Downloading The Business Continuity Clustering Software; Configuring A Bcc Administrator User And Group - Novell BUSINESS CONTINUITY CLUSTERING 1.1 SP1 - 9-21-2010 ADMINISTRATION GUIDE FOR OPEN ENTERPRISE SERVER 1 SP2 LINUX Administration Manual

NCS: Novell Cluster Services for Linux
IDM: Identity Manager
IDM eng.: Identity Manager engine
IDM eDir Driver: Identity Manager eDirectory driver
eDir: Novell eDirectory
OES Linux: Novell Open Enterprise Server 1 Support Pack 2 for Linux
2.2.2 Downloading the Business Continuity Clustering
Software
Before you install Novell Business Continuity Clustering, download and copy the software to a
directory on your workstation, then create a CD from the ISO. To download Novell Business
Continuity Clustering 1.1 with SP1, go to
(http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=bdkmSxRgKVk~).
The Business Continuity Clustering installation program and software is downloaded to an ISO
image. You can either burn the ISO image to a CD and use that CD to install Business Continuity
Clustering software on each Linux server that will be part of the business continuity cluster, or
follow the instructions in
Installation," on page 26

2.2.3 Configuring a BCC Administrator User and Group

During the install, you specify an existing user to be the BCC Administrator user. This user should
have at least Read and Write rights to the All Attribute Rights property on the Cluster object of the
remote cluster.

"Creating the BCC Group and Administrative User" on page 23

"Assigning Trustee Rights for the BCC Administrator User to the Cluster Objects" on page 24

"Adding the BCC Administrator User to the ncsgroup on Each Cluster Node" on page 24
Creating the BCC Group and Administrative User
For Linux, ensure that the BCC Administrator user is a Linux-enabled user by creating a BCC
Group object ( ), adding the BCC Administrator user to the group, then Linux-enabling the
bccgroup
group by configuring Linux User Management (LUM) for the group. You also add the member
Linux nodes (Node objects) of the BCC to this BCC group.
IMPORTANT: Having a LUM-enabled BCC group and user and adding the Linux cluster nodes to
the BCC group is necessary for inter-cluster communication to function properly.
Prior to installing and configuring Business Continuity Clustering 1.1 for Linux software you must
complete the following tasks:

Create a BCC group and name the group

Create a BCC Administrator user and add that user to the BCC group (

Linux-enable the BCC group by using Linux User Management.
The Novell Business Continuity Clustering download site
Section 2.2.6, "Manual (Quick) Business Continuity Clustering
to install from the network without using a CD.
bccgroup
(all lowercase).
bccgroup
).
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