Before you begin, ensure that your servers and shared storage meet the requirements in Section 4.0, Installation Requirements for BCC.
Plan your cluster conversion from NetWare to Linux as described in OES 11 SP1: Novell Cluster Services 2.1 NetWare to Linux Conversion Guide. The procedures in this section adapt the process to convert peer clusters in a BCC from NetWare to Linux. You must not finalize the conversion of any peer cluster until you are directed to do so.
The cluster conversion from NetWare to Linux requires that nodes are running NetWare 6.5 SP8 with the latest patches applied. For information about managing BCC for Netware, see BCC 1.1 SP2: Administration Guide for NetWare 6.5 SP8.
Consider the following caveats as you convert the clusters to Linux:
There is no direct method for converting a cluster from NetWare to Linux. OES 11 SP1 requires a 64-bit server. You are essentially replacing a NetWare node with a Linux node. When you convert a business continuity cluster from NetWare to Linux, the tasks are similar to those you have performed before, but the sequence is different.
Clusters containing both NetWare and Linux servers are supported in a BCC only as a temporary means to convert a cluster from NetWare to Linux. The cluster is considered a NetWare cluster, and only NetWare nodes are enabled for BCC.
In a mixed-node cluster, the following restrictions apply:
The resource script conversion between NetWare and Linux is done only between nodes in the same cluster.
The BCC-enabled resources cannot be failed over between peer NetWare clusters unless they reside on NetWare nodes.
The NetWare script-size limit (924 bytes) applies for all resources that originated on the NetWare cluster. The scripts are not permanently converted to Linux until the cluster conversion is finalized.
Novell Cluster Services monitor scripts are supported only for Linux clusters. They cannot be used until the cluster conversion is finalized.
No new cluster resources should be created on NetWare nodes or Linux nodes during the cluster conversion process until the BCC/cluster conversion is complete, except where you are instructed to do so in cluster conversion documentation.
Do not run the cluster convert command until all of the nodes in every peer cluster in the business continuity cluster has been converted to Linux, and you have re-created the BCC drivers.