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Figure 5.1. Starting a New Configuration File
Note
The Cluster Management tab for the Red Hat Cluster Suite management GUI is
available after you save the configuration file with the Cluster Configuration
Tool, exit, and restart the Red Hat Cluster Suite management GUI
(
system-config-cluster
of the cluster service manager, cluster nodes, and resources, and shows
statistics concerning cluster service operation. To manage the cluster system
further, choose the Cluster Configuration tab.)
3. Clicking Create New Configuration causes the New Configuration dialog box to be
displayed (refer to Figure 5.2, "Creating A New
dialog box provides a text box for cluster name and the following checkboxes: Custom
Configure Multicast and Use a Quorum Disk. In most circumstances you only need to
configure the cluster name.
Tip
Choose the cluster name carefully. The only way to change the name of a Red
Hat cluster is to create a new cluster configuration with the new name.
Red Hat Cluster software chooses a multicast address for cluster management
communication among cluster nodes. If you need to use a specific multicast address, click
the Custom Configure Multicast checkbox and enter a multicast address in the Address
text boxes. If you need to use a quorum disk, click the Use a Quorum disk checkbox and
enter quorum disk parameters. The following quorum-disk parameters are available in the
Starting the Cluster Configuration Tool
). (The Cluster Management tab displays the status
Configuration"). The New Configuration
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