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Managing IBM eServer Cluster 1600 Power Recipes for PSSP 3.4.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Durham : I B M, 2002Copyright date: ©2002Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (302 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780738423418
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Managing IBM eServer Cluster 1600 Power Recipes for PSSP 3.4DDC classification:
  • 004/.35
LOC classification:
  • QA76.58 -- .M36 2002eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Front cover -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Notices -- Trademarks -- Preface -- The team that wrote this redbook -- Special notice -- Comments welcome -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Cluster concepts -- 1.2 Cluster components -- 1.2.1 Hardware -- 1.2.2 Software -- 1.3 Cluster management -- 1.3.1 Benefits of clustering -- Chapter 2. Managing hardware -- 2.1 Overview of hardware changes -- 2.2 Frames -- 2.3 Adding frames to a cluster -- 2.3.1 Adding frames to the cluster -- 2.3.2 Adding nodes to a cluster -- 2.4 Deleting frames/nodes from a cluster -- 2.4.1 Deleting frames -- 2.4.2 Deleting nodes -- 2.4.3 System firmware and microcodes -- 2.5 Accessing hardware Information -- 2.5.1 Accessing the node information from Vital Product Data (VPD) -- 2.5.2 Accessing information in SDR -- 2.6 Hardware control -- 2.6.1 Hardware control tools -- 2.6.2 Using the spmon command for hardware control -- 2.6.3 Using the hmcmds command -- 2.6.4 Using Hardware Perspective -- 2.7 Monitoring hardware -- 2.7.1 Monitoring SP frames -- 2.7.2 Monitoring cluster nodes -- 2.7.3 Monitoring SP Switch boards -- 2.7.4 Some words on using Tivoli for cluster management -- Chapter 3. Network Installation Management -- 3.1 Network Installation Management -- 3.2 NIM in the cluster environment -- 3.3 The setup_server script -- 3.3.1 The setup_server script flow -- 3.3.2 The NIM wrappers -- 3.3.3 Creating a NIM client -- 3.3.4 Deleting a NIM client -- 3.4 The lpp_source object -- 3.4.1 Creating new lpp_source -- 3.4.2 Checking the lpp_source object -- 3.4.3 Updating the lpp_source object -- 3.5 The spot object -- 3.5.1 Checking the spot object -- 3.5.2 Checking the SPOT log file -- 3.5.3 Updating the spot object -- 3.5.4 Updating with PTFs -- 3.6 Isolating NIM problems -- 3.6.1 Checking NIM log files -- 3.6.2 Checking NIM configuration files -- 3.6.3 The c_sh_lib file.
3.7 Getting NIM information from ODM -- Chapter 4. Customizing a node in a cluster -- 4.1 Overview -- 4.2 Customization -- 4.2.1 When you need to customize -- 4.2.2 /etc/inittab changes on the CWS -- 4.2.3 /etc/inittab changes on the SP node -- 4.2.4 What happens on the node during normal bootup -- 4.3 Customizing a node with or without rebooting -- 4.4 Isolating problems during node customization -- 4.4.1 The customization script files -- 4.4.2 Isolating problems with pssp_script and psspfb_script -- 4.4.3 Meaning of the three digit codes -- 4.4.4 Hints and tips -- 4.5 Customization scenario -- Chapter 5. Disk configuration -- 5.1 Overview -- 5.2 Physical configuration -- 5.3 Disk terminology -- 5.4 Disk management -- 5.4.1 Selecting an installation disk -- 5.4.2 Installing a node without mirroring -- 5.4.3 Installing a node with mirroring -- 5.4.4 Initiating mirroring on a node already installed without it -- 5.4.5 Discontinuing root volume group mirroring -- 5.4.6 Creating an alternate rootvg -- Chapter 6. Network configuration -- 6.1 SPLAN Ethernet -- 6.1.1 Supported Ethernet adapters and their placement -- 6.1.2 IP label convention -- 6.1.3 Replacing an SP Ethernet adapter on a node -- 6.2 Switch network -- 6.2.1 Benefits of a Switch network -- 6.2.2 SP Switch2 -- 6.2.3 Switch IP network and addressing -- 6.2.4 Setting up the Switch2 -- 6.2.5 Configuring a cluster of switched and unswitched nodes -- 6.3 Other networks -- 6.3.1 Configuring additional adapters -- 6.3.2 Deleting or replacing a network adapter -- Chapter 7. Backup and restore -- 7.1 General backup solutions -- 7.2 How to backup the rootvg volume group -- 7.2.1 Backing up the system on the CWS to tape -- 7.2.2 Backing up the system to the CD-ROM -- 7.3 Backing up the spdata volume group -- 7.4 Node backup -- 7.5 How to verify the backup -- 7.6 How to restore the control workstation.
7.6.1 Restoring the system -- 7.6.2 Restoring the spdatavg -- 7.7 Restoring the cluster node -- 7.8 Managing the PSSP databases -- 7.8.1 Backing up the SDR database -- 7.8.2 Restoring the SDR database -- 7.8.3 Backing up the NIM database -- 7.8.4 Restoring the NIM database -- 7.8.5 Backing up the Kerberos database -- 7.8.6 Restoring the Kerberos database -- Chapter 8. Managing Cluster events -- 8.1 Managing events -- 8.2 Event Management subsystem concepts -- 8.2.1 Resource variables -- 8.2.2 Resource IDs -- 8.2.3 Event expressions -- 8.2.4 Rearm expressions -- 8.3 Security considerations for the Event Perspective -- 8.3.1 How to define new conditions -- 8.3.2 How to define event and rearm event actions -- 8.3.3 How to take action -- 8.4 Using the Event Perspective -- 8.4.1 Starting Event Perspective -- 8.4.2 Viewing an event definition -- 8.4.3 Registering an event definition -- 8.4.4 Checking event notification -- 8.4.5 Checking the rearm event notification -- 8.4.6 Unregistering event definition -- 8.5 Using the haemqvar command -- 8.5.1 Listing resource variables -- 8.5.2 Getting an explanation of resource variable -- 8.5.3 Getting the value of a resource variable -- 8.6 Using the pmandef command -- 8.6.1 The pmandefaults file -- 8.6.2 The pman internal environment variables -- 8.6.3 Subscribing an event -- 8.6.4 Testing events -- 8.6.5 Unsubscribing the event -- Chapter 9. Cluster administration -- 9.1 Node group -- 9.1.1 Starting up nodes by group -- 9.1.2 Shutting down nodes by group -- 9.1.3 Managing nodes using the node group -- 9.1.4 Managing nodes using a working collective -- 9.2 File collection technology -- 9.2.1 Getting information -- 9.2.2 Checking status -- 9.2.3 Checking resident files -- 9.2.4 Checking the file collection server -- 9.2.5 Checking the last updated time and date -- 9.2.6 Updating files managed by file collection.
9.2.7 Changing the update cycle -- 9.2.8 Update sequence -- 9.2.9 Checking log files -- 9.3 Log files -- 9.3.1 Getting authorization -- 9.3.2 Collecting AIX error logs -- 9.3.3 Collecting BSD syslog logs -- 9.3.4 Collecting other logs -- 9.3.5 Eliminating increased log files -- 9.3.6 Monitoring log files -- 9.4 Time synchronization -- 9.4.1 How NTP works -- 9.4.2 Getting information -- 9.4.3 Changing NTP time server -- 9.4.4 Monitoring NTP -- 9.4.5 Changing system time -- 9.5 The automounter -- 9.5.1 Getting information -- 9.5.2 Changing home directory server and path -- 9.5.3 Stop using automounter -- 9.5.4 Checking the logs -- Chapter 10. Cluster security -- 10.1 Authentication and authorization methods -- 10.1.1 Enabling authentication -- 10.1.2 Selecting authorization methods -- 10.1.3 Listing authentication methods -- 10.1.4 Authentication daemons -- 10.1.5 Kerberos authenticated-applications -- 10.2 Configuring the Kerberos system -- 10.2.1 Backing up the Kerberos system -- 10.2.2 Unconfiguring the Kerberos system -- 10.2.3 Restoring the Kerberos system -- 10.3 Enabling restricted root access -- 10.4 Secure remote command process -- 10.4.1 Enabling secure remote command process -- 10.4.2 An example scenario - using openSSH -- 10.5 Firewalled RS/6000 SP system -- Chapter 11. Documentation -- 11.1 PSSP documentation -- 11.2 Man page -- 11.2.1 Installing the SP man page -- 11.2.2 Using the man pages -- 11.3 PDF -- 11.3.1 Installing the PDF files -- 11.3.2 Reading PDF files -- 11.4 HTML files -- 11.4.1 Installing HTML files -- 11.4.2 Reading HTML files -- 11.5 RS/6000 SP Resource center -- 11.5.1 Installing the SP Resource Center -- 11.5.2 Running the Resource Center -- 11.5.3 Reading online documentation -- 11.5.4 Customizing the Resource Center -- Appendix A. SP-specific LED/LCD values -- Other LED/LCD codes -- Related publications.
IBM Redbooks -- Other resources -- Referenced Web sites -- How to get IBM Redbooks -- IBM Redbooks collections -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- Index -- Back cover.
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Front cover -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Notices -- Trademarks -- Preface -- The team that wrote this redbook -- Special notice -- Comments welcome -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Cluster concepts -- 1.2 Cluster components -- 1.2.1 Hardware -- 1.2.2 Software -- 1.3 Cluster management -- 1.3.1 Benefits of clustering -- Chapter 2. Managing hardware -- 2.1 Overview of hardware changes -- 2.2 Frames -- 2.3 Adding frames to a cluster -- 2.3.1 Adding frames to the cluster -- 2.3.2 Adding nodes to a cluster -- 2.4 Deleting frames/nodes from a cluster -- 2.4.1 Deleting frames -- 2.4.2 Deleting nodes -- 2.4.3 System firmware and microcodes -- 2.5 Accessing hardware Information -- 2.5.1 Accessing the node information from Vital Product Data (VPD) -- 2.5.2 Accessing information in SDR -- 2.6 Hardware control -- 2.6.1 Hardware control tools -- 2.6.2 Using the spmon command for hardware control -- 2.6.3 Using the hmcmds command -- 2.6.4 Using Hardware Perspective -- 2.7 Monitoring hardware -- 2.7.1 Monitoring SP frames -- 2.7.2 Monitoring cluster nodes -- 2.7.3 Monitoring SP Switch boards -- 2.7.4 Some words on using Tivoli for cluster management -- Chapter 3. Network Installation Management -- 3.1 Network Installation Management -- 3.2 NIM in the cluster environment -- 3.3 The setup_server script -- 3.3.1 The setup_server script flow -- 3.3.2 The NIM wrappers -- 3.3.3 Creating a NIM client -- 3.3.4 Deleting a NIM client -- 3.4 The lpp_source object -- 3.4.1 Creating new lpp_source -- 3.4.2 Checking the lpp_source object -- 3.4.3 Updating the lpp_source object -- 3.5 The spot object -- 3.5.1 Checking the spot object -- 3.5.2 Checking the SPOT log file -- 3.5.3 Updating the spot object -- 3.5.4 Updating with PTFs -- 3.6 Isolating NIM problems -- 3.6.1 Checking NIM log files -- 3.6.2 Checking NIM configuration files -- 3.6.3 The c_sh_lib file.

3.7 Getting NIM information from ODM -- Chapter 4. Customizing a node in a cluster -- 4.1 Overview -- 4.2 Customization -- 4.2.1 When you need to customize -- 4.2.2 /etc/inittab changes on the CWS -- 4.2.3 /etc/inittab changes on the SP node -- 4.2.4 What happens on the node during normal bootup -- 4.3 Customizing a node with or without rebooting -- 4.4 Isolating problems during node customization -- 4.4.1 The customization script files -- 4.4.2 Isolating problems with pssp_script and psspfb_script -- 4.4.3 Meaning of the three digit codes -- 4.4.4 Hints and tips -- 4.5 Customization scenario -- Chapter 5. Disk configuration -- 5.1 Overview -- 5.2 Physical configuration -- 5.3 Disk terminology -- 5.4 Disk management -- 5.4.1 Selecting an installation disk -- 5.4.2 Installing a node without mirroring -- 5.4.3 Installing a node with mirroring -- 5.4.4 Initiating mirroring on a node already installed without it -- 5.4.5 Discontinuing root volume group mirroring -- 5.4.6 Creating an alternate rootvg -- Chapter 6. Network configuration -- 6.1 SPLAN Ethernet -- 6.1.1 Supported Ethernet adapters and their placement -- 6.1.2 IP label convention -- 6.1.3 Replacing an SP Ethernet adapter on a node -- 6.2 Switch network -- 6.2.1 Benefits of a Switch network -- 6.2.2 SP Switch2 -- 6.2.3 Switch IP network and addressing -- 6.2.4 Setting up the Switch2 -- 6.2.5 Configuring a cluster of switched and unswitched nodes -- 6.3 Other networks -- 6.3.1 Configuring additional adapters -- 6.3.2 Deleting or replacing a network adapter -- Chapter 7. Backup and restore -- 7.1 General backup solutions -- 7.2 How to backup the rootvg volume group -- 7.2.1 Backing up the system on the CWS to tape -- 7.2.2 Backing up the system to the CD-ROM -- 7.3 Backing up the spdata volume group -- 7.4 Node backup -- 7.5 How to verify the backup -- 7.6 How to restore the control workstation.

7.6.1 Restoring the system -- 7.6.2 Restoring the spdatavg -- 7.7 Restoring the cluster node -- 7.8 Managing the PSSP databases -- 7.8.1 Backing up the SDR database -- 7.8.2 Restoring the SDR database -- 7.8.3 Backing up the NIM database -- 7.8.4 Restoring the NIM database -- 7.8.5 Backing up the Kerberos database -- 7.8.6 Restoring the Kerberos database -- Chapter 8. Managing Cluster events -- 8.1 Managing events -- 8.2 Event Management subsystem concepts -- 8.2.1 Resource variables -- 8.2.2 Resource IDs -- 8.2.3 Event expressions -- 8.2.4 Rearm expressions -- 8.3 Security considerations for the Event Perspective -- 8.3.1 How to define new conditions -- 8.3.2 How to define event and rearm event actions -- 8.3.3 How to take action -- 8.4 Using the Event Perspective -- 8.4.1 Starting Event Perspective -- 8.4.2 Viewing an event definition -- 8.4.3 Registering an event definition -- 8.4.4 Checking event notification -- 8.4.5 Checking the rearm event notification -- 8.4.6 Unregistering event definition -- 8.5 Using the haemqvar command -- 8.5.1 Listing resource variables -- 8.5.2 Getting an explanation of resource variable -- 8.5.3 Getting the value of a resource variable -- 8.6 Using the pmandef command -- 8.6.1 The pmandefaults file -- 8.6.2 The pman internal environment variables -- 8.6.3 Subscribing an event -- 8.6.4 Testing events -- 8.6.5 Unsubscribing the event -- Chapter 9. Cluster administration -- 9.1 Node group -- 9.1.1 Starting up nodes by group -- 9.1.2 Shutting down nodes by group -- 9.1.3 Managing nodes using the node group -- 9.1.4 Managing nodes using a working collective -- 9.2 File collection technology -- 9.2.1 Getting information -- 9.2.2 Checking status -- 9.2.3 Checking resident files -- 9.2.4 Checking the file collection server -- 9.2.5 Checking the last updated time and date -- 9.2.6 Updating files managed by file collection.

9.2.7 Changing the update cycle -- 9.2.8 Update sequence -- 9.2.9 Checking log files -- 9.3 Log files -- 9.3.1 Getting authorization -- 9.3.2 Collecting AIX error logs -- 9.3.3 Collecting BSD syslog logs -- 9.3.4 Collecting other logs -- 9.3.5 Eliminating increased log files -- 9.3.6 Monitoring log files -- 9.4 Time synchronization -- 9.4.1 How NTP works -- 9.4.2 Getting information -- 9.4.3 Changing NTP time server -- 9.4.4 Monitoring NTP -- 9.4.5 Changing system time -- 9.5 The automounter -- 9.5.1 Getting information -- 9.5.2 Changing home directory server and path -- 9.5.3 Stop using automounter -- 9.5.4 Checking the logs -- Chapter 10. Cluster security -- 10.1 Authentication and authorization methods -- 10.1.1 Enabling authentication -- 10.1.2 Selecting authorization methods -- 10.1.3 Listing authentication methods -- 10.1.4 Authentication daemons -- 10.1.5 Kerberos authenticated-applications -- 10.2 Configuring the Kerberos system -- 10.2.1 Backing up the Kerberos system -- 10.2.2 Unconfiguring the Kerberos system -- 10.2.3 Restoring the Kerberos system -- 10.3 Enabling restricted root access -- 10.4 Secure remote command process -- 10.4.1 Enabling secure remote command process -- 10.4.2 An example scenario - using openSSH -- 10.5 Firewalled RS/6000 SP system -- Chapter 11. Documentation -- 11.1 PSSP documentation -- 11.2 Man page -- 11.2.1 Installing the SP man page -- 11.2.2 Using the man pages -- 11.3 PDF -- 11.3.1 Installing the PDF files -- 11.3.2 Reading PDF files -- 11.4 HTML files -- 11.4.1 Installing HTML files -- 11.4.2 Reading HTML files -- 11.5 RS/6000 SP Resource center -- 11.5.1 Installing the SP Resource Center -- 11.5.2 Running the Resource Center -- 11.5.3 Reading online documentation -- 11.5.4 Customizing the Resource Center -- Appendix A. SP-specific LED/LCD values -- Other LED/LCD codes -- Related publications.

IBM Redbooks -- Other resources -- Referenced Web sites -- How to get IBM Redbooks -- IBM Redbooks collections -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- Index -- Back cover.

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