Open Enterprise Server 11 SP3 Novell Cluster ServicesTM for Linux Administration Guide July 2016 Legal Notice For information about legal notices, trademarks, disclaimers, warranties, export and other use restrictions, U.S. Government rights, patent policy, and FIPS compliance, see https://www.novell.com/company/legal/. Copyright © 2014 - 2016 Novell, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Contents About This Guide 15 1 Overview of Novell Cluster Services 17 1.1 Why Should I Use Clusters? . 17 1.2 Benefits of Novell Cluster Services . 18 1.3 Product Features . 18 1.4 Clustering for High Availability . 18 1.5 Shared Disk Scenarios. 20 1.5.1 Using Fibre Channel Storage Systems . 21 1.5.2 Using iSCSI Storage Systems . 22 1.5.3 Using Shared SCSI Storage Systems . 23 1.6 Terminology . 23 1.6.1 The Cluster . 23 1.6.2 Cluster Resources . 24 1.6.3 Failover Planning . 26 2 What’s New or Changed for Novell Cluster Services 29 2.1 What’s New (OES 11 SP3). 29 2.2 What’s New (OES 11 SP2). 29 2.3 What’s New (OES 11 SP1). 34 2.4 What’s New (OES 11) . 37 3 Planning for a Cluster 41 3.1 Determining Your Design Criteria. 41 3.2 Using Cluster Best Practices . 41 3.3 Planning the LAN Connectivity. 42 3.3.1 VLAN . 42 3.3.2 Channel Bonding . 42 3.3.3 Spanning Tree Protocol . 43 3.3.4 IP Addresses . 43 3.3.5 Name Resolution . 43 3.4 Planning the Shared Storage Connectivity. 43 3.5 Planning the Shared Storage Solution . 44 3.6 Planning the eDirectory Deployment . 44 3.6.1 Object Location . 44 3.6.2 Cluster OU Context . 44 3.6.3 Cluster OU Partitioning and Replication . 45 3.7 Planning for Shared Storage as Cluster Resources. 45 3.8 Planning for OES Services as Cluster Resources . 45 4 Planning for Novell Cluster Services 47 4.1 Cluster Administration Requirements. 47 4.1.1 Cluster Installation Administrator . .47 4.1.2 NCS Proxy User . 48 4.1.3 Cluster Administrator or Administrator-Equivalent User . 50 4.2 IP Address Requirements . 50 Contents 3 4.3 Volume ID Requirements . 50 4.4 Hardware Requirements . 51 4.5 Virtualization Environments . 51 4.6 Software Requirements for Cluster Services . 52 4.6.1 Novell Open Enterprise Server 11 SP3 . 52 4.6.2 Novell Cluster Services . 52 4.6.3 NetIQ eDirectory 8.8 SP8 . .52 4.6.4 SLP . 56 4.6.5 Novell iManager 2.7.7 . 57 4.6.6 Clusters Plug-in for iManager . .58 4.6.7 Storage-Related Plug-Ins for iManager . 59 4.6.8 SFCB and CIMOM. 59 4.6.9 CASA 1.7 . 60 4.6.10 Web Browser . 61 4.7 Software Requirements for Cluster Resources . .61 4.7.1 NCP Server for Linux. 61 4.7.2 Novell Storage Services File System for Linux . 62 4.7.3 LVM Volume Groups and Linux POSIX File Systems . 63 4.7.4 NCP Volumes on Linux POSIX File Systems . 63 4.7.5 Dynamic Storage Technology Shadow Volume Pairs . 63 4.7.6 NCP File Access . 63 4.7.7 Novell AFP. 63 4.7.8 Novell CIFS . 64 4.7.9 Novell Samba . 64 4.7.10 Novell Domain Services for Windows . ..