Novell BUSINESS CONTINUITY CLUSTERING 1.2 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual page 86

Perl script code that you customize for your SAN can be added to a BCC-enabled cluster
resource load script and unload script through the BCC management interface.
You can include parameters that are passed to each Perl script. BCC passes the parameters
in the format of
There can be multiple scripts per resource but you need to use a common file to pass
information from one script to another.
The BCC load script and unload script for a BCC-enabled cluster resource must be unique
on each cluster node.
Scripts written for a SAN that mirrors data between two clusters should demote/mask a
LUN (or group of LUNs) for a running resource on its current cluster, swap the
synchronization direction, then promote/unmask the LUN(s) for the resource on the other
cluster.
To add storage management configuration information:
1 Start your Internet browser and enter the URL for iManager.
The URL is http://server_ip_address/nps/iManager.html. Replace server_ip_address with the
IP address or DNS name of the server that has iManager and the Identity Manager
preconfigured templates for iManager installed.
2 Specify your username and password, specify the tree where you want to log in, then click
Login.
3 In Roles and Tasks, click Clusters, then click the Cluster Options link.
4 Specify a cluster name, or browse and select one.
5 Under Cluster Objects, select a cluster resource that is enabled for business continuity, then
click Details.
Cluster resources that are enabled for business continuity have the BCC label on the resource
type icon.
6 Click the Business Continuity tab, then click BCC Scripts.
7 Create BCC storage management load and unload scripts:
7a Under BCC Load Scripts, click New to bring up a page that lets you create a script to
promote mirrored LUNs on a cluster.
You can also delete a script, edit a script by clicking Details, or change the order in which
load scripts execute by clicking the Move Up and Move Down links.
7b Specify values for the following parameters on the Storage Management Script Details
page:
Parameter
Name
Description
CIMOM IP or
DNS
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%parm1% %parm2%
Description
Specify a name for the script you are creating.
If desired, specify a description of the script you are creating.
If you selected the CIM Client check box on the previous page and you are
not using a template, specify the IP address or DNS name for your storage
system. This is the IP address or DNS name that is used for storage
management.