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PRIMECLUSTER  Installation and Administration Guide 4.4
FUJITSU Software

Preface

This manual serves as your starting point for using PRIMECLUSTER. It explains the workflow of the series of operations from installation to operation management of the PRIMECLUSTER system. Since the PRIMECLUSTER system comprises multiple features, there are several other manuals besides this one for each feature. However, by reading this manual first, you will be able to perform the series of operations because this manual refers readers to other manuals that contain feature-specific information that is necessary for the operations.

This manual also provides a functional overview of products that are supported by the PRIMECLUSTER system and describes operation procedures.

This manual only covers the basic operation of PRIMECLUSTER. For operations using different hardware and software configurations, see "Related Documentation."

The table below shows the operation flow from PRIMECLUSTER installation to the start of operation management and indicates the reference location in this manual for each operation.

Flow from PRIMECLUSTER system installation to operation management

PRIMECLUSTER system operation flow

Reference location in this manual

1. Understanding the flow of PRIMECLUSTER system building and designing the PRIMECLUSTER system

Part 1 Planning

2. Installing the PRIMECLUSTER system

Part 2 Installation

3. Monitoring the operation status of the PRIMECLUSTER system

Part 3 Operations

4. Changing the PRIMECLUSTER system configuration after system operation has been started

Part 4 System Configuration Modifications

5. Maintaining the PRIMECLUSTER system

Part 5 Maintenance

For detailed procedural explanations, refer to the reference manuals that are indicated in the target location of each part.

Target Readers

This manual is intended for all users who use PRIMECLUSTER 4.4 and perform cluster system installation and operation management. It is also intended for programmers who develop applications that operate on PRIMECLUSTER.

Configuration of This Documentation

This manual consists of five parts, appendixes, and a glossary. The contents of each part are described below.

Part 1 Planning

Audience: System administrators who build PRIMECLUSTER systems
Contents: This part describes the overall workflow from installation to operation of the PRIMECLUSTER system.

Part 2 Installation

Audience: System administrators who build PRIMECLUSTER systems
Contents: This part describes operations for software installation, cluster building, and application building.

Part 3 Operations

Audience: System administrators who manage system operations
Contents: This part describes operation methods for operations such as monitoring the PRIMECLUSTER system and investigating failure causes.

Part 4 System Configuration Modifications

Audience: System administrators who build PRIMECLUSTER systems
Contents: This part describes necessary work items for additions, modifications, and deletions to the PRIMECLUSTER system configuration.

Part 5 Maintenance

Audience: System administrators who build PRIMECLUSTER systems
Contents: This part describes the items related to the maintenance of the PRIMECLUSTER system.

Appendix A PRIMECLUSTER Products

Audience: Users who operate PRIMECLUSTER products on PRIMECLUSTER systems
Contents: This appendix describes the list of products supported by PRIMECLUSTER systems.

Appendix B Manual Pages

Audience: All users who use PRIMECLUSTER systems
Contents: This appendix describes the online manual pages that are used by the individual features of the PRIMECLUSTER system.

Appendix C Troubleshooting

Audience: All users who use PRIMECLUSTER systems
Contents: This appendix describes corrective actions for problems that may occur in the PRIMECLUSTER system. It also explains how to collect data when requesting a problem investigation.

Appendix D Registering, Changing, and Deleting State Transition Procedure Resources for PRIMECLUSTER Compatibility

Audience: All users who use PRIMECLUSTER-compatible resources
Contents: This appendix describes procedures for registering, changing, and deleting procedure resources when the cluster applications use procedure resources.

Appendix E Configuration Update Service for SA

Audience: All users who use PRIMECLUSTER systems
Contents: This appendix descries Configuration Update Service for SA.

Appendix F Using PRIMECLUSTER in a KVM environment

Audience: All users who use PRIMECLUSTER systems in a KVM environment

Contents: This appendix describes the installation procedures for using the PRIMECLUSTER system in a KVM environment.

Appendix G Using the Migration Function in a KVM Environment

Audience: All users who use the migration function in a KVM Environment
Contents: This appendix describes the procedure for using the migration function in a KVM Environment.

Appendix H Using PRIMECLUSTER in a VMware Environment

Audience: All users who use PRIMECLUSTER systems in a VMware environment
Contents: This appendix describes the installation procedures for using the PRIMECLUSTER system in a VMware environment.

Appendix I Startup Scripts and Startup Daemons, and Port Numbers in PRIMECLUSTER

Audience: System administrators who build PRIMECLUSTER systems
Contents: This appendix provides explanations on scripts and daemons that are started by PRIMECLUSTER, and the port numbers being used.

Appendix J Systemd Service and Startup Daemons, and Port Numbers in PRIMECLUSTER

Audience: System administrators who build PRIMECLUSTER systems
Contents: This appendix provides explanations on systemd services and daemons that are started by PRIMECLUSTER, and the port numbers being used.

Appendix K Using Firewall

Audience: All users who use PRIMECLUSTER systems
Contents: This appendix describes the procedure when using Firewall in the PRIMECLUSTER system.

Appendix L Cloning the Cluster System Environment

Audience: System administrators who clone PRIMECLUSTER systems
Contents: This appendix describes the procedures for cloning the PRIMECLUSTER system.

Appendix M Changes in Each Version

Audience: All users who use PRIMECLUSTER 4.0A20, 4.1A20, 4.1A30, 4.2A00, 4.2A30, 4.3A00, 4.3A10, 4.3A20, 4.3A30, or 4.3A40.
Contents: This appendix describes the changes made to the specifications of PRIMECLUSTER 4.4A00.

Appendix N Release information

Audience: All users who use PRIMECLUSTER systems
Contents: This appendix describes the main changes of this manual.

Glossary

Audience: All users who use PRIMECLUSTER systems
Contents: This section explains terms used to describe the PRIMECLUSTER system.

Related Documentation

Refer to the following manuals as necessary when setting up the cluster:

Note

The PRIMECLUSTER documentation includes the following documentation in addition to those listed above:

  • PRIMECLUSTER Software Release Guide and Installation Guide

    This Software Release Guide and Installation Guide are provided with each PRIMECLUSTER product package.

    The data is stored on "DVD" of each package. For details on the file names, see the documentation.

Manual Series

Manual Printing

If you want to print a manual, use the PDF file found on the DVD for the PRIMECLUSTER product. The correspondences between the PDF file names and manuals are described in the Software Release Guide for PRIMECLUSTER that comes with the product.

Adobe Reader is required to read and print this PDF file. To get Adobe Reader, see Adobe Systems Incorporated's website.

Online Manuals

To allow users to view the online manuals, use the Cluster management server to register each user name to one of the user groups (wvroot, clroot, cladmin, or clmon).

For information on user group registration procedures and user group definitions, see "4.3.1 Assigning Users to Manage the Cluster."

Conventions

Notation
Prompts

Command line examples that require system administrator (or root) rights to execute are preceded by the system administrator prompt, the hash sign (#). Entries that do not require system administrator rights are preceded by a dollar sign ($).

Manual page section numbers

References to the Linux(R) operating system commands are followed by their manual page section numbers in parentheses - for example, cp(1)

The keyboard

Keystrokes that represent nonprintable characters are displayed as key icons such as [Enter] or [F1]. For example, [Enter] means press the key labeled Enter; [Ctrl-b] means hold down the key labeled Ctrl or Control and then press the [B] key.

Typefaces

The following typefaces highlight specific elements in this manual.

Typeface

Usage

Constant Width

Computer output and program listings; commands, file names, manual page names and other literal programming elements in the main body of text.

Italic

Variables that you must replace with an actual value.

Bold

Items in a command line that you must type exactly as shown.

Example 1

Several entries from an /etc/passwd file are shown below:

root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash

bin:x:1:1:bin:/bin:/bin/bash

daemon:x:2:2:daemon:/sbin:/bin/bash

lp:x:4:7:lp daemon:/var/spool/lpd:/bin/bash

Example 2

To use the cat(1) command to display the contents of a file, enter the following command line:

$ cat file

Notation symbols

Material of particular interest is preceded by the following symbols in this manual:

Point

Contains important information about the subject at hand.

Note

Describes an item to be noted.

Example

Describes operation using an example.

Information

Describes reference information.

See

Provides the names of manuals to be referenced.

Abbreviations
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux is abbreviated as RHEL.

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS is abbreviated as RHEL-AS.

  • RHEL and RHEL-AS are abbreviated as Linux(R).

  • VMware(R) ESXi(TM) is abbreviated as ESXi.

  • VMware vSphere(R) is abbreviated as VMware vSphere.

  • VMware vSphere(R) High Availability is abbreviated as VMware HA.

  • VMware vSphere(R) Fault Tolerance is abbreviated as VMware FT.

  • VMware vSphere(R) Distributed Resource Scheduler(TM) is abbreviated as VMware DRS.

  • VMware vSphere(R) Distributed Power Management (TM) is abbreviated as VMware DPM.

  • VMware vSphere(R) vMotion(R) is abbreviated as VMware vMotion.

  • VMware vSphere(R) Storage vMotion(R) is abbreviated as VMware Storage vMotion.

  • VMware(R) vCenter(TM) Converter(TM) is abbreviated as VMware vCenter Converter.

  • PRIMEQUEST 2000/1000 Series are abbreviated as PRIMEQUEST.

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Trademarks

Red Hat is a registered trademark of Red Hat, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries.

Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.

Oracle and Java are registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Microsoft, Windows, and Internet Explorer are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries.

NetWorker is a registered trademark or trademark of EMC Corporation in the United States and other countries.

VMware is a registered trademark or trademark of VMware, Inc. in the United States and/or other jurisdictions.

Other product names are product names, trademarks, or registered trademarks of these companies.

Requests

Date of publication and edition

April 2016, First edition
June 2016, Second edition
August 2016, 2.1 edition
June 2017, 2.2 edition
August 2017, 2.3 edition
January 2018, 2.4 edition
May 2020, 2.5 edition

Copyright notice

All Rights Reserved, Copyright (C) FUJITSU LIMITED 2016-2020.

Revision History

Revision

Location

Edition

Added the note about kdump_post in /etc/kdump.conf.

3.3 PRIMECLUSTER Installation

2.1

Added the note when using a bonding device as the cluster interconnect.

5.1.1 Setting Up CF and CIP

Added the note when executing "sdtool -s" after starting the shutdown facility, and when starting the MMB asynchronous monitoring daemon for the first time.

5.1.2.4.6 Starting the Shutdown Facility

Added the note when creating the userApplication name.

6.7.2 Setting Up userApplication

Added the information about the scripts that can be registered to userApplication.

6.7.2.1 Creating Standby Cluster Applications

Added the note when "none" is set to StopCommands.

6.7.3.1 Setting Up Cmdline Resources

Added the description about "Timeout of Check Script."

6.11.2.2.4 Timeout of Check Script

Added the note about the status icon of userApplication in maintenance mode.

7.1.3.1 RMS Tree

Added the procedure to clear the fault trace of a resource to the corrective action for failed resources.

7.4.1.2 Corrective Action for Failed Resources

Added the procedure to remove the system board by using Dynamic Reconfiguration.

8.1.2.3 Removing System Board by Dynamic Reconfiguration

Changed the command execution example in RHEL7 environment.

9.2.1 Changing the IP Address of the Public LAN
9.2.2 Changing the IP Address of the Administrative LAN

Added the note when all userApplications are deleted.

10.2.2 Deleting a userApplication

Added the attribute to be used as a resource name to "Contents to be changed" of "When a cluster application that is performing standby operation is to be changed."

10.3 Changing the Cluster Configuration

Changed the procedure on how to change the startup priority of the state transition procedure.

D.2.2 Changing the Startup Priority of a State Transition Procedure

Changed the procedure on how to change the registration information of a procedure resource.

D.2.3 Changing registration information of a procedure resource

Added the note when changing the registration information of the procedure resource.

D.2.3 Changing registration information of a procedure resource

Added the note about hot swap of the virtual machine software.

H.1 Cluster Systems in a VMware Environment

Changed the description about the settings of the virtual network when installing VMware vSphere.

H.2.1.1 Installation and Configuration of Related Software

Added the following scripts to /etc/rc3.d.
- S05poffinhibit
- S07cllkcd
- S27SMAWsfex

I.2 Startup Script Lists

Changed the utilized ports of S13SMAWsf.

I.2 Startup Script Lists

Changed the utilized ports of smawsf.service.

J.2 systemd Service Lists

Added poffinhibit.service.

J.2 systemd Service Lists

Changed the procedure to delete the shared disk resources.

L.3.4 Restoring the GDS Configuration Information

Changed the description of "Changes" of hvshut command.

Appendix M Changes in Each Version

Added the description for FUJITSU Cloud Service K5.

2.2 System Design

2.2

Added the description when using mirroring among servers.

3.2.1.1 Host OS setup (before installing the operating system on guest OS)
3.2.1.2 Host OS setup (after installing the operating system on guest OS)
3.2.2.2 Host OS setup (after installing the operating system on guest OS)
3.2.3.1.3 Host OS setup (before installing the operating system on guest OS)
3.2.3.1.4 Host OS setup (after installing the operating system on guest OS)

2.3

Changed the note about synchronizing time.

1.7.1 Common Notes on PRIMERGY/PRIMEQUEST

2.4

Changed the execution example.

3.1.6.1 PRIMERGY
5.1.2.3.3 Setting up IPMI Shutdown Agent
E.3.1 Startup Configuration for the IPMI Service

Changed the note about the timeout value of CF heartbeat.

3.2.3.3 Building a cluster (Host OS)

Added the reference of the manual.

4.3.3.2 Confirming Web-Based Admin View Startup

Changed the description of survival scenarios.

5.1.2.1 Survival Priority

Added the note when "TestFailed" is displayed as the test status.

5.1.2.3.6 Starting up the Shutdown Facility

Changed the output example of sfkvmtool -c message.

5.1.2.5.6 Setting up the Host OS Failover Function to the Host OS (PRIMEQUEST only)
G.2.2 Using the Host OS failover function

Added the description about Check script exit code.

6.6 Setting Up Online/Offline Scripts

Added the information about the list of attributes settable to userApplication and the details of these attributes, and changed the description of information about the scripts which can be registered to userApplication.

6.7.2.1 Creating Standby Cluster Applications

Changed the description about the attribute changing procedure.

6.7.3.1 Setting Up Cmdline Resources

Added the note about the file system on the volume of LVM.

6.7.3.2 Setting Up Fsystem Resources

Changed the description of how to failover a userApplication in the event of a node failure, resource failure, and RMS stop.

6.10.1 Setting Contents of a Cluster Application

Change the outline of MONITORONLY attribute.

6.11 Notes When Setting Cmdline Resources

Changed the Gls resource status from "Wait" to "Online processing" in the figure.

6.11.1.5 Flow of the Cmdline Resource Operation

Added the note about using the maintenance mode.

6.11.2.1.4 Notes When Setting the NULLDETECTOR Flag

Added the note about Check script exit codes.

6.11.2.2.3 Check Script Exit Code

Added the note about when using PRIMECLUSTER products and setting the NULLDETECTOR flag.

7.2.2.6 Entering maintenance mode for Cluster Application

Changed the description of selecting a resource to be deleted.

10.5 Deleting a Resource

Added the note about the VMware environment where the I/O fencing function is used.

10.5 Deleting a Resource
10.6.2 Changing the Devices of File systems Controlled by the Fsystem Resource

Deleted hvlogcontrol and config.us.

B.6 RMS

Deleted the descriptions about hot clone, Data Recovery and backup by VCB.

Appendix H Using PRIMECLUSTER in a VMware Environment

Changed the description of the I/O fencing function when a cluster interconnect error occurs.

H.1 Cluster Systems in a VMware Environment

Added the note about when using the forcible stop with the I/O fencing function.

H.1 Cluster Systems in a VMware Environment

Added the configuration of PRIMECLUSTER Wizard for SAP HANA in comparison with the forcible stop.

H.1 Cluster Systems in a VMware Environment

Changed the description about forcible stop functions.

H.1 Cluster Systems in a VMware Environment

Changed the setting of the path policy for the Native Multipathing (NMP)

H.1 Cluster Systems in a VMware Environment
H.2 Installation

Added notes about the cluster application in which Gds resource and Fsystem resource are registered.

H.2 Installation

Changed the description about settings for shared disks when using the I/O fencing function.

H.2.1.1 Installation and Configuration of Related Software

Added the description about PreOnline script, OfflineDone script and Fault script.

H.2.4.1 Setting Up I/O Fencing Function

Added chronyd.service.

J.3 Necessary Services for PRIMECLUSTER to Operate

Added the setting when using neither GLS nor takeover network.

L.3.7 Changing the Settings of Cluster Application Information

Added the note when using the ntpdate service in a RHEL7 environment.

3.3 PRIMECLUSTER Installation

2.5

Added the note when setting management servers of Web-Based Admin View.

4.3.3 Initial Setup of Web-Based Admin View

Added the note about setting IP addresses.

4.3.3.1 Initial setup of the operation management server

Changed the description of the example of HV_NODENAME.

6.6 Setting Up Online/Offline Scripts
6.11.2.1.2 Environment Variables can be referred to within the Start and Stop Scripts

Added the note while executing the hvw command.

6.7.1 Starting RMS Wizard

Added the description about the definition of mount points.

6.7.3.2 Setting Up Fsystem Resources

Added the note when PRIMECLUSTER Wizard for NAS is used.

6.7.5 Registering the Cluster Service of a PRIMECLUSTER-compatible product

Added the description about a cluster application transiting to the Standby state, to "Information."

6.7.7 Exclusive Relationships Between Cluster Applications

Changed the description of notes when setting a cluster application.

6.10.2 Notes on Configuration

Added the description of timeout values of the Check script.

6.11.2.2.4 Timeout of Check Script

Added the note when creating the Fsystem resource.

6.12.1 Monitoring Fsystem

Added the note when displaying logs from Cluster Admin.

7.1.3.3 Switchlogs and application logs
7.3.4 Viewing Logs Created by the PRIMECLUSTER System

Changed the note when starting the maintenance mode.

7.2.2.6 Entering maintenance mode for Cluster Application

Added the note when starting a system in a RHEL6 environment.

7.5 Notes on Operation

Changed the procedure when changing the IP address of the public LAN.

9.2.1 Changing the IP Address of the Public LAN

Changed the procedure when changing the IP address of the administrative LAN and added "See."

9.2.2 Changing the IP Address of the Administrative LAN

Changed the description about setting RELIANT_SHUT_MIN_WAIT.

11.2.1 Changing Timeout Time during RMS Stop Processing

Changed the description when changing the host names in the takeover network resources.

L.3.7.2 When Using the Takeover Network