Cluster Administration; Overview Of The Cluster Status Tool - Red Hat CLUSTER SUITE - CONFIGURING AND MANAGING A CLUSTER 2006 Manual

Cluster Administration

This chapter describes the various administrative tasks for maintaining a cluster after it has
been installed and configured.

4.1. Overview of the Cluster Status Tool

The Cluster Status Tool is part of the Red Hat Cluster Suite management GUI, (the
system-config-cluster
management GUI. The Cluster Status Tool displays the status of cluster members and ser-
vices and provides control of cluster services.
The members and services displayed in the Cluster Status Tool are determined by the
cluster configuration file (
is maintained via the Cluster Configuration Tool in the cluster management GUI.
Warning
Do not manually edit the contents of the
ance from an authorized Red Hat representative or unless you fully understand the con-
sequences of editing the
You can access the Cluster Status Tool by clicking the Cluster Management tab at the
cluster management GUI to Figure 4-1).
Use the Cluster Status Tool to enable, disable, restart, or relocate a service. To enable a
service, select the service in the Services area and click Enable. To disable a service, select
the service in the Services area and click Disable. To restart a service, select the service
in the Services area and click Restart. To relocate service from one member to another,
drag the service to another member and drop the service onto that member. Relocating a
member restarts the service on that member. (Relocating a service to its current member —
that is, dragging a service to its current member and dropping the service onto that member
— restarts the service.)
package) and is accessed by a tab in the Red Hat Cluster Suite
/etc/cluster/cluster.conf
/etc/cluster/cluster.conf
Chapter 4.
). The cluster configuration file
/etc/cluster/cluster.conf
file manually.
file without guid-