Supported Mixed-Node Clusters; Sbd Devices Must Be Marked As Shareable For Clustering; Syntax Translation Issues For Load And Unload Scripts - Novell OPEN ENTERPRISE SERVER - CONVERSION GUIDE 12-2010 Manual

From this NetWare platform
NetWare 5.1
Before converting NetWare 6.5 clusters or NetWare 6.0 clusters to OES 2 Linux, you must apply all
of the latest service packs and patches for that version. For information, see
Clusters" in the
If you have a NetWare 5.1 cluster, you must upgrade all nodes to NetWare 6.5 (with the latest
service packs and patches) before you convert any nodes to OES 2 Linux or add OES 2 Linux nodes
to the cluster. For information, see
Services 1.8.5 Administration

1.2 Supported Mixed-Node Clusters

During the conversion, the intermediate cluster is referred to as a mixed-node cluster because the
cluster contains both NetWare and Linux nodes. This is a temporary configuration that is supported
for the purpose of converting the cluster and is not supported as a long-term operational state of the
cluster.
A mixed cluster made up of NetWare 6.5 nodes and OES 2 Linux nodes is supported for the purpose
of converting the cluster from NetWare 6.5 (with the latest support packs and patches) to OES 2 SP3
Linux or later.
A mixed cluster made up of NetWare 6.0 nodes and OES 2 Linux nodes is supported for the purpose
of converting the cluster from NetWare 6.0 (with the latest support packs and patches) to OES 2 SP3
Linux or later.
A mixed cluster made up of NetWare 6.0 nodes, NetWare 6.5 nodes, and OES 2 Linux nodes is not
supported.
1.3 SBD Devices Must Be Marked as Shareable
for Clustering
Novell Cluster Services for Linux requires that the devices used for the SBD partition be explicitly
marked as Shareable for Clustering. When converting a NetWare cluster, make sure that the SBD
device, or both devices for a mirrored SBD, are marked as Shareable for Clustering before you add
the first Linux node to the cluster.
1.4 Syntax Translation Issues for Load and
Unload Scripts
Executing a script that is valid for the NetWare platform is not necessarily recognized on the OES 2
Linux platform. When cluster migrating a resource from a NetWare node to a OES 2 Linux node, the
resource's Load script and Unload script need to be translated in-memory while the cluster contains
mixed nodes. It is also translated in-memory when the cluster is finally converted from NetWare to
Linux. This translation is done by the Cluster Translation Library script (
clstrlib.py
10 OES 2 SP3: Novell Cluster Services Conversion Guide
Interim platform upgrade for all
nodes
NetWare 6.5 SP8 with the latest
patches applied
NW6.5 SP8: Novell Cluster Services 1.8.5 Administration
"Upgrading NetWare
Guide.
).
Before conversion to this platform
OES 2 SP3 Linux
"Upgrading NetWare
Guide.
Clusters" in the NW6.5 SP8: Novell Cluster
/opt/novell/ncs/bin/