Use the information in the following sections to install or update the Clusters plug-in.
The Clusters plug-in supports the management of OES and NetWare clusters and resources. It cannot be installed on a NetWare server.
The Clusters plug-in requires the following components to be installed in iManager:
Clusters (ncsmgmt.rpm)
Common code for storage-related plug-ins (storagemgmt.rpm)
For information, see Storage-Related Plug-Ins for iManager.
If you are installing a new instance of Novell iManager 2.7.4 or later and the Clusters plug-in on a computer, follow the instructions in see Downloading and Installing Plug-in Modules
in the Novell iManager 2.7.6 Administration Guide. Ensure that you install the Clusters plug-in (ncsmgmt.rpm) as well as the common code for storage-related plug-ins (storagemgmt.rpm).
For the Clusters plug-in for iManager 2.7.5 or later, verify that the /var/opt/novell/iManager/nps/WEB-INF/lib directory contains the class loader file commons-lang-2.6.jar (or later version), then remove all earlier versions of the file. You must remove the earlier versions (such as commons-lang.jar or commons-lang-2.4.jar) to ensure that iManager loads the 2.6 or later version of the class loader file. Restart Tomcat when you are done.
To configure role based services for the Clusters plug-in, see RBS Configuration
in the Novell iManager 2.7.6 Administration Guide.
Use the procedure in this section to update an instance of the Clusters plug-in, or to add the Clusters plug-in on a computer where other storage-related plug-ins are already installed.
In iManager, uninstall the currently installed storage-related plug-ins.
Copy the new version of the plug-in files to the iManager plug-ins location, manually overwriting the older version of the plug-in in the packages folder with the newer version of the plug-in.
In iManager, install all of the storage-related plug-ins, or install the plug-ins you need, plus the common code.
If you are updating the Clusters plug-in, delete the contents of the /var/opt/novell/tomcat6/work/Catalina/localhost/nps work folder.
You must manually delete the old compiled JSPs that are cached in the nps work folder. This ensures that only the latest files are cached.
If you are updating with the Cluster plug-in for Novell iManager 2.7.5 or later, verify that the /var/opt/novell/iManager/nps/WEB-INF/lib directory contains the class loader file commons-lang-2.6.jar (or later version), then remove all earlier versions of the file from the directory.
The Clusters plug-in for Novell iManager 2.7.5 requires commons-lang-2.6.jar (or later version) of the class loader file. Novell iManager uses one class loader for all of its plug-ins. If multiple versions of the class loader file exist in the /var/opt/novell/iManager/nps/WEB-INF/lib directory, iManager loads whichever one comes first alphabetically. You must remove the earlier versions (such as commons-lang.jar or commons-lang-2.4.jar) to ensure that iManager loads the 2.6 or later version of the class loader file.
Restart Tomcat by entering the following command, or reboot the server if a reboot is required by any of the patches applied.
rcnovell-tomcat6 restart
In OES 11 SP1, the Clusters plug-in replaces the
, the , , , and menu options with the and options. The plug-in is updated automatically to show new tasks, and hide old ones. However, the Role-Based Services role for Clusters is not updated automatically.If you use Role-Based Services, you must reinstall the Clusters plug-in on the Role-Based Services Configuration page in order to pick up the modified menu options:
In iManager, click
, then select >Select the
tab.On the iManager 2.x Collections page, view the entry for
.There are numbers in the columns for
, , , and .Click the number link in the
column for .Select the check box next to
, then click .This updates the RBS configuration information for the Clusters plug-in.
Click
to confirm the reinstallation.After the reinstallation is complete, click
to confirm the success message.Log out of iManager.
Restart Tomcat by entering the following command, or reboot the server if a reboot is required by any of the patches applied.
rcnovell-tomcat6 restart
Log in to iManager to use the updated Clusters plug-in.