bership 01 2 Port h gen fd57 0002 m em bership 01 Port h gen fd57 0002 v isible ; 2 ** Adding the node to the existing cluster: Perform these tasks on one of the existing nodes in the cluster. To add t he new node t o t he exist ing clust er ; 1. Ent er t he command: # haconf -makerw 2. Add t he new sy st em t o t he clust er: # hasy s -add east 3. St op VCS on t he new node: # hast op -sy s east 4. Copy t he main.cf file from an exist ing node t o y our new node: # rcp /et c/VRTSvcs/conf/config/main.cf east :/et c/VRTSvcs/conf/config/ 5. St art VCS on t he new node: # hast art 6. If necessary , modify any new sy st em at t ribut es. 7 . Ent er t he command:

# haconf -dump -makero

St art ing VCS and verify ing t he clust er Start VCS after adding the new node to the cluster and v erify the cluster. To start VCS and v erify the cluster 1 . From the new sy stem , start VCS with the new sy stem added to the cluster:

# hast art 2 . Run the GAB configuration com m and on each node to v erify that Port a and Port h include the new node in the m em bership: # /sbin/gabconfig -a GAB Port Mem berships =================================== Port a gen a3 6 4 0003 m em bership 01 2 Port h gen fd57 0002 m em bership 01 2

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6 Responses to VCS : Addi ng new node to the exi sti ng cl uster

1. Jayapal on October 16, 2011 at 3:55 pm nice one Reply 2. Pal on April 4, 2013 at 1:30 pm Does we need to edit the main.cf file in exidting nodes prior to copy to new node ? Reply

Ramdev on April 4, 2013 at 3:43 pm you dont need to touch main.cf, if you are modifying the configuration with ha commands. but make sure you follow the sequence >>> open the configuration in read write mode with : haconf -makerw >>> Make the modifications >>> save the configuratio into main.cf : haconf -dump -makero Reply 3. Abhishek on April 18, 2013 at 10:12 am Is it necessary to copy main.cf from running node to new node ? I mean, on new node, if llt and gab starts, hastart will look for configuration files on running cluster and update its local config files accordingly . If not, If main.cf is copied, types.cf should also be copied. what say Rama..?? Reply 4. Ramdev on April 19, 2013 at 3:11 am Abhishek, is it necessary to copy main.cf from running node to new node ? copying is something we want do when we have more numbers of changes to replicate over. Alternatively you can copy the running config to the local files using haconf -dump -makero., if those changes were made when the running config in write mode. If main.cf is copied, types.cf should also be copied. what say Rama..?? if you are not using the customized types.cf, the default one works well , because we anyway manage same level of VCS and supporting packages for all the cluster nodes. Reply 5. Confluence: LITP Project on May 23, 2013 at 4:14 pm V C S: A lter C lu ster a n d Rep la ce Fa u lty N o d e Adding and Removing Cluster Nodes Adding and remov Reply

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