Configuring Red Hat Cluster With System-Config-Cluster; Configuration Tasks - Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 5 - ADMINISTRATION Manual

Chapter 5.
Configuring Red Hat Cluster With
system-config-cluster
This chapter describes how to configure Red Hat Cluster software using system-config-cluster,
and consists of the following sections:
Section 5.1, "Configuration Tasks"
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Section 5.2, "Starting the Cluster Configuration Tool"
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Section 5.3, "Configuring Cluster Properties"
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Section 5.4, "Configuring Fence Devices"
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Section 5.5, "Adding and Deleting Members"
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Section 5.6, "Configuring a Failover Domain"
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Section 5.7, "Adding Cluster Resources"
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Section 5.8, "Adding a Cluster Service to the Cluster"
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Section 5.9, "Propagating The Configuration File: New Cluster"
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Section 5.10, "Starting the Cluster Software"
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Note
While system-config-cluster provides several convenient tools for configuring and
managing a Red Hat Cluster, the newer, more comprehensive tool, Conga, provides more
convenience and flexibility than system-config-cluster. You may want to consider
using Conga instead (refer to
Chapter 4, Managing Red Hat Cluster With

5.1. Configuration Tasks

Configuring Red Hat Cluster software with system-config-cluster consists of the following steps:
1. Starting the Cluster Configuration Tool, system-config-cluster. Refer to
"Starting the Cluster Configuration
2. Configuring cluster properties. Refer to
3. Creating fence devices. Refer to
4. Creating cluster members. Refer to
5. Creating failover domains. Refer to
6. Creating resources. Refer to
7. Creating cluster services.
Chapter 3, Configuring Red Hat Cluster With Conga
Tool".
Section 5.3, "Configuring Cluster
Section 5.4, "Configuring Fence
Section 5.5, "Adding and Deleting
Section 5.6, "Configuring a Failover
Section 5.7, "Adding Cluster
Conga).
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Devices".
Members".
Domain".
Resources".
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Section 5.2,
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