Creating Or Deleting Cluster Sbd Partitions - Novell OPEN ENTERPRISE SERVER 2 SP 2 - CLUSTER SERVICES 1.8.7 FOR LINUX Manual

2 In a Web browser, open iManager, then log in to the Novell eDirectory tree that contains the
cluster you want to manage.
IMPORTANT: Log in as an administrator user who has sufficient rights in eDirectory to
delete and modify eDirectory objects.
3 In iManager, select eDirectory Administration, then browse to select and connect to the
eDirectory server in the same tree that contains the master replica.
4 In iManager, delete the node's Cluster Node object from the cluster container:
4a Select eDirectory Administration > Delete Objects.
4b Browse to the Cluster container ( ) of the cluster, locate and select the Cluster Node
object ( ) for the node in the container, then click OK.
4c On the Delete Objects page, click OK, then click OK again to confirm the deletion of the
Cluster Node object.
5 Select eDirectory Administration > Modify Object, select the eDirectory Server object that is
being removed from the cluster, remove its NCS attributes, then click OK to save and apply
your changes.
6 If the deleted cluster node persists in iManager, do one of the following:
Run the following command as the
the command on an active cluster:
/opt/novell/ncs/bin/ncs-configd.py -init
If you are converting a cluster from NetWare to Linux, you must restart the cluster instead
so that clstrlib.ko is reloaded:
rcnovell-ncs restart
7 (Optional) Continue with configuring the server for a different cluster by following the
procedure outlined in
Linux Server," on page

8.16 Creating or Deleting Cluster SBD Partitions

If the cluster has a shared disk system, the cluster must have a cluster partition for the Split Brain
Detector (SBD) before you attempt to install Novell Cluster Services on the second node of the
cluster. For information about how the split brain detector works, see
Gory Details of Heartbeats, Split Brains, and Poison Pills (TID 10053882) (http://
support.novell.com/docs/Tids/Solutions/10053882.html).
IMPORTANT: For instructions about setting up the SBD partition during the Novell Cluster
Services configuration, see
Section 8.16.1, "Prerequisites for Creating an SBD Partition," on page 111
Section 8.16.2, "Before Creating an Cluster SBD Partition," on page 111
Section 8.16.3, "Creating a Non-Mirrored Cluster SBD Partition," on page 111
Section 8.16.4, "Creating a Mirrored Cluster SBD Partition," on page 112
Section 8.16.5, "Deleting a Non-Mirrored Cluster SBD Partition," on page 113
Section 8.16.6, "Deleting a Mirrored Cluster SBD Partition," on page 114
Section 8.16.7, "Removing a Segment from a Mirrored Cluster SBD Partition," on page 114
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user on the master cluster node. It is safe to run
root
Section 3.5.2, "Installing Novell Cluster Services on an Existing OES 2
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Section 3.6.4, "Configuring a New Cluster," on page
NetWare Cluster Services: The
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