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PRIMECLUSTER Wizard for NAS 4.3 Configuration and Administration Guide

2.5.3 Netapp resource creation

  1. When you return to the NETAPP turnkey wizard, select Netapp.

  2. When the Netapp wizard is displayed, select AdditionalNetAppFiler.

  3. When the following menu is displayed, select FREECHOICE and enter a host name for NAS.

  4. When the following menu is displayed, select AdditionalExportpoint.

  5. When the following menu is displayed, select FREECHOICE and enter a volume to be exported.

  6. The following menu is displayed. If you have any further volumes to be exported, select AdditionalExportpoint to add.

    The following operations are available from the above menu:

    Attributes

    Description

    UnLockFlag

    Select whether or not Unlock processing should be executed on NAS.
    Selecting "always" constantly enables Unlock processing in the event of a Netapp resource failure and a node with the Netapp resource is down.
    Selecting "nodedown" enables Unlock processing only when the node with the Netapp resource is down.
    Default: always (always, nodedown)

    ExportFlag

    Select whether or not Export processing is executed during Online processing.
    Selecting "yes" enables Export processing during Online processing with "anon=0" option.
    Selecting "no" disables Export processing during Online processing. It is necessary to export volumes as described in "exportfs setup" of "2.4 NAS configuration”.
    Default: no (yes, no)

    UnExportFlag

    Select whether or not Unexport processing should be executed during Offline processing in standby operation.
    Selecting "yes" enables Unexport processing during Offline processing.
    Selecting "no" disables Unexport processing during Offline processing.
    In scalable operation, Unexport processing is disabled regardless this option.
    UnExportFlag is valid when ExportFlag is set to "yes".
    Default: no (yes, no)

    ScriptTimeout

    Specify timeout period (sec) for launching of Online/Offline processing. Normally, you do not need to change the default value.
    Default: 300 (10-31536000)

  7. If addition is complete, select SAVE+RETURN.

    You return to the Netapp Wizard. If you want to add any further NAS units, select AdditionalNetAppFiler.

  8. It is set for script files in Netapp resource also start and stop. If it is not necessary, go to next step.

    Attributes

    Description

    PreOnlineScript

    Executed before Online processing.

    PostOnlineScript

    Executed after Online processing.

    PreOfflineScript

    Executed before Offline processing.

    PostOfflineScript

    Executed after Offline processing.

    FaultScript

    Executed when a fault occurs.

    See

    For further details, see the "PRIMECLUSTER Reliant Monitor Services (RMS) with Wizard Tools (Solaris, Linux) Configuration and Administration Guide".

  9. Next, it is set for PRIMECLUSTER to control the NAS cluster if necessary. In the cluster composition of the NAS device, if network failure between the cluster node and the NAS device is detected PRIMECLUSTER Wizard for NAS can execute failover (cf takeover) of the NAS-Cluster.

    Selects NetappClusterFlag=no for monitoring the NAS-Cluster.

    Attributes

    Description

    NetappClusterFlag

    It is set for control facility of the NAS-Cluster.
    Default: no (yes, no)

    Note

    Default is no. NetappClusterFlag select no if control facility of the NAS-Cluster is not necessary, when you use a clustered NAS.

  10. If you use NAS-Cluster, select yes.

  11. Set parameters.

    Attributes

    Description

    NetappClusterDeviceName

    The NAS device name (host name) is specified.
    Delimit by ":" and specify two NAS device names.
    example: netapp1:netapp2

    NetappClusterPingCount

    The execution frequency of the ping / ping6 command is specified.
    Default: 10 (1 - 60)

    NetappClusterPingTimeout

    The time-out time (sec) for launching of the ping / ping6 command is specified.
    Default: 5 (1 - 300)

    NetappClusterPingInterval

    The execution interval (sec) of the ping / ping6 command is specified.
    Default: 5 (1 - 300)

    NetappClusterPingIPType

    The type of IPaddress of the ping / ping6 command to NAS device is specified.

    Default: IPv4 (IPv4, IPv6)

    Note

    • These attributes is set for each userApplication.

    • The NAS device is monitored by the ping / ping6 command. When IPv4 is specified by NetappClusterPingIPType, the ping command is used. When IPv6 is specified by NetappClusterPingIPType, the ping6 command is used. Verify that the access to the NAS device is possible by the type of IPaddress of NetappClusterPingIPType. For details, refer to "2.4 NAS configuration"

    • It is recommended that the value of NetappClusterPingCount, NetappClusterPingTimeout, and NetappClusterPingInterval is default.

    • Do not mix the NAS device name of IPv4 and NAS device name of IPv6 in NetappClusterDeviceName.

    See

    Refer to "Appendix B Turning of the control facility for the NAS-Cluster" for the parameter of the ping / ping6 command.

  12. When the setting is completed, SAVE+EXIT is selected.