AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) is a series of proprietary Unix operating systems developed and sold by IBM.
Performance Optimization With Enhanced RISC (POWER) version 7 enables a unique performance advantage for AIX OS.
POWER7 features new capabilities using multiple cores and multiple CPU threads, creating a pool of virtual CPUs.
AIX 7 includes a new built-in clustering capability called Cluster Aware
AIX POWER7 systems include the Active Memory Expansion feature.

Saturday, September 3, 2011

HACMP Cluster Configuration.. ( Two node active-passive cluster )

Create a cluster with two nodes
  1. Open the HACMP smit menu and Select "Initialization and Standard Configuration"
  2. # smitty hacmp
  3. Select "Configure an HACMP Cluster and Nodes"
  4. Enter the Cluster name
  5. Select the node names from the list
  6. HACMP retrieves the information from both the nodes
  7. Create Volume Groups

  8. Go to "System Management (C-SPOC)"
  9. Select "Storage"
  10. Select "Volume Groups"
  11. Select "Create a Volume Group"
  12. Select both the nodes
  13. Select 'hdisk4'. This is used for Hearbeat.
  14. Select "big"
  15. Make any required changes and press Enter
  16. Volume Group has been created
  17. Repeat the same to create "wiseASvg" voulme group
  18. Discover the HACMP related information

  19. Go to "Extended Configuration"
  20. Select "Discover HACMP-related Information from Configured Nodes"
  21. HACMP discovers the Volume group and PV information
  22. Configure HACMP Disk Heart Beat

  23. Go to "Extended Configuration"
  24. Select "Configure HACMP Communication Interface/Devices"
  25. Select "Add Communication Interfaces/Devices"
  26. Select "Add Discovered Communication Interfaces and Devices"
  27. Select "Communication Devices"
  28. Select "hdisk4" from both the nodes and press "Enter"
  29. Disk heartbeat has been added
  30. Add persistent IP address to the cluster

  31. Go to "Extended Configuration" --> "Extended Topology Configuration" --> "Configure HACMP Persistent Node IP Label/Addresses"
  32. Select "Add a Persistent Node IP Label/Address"
  33. Select "wisapp1p"
  34. Select 'Network name" and "Node IP Label/Address" from the list
  35. Repeat the same to add persistent ip for 'wisord1p'
  36. Select 'Network name" and "Node IP Label/Address" from the list
  37. Configure HACMP Service/Cluster IP address

  38. Go to "Extended Configuration" --> "Extended Resource Configuration"
  39. Select "HACMP Extended Resources Configuration"
  40. Select "Configure HACMP Service IP Labels/Addresses"
  41. Select "Add a Service IP Label Address"
  42. Select "Configurable on Multiple Nodes"
  43. Select the Network
  44. Select the Service IP Label/Address from the list ( Esc + 4)
  45. Select "wisappsvc" and press "Enter"
  46. Service IP address has been added
  47. Create a cluster filesystem

  48. Go to "System Management (C-SPOC)" --> "Storage" --> "File Systems"
  49. Select "Add a File System"
  50. Select "wiseASvg"
  51. Select "Large Enabled Journaled File System"
  52. Make any necessary changes and press Enter
  53. Filesystem is created
  54. Create a Resource Group

  55. Go to "Extended Configuration" --> "Extended Resource Configuration"
  56. Select "HACMP Extended Resource Group Configuration"
  57. Select "Add a Resource Group"
  58. Enter the Resource Group name as 'wiseRG'
  59. Select both the nodes from the list
  60. Change the Fallback Policy to "Never Fallback" and press Enter
  61. Resource Group is created
  62. Add Resources to the Resource Group

  63. Go to "Change/Show Resources and Attributes for a Resource Group"
  64. Select the Resource Group "wiseRG"
  65. Select "Service IP Labels/Addresses" and "Volume Groups" from the list
  66. Resources has been added to the Resource Group
  67. Go to "Initialization and Standard Configuration"
  68. Verify and Synchronize the Cluster Configuration

  69. Select "Verify and Synchronize HACMP Cluster Configuration"
  70. Press Enter
  71. Press Enter
  72. HACMP Configuration has been Synchronized to the secondary node
  73. Test the Cluster Setup

  74. Check IP configuration in the server. Persistent IP address should have been aliased to one of the interfaces.
  75. Go to "System Management (C-SPOC)"
  76. Select "HACMP Services"
  77. Select "Start Cluster Services"
  78. Press Enter
  79. Cluster startup is initiated
  80. Check the log file "/var/hacmp/log/hacmp.out". The log shows Cluster is started
  81. Check IP configuration in the server. Service/Cluster IP address should have been aliased to one of the interfaces in the primary node
  82. Filesystem will be mounted on the primary node
HACMP Cluster Configuration

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