The PRIMECLUSTER of products is an integrated set of cluster services, including configuration and administration services, high availability, scalability, parallel application support, cluster file system, and cluster volume management. The figure below illustrates the relationship of PRIMECLUSTER services to each other and to the operating system environment.
Figure 1.1 Overview of PRIMECLUSTER products
This manual focuses on PRIMECLUSTER products and services that relate to high availability operation (shown with a solid gray background in the figure above). They are as follows:
RMS
This high availability manager is a software monitor that provides high availability (HA) for customer applications in a cluster of nodes. Its task is to monitor systems and application resources, to identify any failures, and to provide application availability virtually without interruption in the event of any such failures.
RMS also provides integrated services for market-specific applications. Contact field engineers for availability and details.
This configuration tool provides a character-based interface to create RMS configurations. It includes templates for generic applications and commonly used resources.
The RMS Wizard Kit works with the Wizard Tools to configure popular enterprise products for operation with RMS.
Cluster Admin
The Cluster Admin GUI is the primary administrative tool for RMS.
Cluster Foundation (CF)
This comprehensive suite provides cluster administration and communication services for user applications and other PRIMECLUSTER services.
PRIMECLUSTER products shown with a dotted background in the figure above are described in their respective manuals. See the section "Related documentation" in the Preface.
