Chapter 6 Building Cluster Applications

The procedure for building a cluster application is shown below.

Note

When using RMS, make sure to configure the cluster application.

Table 6.1 Application building procedure and manual reference locations
Work item		Execution Nodes	Required/ optional	Manual reference location*
(1)	6.1 Initial RMS Setup	All nodes	Required	RMS "8.1.2 Starting RMS automatically at boot time"
(2)	6.2 Initial GLS Setup	All nodes	Optional (Required when the GLS redundant line control function is used)	GLSR
(3)	6.3 GDS Configuration Setup	All nodes	Optional (required when GDS is used)	GDSG "Chapter 5 Operation"
(4)	6.4 Initial GFS Setup	All nodes	Optional (required when GFS is used)	GFSG
(5)	6.5 Setting Up the Application Environment	All nodes	Required	Manuals for each application
(6)	6.6 Setting Up Online/Offline Scripts	All nodes	Optional	RMS "2.9 Environment variables," "12 Appendix - Environment variables"
(7)	6.7.1 Starting RMS Wizard	Any one node that is part of the cluster	Required	-
	6.7.2 Setting Up userApplication	Any one node that is part of the cluster	Required
	6.7.3 Setting Up Resources	Any one node (some are all nodes) that is part of the cluster	Required
	6.7.4 Generate and Activate	Any one node that is part of the cluster	Required
	6.7.5 Registering the Cluster Service of a PRIMECLUSTER-compatible product	Any one node that is part of the cluster	Optional (required when a PRIMECLUSTER-compatible product is used)
(8)	6.8 Setting Up the RMS Environment	All nodes	Required	RMS "2.9 Environment variables," "12 Appendix - Environment variables"
(9)	6.9 Checking the Cluster Environment	All nodes	Required	-

GLS: Global Link Services
GDS: Global Disk Services
GFS: Global File Services

* The names of the reference PRIMECLUSTER manuals are abbreviated as follows:

RMS: PRIMECLUSTER Reliant Monitor Services (RMS) with Wizard Tools Configuration and Administration Guide
GDSG: PRIMECLUSTER Global Disk Services Configuration and Administration Guide
GFSG: PRIMECLUSTER Global File Services Configuration and Administration Guide
GLSR: PRIMECLUSTER Global Link Services Configuration and Administration Guide: Redundant Line Control Function