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Hewlett-packard va 7100/7400 microsoft cluster services installation guide for hp netservers
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Hewlett-Packard VA 7100/7400
Microsoft
Cluster Services

Installation Guide

for
HP Netservers
Version 1.0
October 12, 2001

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  • Page 1: Installation Guide

    Hewlett-Packard VA 7100/7400 Microsoft Cluster Services  Installation Guide HP Netservers Version 1.0 October 12, 2001...
  • Page 2 VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide Notice The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice. Hewlett-Packard makes no warranty of any kind with regard to this material, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Hewlett-Packard shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this material.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide Contents 1 Overview ..............................1 General Information ..........................1 Document Description ..........................1 2 Pre-Installation Requirements ......................2 Introduction ............................... 2 Equipment Required ..........................2 Applicable Documents/Reference Material ....................2 Hardware Connections ..........................3 Local System Configuration........................4 3 Configuring the Virtual Array........................

  • Page 4: Overview

    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 1 Overview General Information This document provides procedures for setting up a Windows 2000 cluster on a Hewlett Packard VA series high- availability platform, based on Windows 2000 Advanced Server. The HP Surestore Virtual Array 7100/7400 is a SPOFless (no single point of failure) high-availability cluster solution for shared disk storage.

  • Page 5: Pre-Installation Requirements

    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 2 Pre-Installation Requirements Introduction This chapter provides a sequence of pre-installation checks and tasks to be performed before beginning installation of the VA 7100/7400 disk array in a dual-path cluster configuration. These checks and tasks include the following: •...

  • Page 6: Hardware Connections

    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide NOTE In the future, the documentation listed below will be supplied in kit form as part of the VA 7100/7400 Series cluster kit • Hewlett-Packard Command View SDM Installation and User manual (supplied in both printed form and on Command View CD containing product software, refer to listing under Equipment Required).

  • Page 7: Local System Configuration

    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide Local System Configuration The remainder of this procedure assumes that both HP Netservers have been configured with Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server operating system and the latest service packs. For more information about installing Microsoft Windows 2000 software on HP Netservers, refer to the HP information library on the website http://www.hp.com/netserver 10/12/01...

  • Page 8: Configuring The Virtual Array

    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 3 Configuring the Virtual Array Introduction This chapter contains detailed instructions for setup and configuration of the virtual array. Preliminary Operations The following preliminary operations must be successfully completed before beginning the Virtual Array Setup and Configuration Procedure.

  • Page 9: Virtual Array Setup And Configuration Procedure

    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide Virtual Array Setup and Configuration Procedure To perform the virtual array setup and configuration process, proceed as follows: Command View SDM Software Installation 1. Connect a null modem cable to one of the controllers in the VA. As shown below, the settings are as follows: o Bits per second: 9600 o Data bits: 8 o Parity: None...
  • Page 10 VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 2. Referring to the window shown below, type vfpfmt at the Ready prompt, then strike the Enter key on the keyboard. At the following (yes/no): prompt, type yes, then strike the Enter key on the keyboard. 10/12/01...
  • Page 11 VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 3. Insert the CD containing the HP Surestore Command View SDM software in the CD-ROM drive. On the Windows 2000 desktop, click the desktop Start -> Settings -> Control Panel to obtain the Control Panel window, as shown below.
  • Page 12 VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 5. On the Command View CD window shown below, click RunInst. 10/12/01...
  • Page 13 VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 6. On the InstallShield Wizard for hp command view sdm window shown below, click Next. 10/12/01...
  • Page 14 VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 7. On the License Agreement window shown below, click the I accept the terms in the license agreement button, then click Next. 10/12/01...
  • Page 15 VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 8. On the Minimum Requirements window shown below, verify that the six settings are checked as shown. Then, click Next. 10/12/01...
  • Page 16 VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 9. The Installing hp command view sdm window as shown below appears and begins the software installation. It may require several minutes to complete the installation, however. Observe the Status bar in the displayed window. When the software installation is complete, click Next. 10/12/01...
  • Page 17 VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 10. On the InstallShield Wizard Completed window shown below, click Finish. 10/12/01...
  • Page 18 VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 11. The Starting HostAgent window shown below appears, and remains for a few minutes. 12. The Command Prompt window appears as shown below. The term armdiscover appears at the first C-prompt of the window display, followed by a set of device (First VA) characteristics, as shown. 10/12/01...
  • Page 19 VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 13. On the desktop display shown below, click the hp command view sdm icon. 14. The hp command view sdm launcher window appears, as shown below. This window shows the devices (and their characteristics) that the Command View SDM software has found. Click the FirstVA icon on the display. 10/12/01...
  • Page 20 VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 15. The hp command view sdm window appears. If necessary, click the Identity tab to obtain the VA identity display as shown below. Then, click the LUN Management tab. 10/12/01...
  • Page 21 VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 16. The display of the hp command view sdm window under the LUN Management tab appears. Use the display as shown below to create the following LUNs, as required: a. Create a LUN 0 to be a 10-MB partition (this LUN will not be managed by the cluster). NOTE The VA needs LUN 0 so that Microsoft Cluster can see LUNs over number 7.

  • Page 22: Autopath Setup

    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide AutoPath Setup To set up AutoPath for Windows 2000, proceed as follows: 1. Ensure that AutoPath for Windows 2000 software has been installed. Refer to the Hardware Connections Applicable Documents/Reference Material paragraphs of chapter 2. 2.

  • Page 23: Secure Manager Setup

    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 4. Click on Device Settings and observe that the Device Settings window for the selected LUN is displayed as shown below. On the display below, use the pull-down menu to select the desired Load Balancing Policy. 5.

  • Page 24: Create Permission File

    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide Create Permission File An ASCII permission file for the disk array to read must be created. Permission file structure and definitions are detailed in the following steps: 1. The listing below is an example of a Permission file. NODEWWN 50060b00000203cb 1 CW NODEWWN 50060b00000203cb 0 CW NODEWWN 50060b00000202f1 1 CW...

  • Page 25: Identifying World-Wide Node Names

    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide Identifying World-Wide Node Names The simplest method to identify world-wide node names is to use the Brocade switches (refer to the Equipment Required listing in chapter 2). 1. Open a browser, and enter the IP address of the Brocade switch in the disk array system. NOTE There may be two Brocade switches in the disk array system.

  • Page 26: Create The Cluster Service Domain Account, Service Group, Ou Group Policy

    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 4 Create the Cluster Service Domain Account, Service Group, OU Group Policy Introduction This procedure of this chapter should be performed by a Network Administrator, familiar with Windows 2000 Group Policies and Security. General Information The cluster service on each cluster node will run under the security context of a domain user account.

  • Page 27: Account/Group Creation Procedure

    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide Account/Group Creation Procedure To create the domain user account and the new user (global security) cluster group, proceed as follows: 1. Log in to a machine that belongs to the domain where the cluster is being installed, or log in to the domain controller itself.
  • Page 28 VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 6. After the account has been created and made a member of the cluster group, ensure that it is not a member of any other group. Right-click the user account, go to Properties, then the Members of tab. Click Add, and add the account to the group just created called Cluster Group (Genuity Cluster Group).
  • Page 29 VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide NOTE The following step places the newly-created Cluster Group (Genuity Cluster Group) into the domain-level group called Service Accounts. 8. In the customer OU (Genuity), right-click Cluster Group (Genuity Cluster Group), and select Properties. Then, click the Members of tab.
  • Page 30 VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide NOTE The following steps create a GPO at the OU level to contain the security policy settings that will be applied locally to each cluster node. This will ensure that the local computer User Rights Assignments settings are correctly modified to assign proper permissions to the clusteradmin (Genuity clusteradmin) account.
  • Page 31 VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 11. When the Group Policy window shown below opens, in the left-hand pane, click Windows Settings beneath Computer Configuration. Then, click Security Settings, Local Policies, and finally User Rights Assignment. This is a machine policy that applies to any user who logs into the machine, although due to policy object settings, it will only make a difference to the user in the Cluster Group (Genuity Cluster Group).
  • Page 32 VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 13. Perform step above to edit the policy setting for each of the following user rights: o Load and unload device drivers o Act as part of the operating system o Back up files and directories o Increase quotas o Increase scheduling priority o Lock pages in memory...
  • Page 33 VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide NOTE The following two steps are to be performed locally on each cluster node. Log on to each node individually to perform these steps. 16. Open the directory C:\winnt\system32\group_policy. Set the Permissions on the gpt.ini file by right-clicking on the file, select Properties, and then go to the Security tab.

  • Page 34: Node 1 (Primary Node) Configuration

    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 5 Node 1 (Primary Node) Configuration Introduction This chapter contains the step-by-step procedure for configuration of node 1, the primary node, of the VA 7100/7400 disk array in a dual-path cluster configuration. Preliminary Operations The following preliminary operations must be successfully completed before beginning the node 1 configuration procedure.
  • Page 35 VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 3. Open the Run window as shown below by clicking the desktop Start -> Run. In the Open text box of the Run window, enter diskmgmt.msc. Then, click OK. 4. The Write Signature and Upgrade Disk Wizard welcome window appears. Click Next. 5.
  • Page 36 VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide CAUTION It is very important not to upgrade disks because the cluster can only use basic disks, not dynamic disks. 6. The Select Disks to Upgrade window appears. Uncheck all the disks, then click Next, as shown below. 7.
  • Page 37 VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 9. In the Disk Manager window of step 8, right-click on one of the Unknown disks (Disk 3, in this example), and the Write Signature Disk Manager window appears as shown below. 10. Right-click in the space labeled Unallocated on Disk 3. Select Create Partition. Then, click Next when the Create Partition Wizard window appears.
  • Page 38 VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 12. In the Specify Partition Size window that appears as shown below, enter the desired partition size in the Amount of disk space to use: text box (1024, minimum), then click Next. 13. In the Assign Drive Letter or Path window that appears as shown below, select Assign a drive letter: (the default) and D: from the associated pull-down menu.
  • Page 39 VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 14. In the Format Partition window that appears as shown below, select Format this partition with the following settings: (the default). Ensure that the following settings are entered in the Formatting frame, then click Next. o File system to use: NTFS o Allocation unit size: Default o Volume label: Content...
  • Page 40 VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 15. In the Completing the Create Partition Wizard window that appears as shown below, review the entered selections to verify accuracy. If required, click Back and make corrections as necessary. Then, click Finish to create and format the Content partition. NOTE The formatting time will vary with the Content partition size being created.

  • Page 41: Cluster Setup

    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 6 Cluster Setup Introduction This chapter provides detailed instructions for performing the cluster setup. Preliminary Operations The following preliminary operations must be successfully completed before beginning the Cluster Setup Procedure. 1. Ensure that all requirements detailed in chapters 2 through 5 have been thoroughly reviewed and successfully completed.

  • Page 42: Cluster Setup Procedure

    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide Cluster Setup Procedure To perform the cluster setup procedure, proceed as follows: 1. In the Add/Remove Programs window shown below, click button labeled Configure to configure cluster service. 2. The Cluster Service Configuration Wizard Welcome window appears. Click Next. 3.
  • Page 43 VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 4. In the Create or Join a Cluster window shown below, select The first node in the cluster, then click Next. 5. In the Cluster Name window shown below, type the cluster name CLUS2, then click Next. 6.
  • Page 44 VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 7. In the Add or Remove Managed Disks window shown below, select the disk array to be used for this cluster. Select disks in the Unmanaged disks: field, and click Add to transfer them to the Managed disks: field. After all the desired disks have been added to the Managed disks: field, click Next.
  • Page 45 VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 9. In the Configure Cluster Network dialog box shown below, click Next. 10. In the Network Connections window for the public access NIC shown below, verify that the Network name (Local Area Connection, in this case) is correct, check the Enable this network for cluster use box, and click the All communications (mixed network) button.
  • Page 46 VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 11. In the Network Connections window for the dedicated Ethernet internal connection shown below, verify that the Network name (private network, in this case) is correct, check the Enable this network for cluster use box, and click the Internal cluster communications only (private network) button.
  • Page 47 VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 13. In the Cluster IP Address window shown below, enter 15.18.116.215 in the IP address field, and repeat verification of the public access NIC as performed in step 10. Then, click Next. 14. In the Completing the Cluster Service Configuration Wizard window shown below, click Finish to complete the cluster node 1 configuration.
  • Page 48 VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 16. Open the Cluster Administrator window as shown below by clicking the desktop Start -> Programs -> Administrative Tools -> Cluster Administrator. Verify that cluster node 1 has started and is running correctly. 17. With node 1 up and running, configuration of node 2 can be performed. Proceed to chapter 7. 10/12/01...

  • Page 49: Node 2 (Secondary/Passive Node) Configuration

    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 7 Node 2 (Secondary/Passive Node) Configuration Introduction This chapter contains the step-by-step procedure for configuration of node 2, the secondary/passive node, of the VA 7100/7400 disk array in a dual-path cluster configuration. Preliminary Operations The following preliminary operations must be successfully completed before beginning the cluster setup procedure. 1.
  • Page 50 VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 4. In the Cluster Name window shown below, type CLUS2 in the cluster name field. Then, enter cluster in the User name: field and the applicable password in the Password: field for the specified domain. Check the entry in the Domain: field.
  • Page 51 VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide 6. In the Completing the Cluster Service Configuration Wizard window shown below, click Finish to complete the cluster node 2 configuration. 7. Open the Cluster Administrator window as shown below by clicking the desktop Start -> Programs -> Administrative Tools ->...

  • Page 52: A Configuration Worksheet

    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Installation Guide A Configuration Worksheet Manual Configuration Worksheet This sheet should be filled out completely before beginning the provisioning process. Specific documents referencing appropriate servers, DNS entries, etc. should be available for each data center. If your data center does not have one, generate one from this base and make it available to all administrators.

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