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.

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

ADDING A SHARED VG TO A RESOURCE GROUP

CREATE A SHARED VG

Go to

System Management (C-SPOC) >>
 HACMP Logical Volume Management >>
 Shared Volume Groups >>
Create a Concurrent Volume Group

Select shared drive

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  |              PhysicalVolumeNames                                         |
                                                                                                                |
  | Move cursor to desired item and press Esc+7.                             |
  |     ONE OR MORE items can be selected.                                   |
  | Press Enter AFTER making all selections.                                 |
  |                                                                          |
  | > 000ac13311b97ef2                                                       |
  |   000ac13302f48d19                                                       |
  |                                                                          |
  | Esc+1=Help              Esc+2=Refresh           Esc+3=Cancel             |
  | Esc+7=Select            Esc+8=Image             Esc+0=Exit               |
Es| Enter=Do                /=Find                  n=Find Next              |  Esc+8=Image
Es+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+





Provide the name of the shared volume and node names as above

RUN DISCOVERY

Extended Configuration >> Discover HACMP-related Information from Configured Nodes

[TOP]
Discovering IP Network Connectivity
Retreiving data from available cluster nodes.  This could take a few minutes....
Discovered [5] interfaces
IP Network Discovery completed normally
Discovering Volume Group Configuration
clharvest_vg: Initializing....
Gathering cluster information, which may take a few minutes...
clharvest_vg: Processing...
Storing the following information in file
/usr/es/sbin/cluster/etc/config/clvg_config
cws:

Hdisk:          hdisk4
PVID:           000ac13311b97dc2
VGname:         sharedvg
VGmajor:        50
Conc-capable:   No
VGactive:       No
Quorum-required:Yes
pci:

Hdisk:          hdisk3
PVID:           000ac13311b97dc2
VGname:         sharedvg
VGmajor:        50
Conc-capable:   No
VGactive:       No
Quorum-required:No


ADD THE NEW VG INTO RESOURCE GROUP

Extended Configuration >>  Extended Resource Configuration >> HACMP Extended Resource Group Configuration >> Change/Show Resources and Attributes for a Resource Group



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  |        Change/Show Resources and Attributes for a Resource Group         |
  |                                                                          |
  | Move cursor to desired item and press Enter.                             |
  |                                                                          |
  |   RG1                                                                    |
  |                                                                          |
  | Esc+1=Help              Esc+2=Refresh           Esc+3=Cancel             |
  | Esc+8=Image             Esc+0=Exit              Enter=Do                 |
Es| /=Find                  n=Find Next                                      |  Esc+8=Image
Es+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+






IF required turn the option Automatically Import Volume Groups    equal to     true

NOW VERIFY AND SYNCHRONIZE

Extended Configuration >> Extended Verification and Synchronization >> HACMP Verification and Synchronization (Active Cluster on a Local Node)


Type or select values in entry fields.
Press Enter AFTER making all desired changes.
                                                [Entry Fields]

* Emulate or Actual                                  [Actual]
  Force synchronization if verification fails?       [No]
* Verify changes only?                               [No]
* Logging                                            [Standard]