Downloading The Business Continuity Clustering Software; Configuring A Bcc Administrator User And Group; Creating The Bcc Group And Administrative User - Novell BUSINESS CONTINUITY CLUSTERING 1.2 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual

4.2 Downloading the Business Continuity
Clustering Software
Before you install Novell Business Continuity Clustering, download and copy the software to a
directory on your workstation. To download Novell Business Continuity Clustering 1.2 for Linux,
go to the Novell Downloads Web site (http://download.novell.com)
Continuity Clustering product.
The Business Continuity Clustering installation program and software is downloaded as an ISO
image. There are a few installation options for using the ISO image on each Linux server that will be
part of the business continuity cluster:
Create a CD from the ISO, mount the CD on the server, and add the CD as a local installation
source.
Copy the ISO to the server and add the ISO as a local installation source.
Copy the ISO file to a location where it can be used for an HTTP installation source.
To use one of these package installation methods, follow the instructions in
and Configuring the Novell Business Continuity Clustering Software," on page
You can also follow the instructions in
Install and Configure Business Continuity Clustering Software," on page 53
network without using a CD or copying the ISO to each server.
4.3 Configuring a BCC Administrator User and
Group
During the install, you must 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 cluster.
Perform the following tasks to configure the BCC Administrator user and group.
Section 4.3.1, "Creating the BCC Group and Administrative User," on page 48
Section 4.3.2, "Assigning Trustee Rights for the BCC Administrator User to the Cluster
Objects," on page 49
Section 4.3.3, "Adding the BCC Administrator User to the ncsgroup on Each Cluster Node," on
page 49

4.3.1 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 (
group by configuring Linux User Management (LUM) for the group. You also add the Linux nodes
(Node objects) of each node in every cluster in 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.
48 BCC 1.2: Administration Guide for OES 2 SP1 Linux
Section 4.5, "Using a YaST Auto-Configuration File to
), adding the BCC Administrator user to the group, then Linux-enabling the
bccgroup
and select the Business
Section 4.4, "Installing
50.
to install from the