Migrating Resources - Novell NETWARE 6-DOCUMENTATION Manual

Migrating Resources

Novell Cluster Services Overview and Installation
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You can migrate resources to different servers in your cluster without waiting
for a failure to occur. You might want to migrate resources to lessen the load
on a specific server, to free up a server so it can be brought down for scheduled
maintenance, or to increase the performance of the resource or application by
putting it on a faster machine.
Migrating resources allows you to balance the load and evenly distribute
applications among the servers in your cluster.
Using ConsoleOne
Browse and select the Cluster object that contains the resource you want
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to migrate.
Resources must be in a running state to be migrated.
Ensure the right half of ConsoleOne displays the Cluster View State by
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selecting View > Cluster State from the menu at the top of the screen.
In the Cluster Resource List, select the resource you want to migrate.
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The Cluster Resource Manager screen appears, displaying the server the
selected resource is currently running on and a list of possible servers to
which you can migrate resources.
Select a server from the list and click Migrate to move the resource to the
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selected server.
Using NetWare Remote Manager
On the left column under the Clustering section, click Cluster
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Management.
Select the cluster resource you want to migrate.
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Select a server from the list and then click Migrate to move the resource
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to the selected server.
If you select a resource and click Offline, the resource will be unloaded from
the server. It will not load on any other servers in the cluster and will remain
unloaded until you load it again. This option is useful for editing resources
because resources can't be edited while loaded or running on a server.