Installing Gfs; Prerequisite Tasks; Prerequisite Software - Red Hat GFS 6.0 Administrator's Manual

Installing GFS

This chapter describes how to install GFS and includes the following sections:
Section 3.1 Prerequisite Tasks
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Section 3.2 Installation Tasks
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Section 3.2.1 Installing GFS RPMs
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Section 3.2.2 Loading the GFS Kernel Modules
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Note
For information about installing and using GFS with Red Hat Cluster Suite, refer to
Appendix A Using Red Hat GFS with Red Hat Cluster Suite.

3.1. Prerequisite Tasks

Before installing GFS software, make sure that you have noted the key characteristics of your GFS
configuration (refer to Section 1.5 Before Configuring GFS) and have completed the following tasks:
Installed prerequisite software
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Specified a persistent major number (optional)
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3.1.1. Prerequisite Software

Make sure that you have installed the following software:
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perl-Net-Telnet
Clock synchronization software
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utility (optional)
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Stunnel
3.1.1.1.
perl-Net-Telnet
The
perl-Net-Telnet
nodes. The
perl-Net-Telnet
will not install.
You can install the
perl-Net-Telnet
module
Module
module is used by several fencing agents and should be installed on all GFS
module should be installed before installing GFS; otherwise, GFS
module from the Red Hat GFS ISO.
Chapter 3.