E.51 May 2, 2008

Updates were made to the following sections. The changes are explained below.

E.51.1 Installation and Setup

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Section 5.4.1, Installing Novell Cluster Services during a OES 2 Linux Installation

A one-node cluster can be configured without an SBD (split-brain detector). However, for adding a second node in the existing cluster (without SBD), you need additional pre-configuration of creating the SBD partition on the shared disk by using sbdutil on the first node.

Section 5.4.2, Installing Novell Cluster Services on an Existing OES 2 Linux Server

Corrected the procedure to use the YaST Control Center. You cannot install Novell Cluster Services by going directly to the yast2 ncs option at the command line.

A one-node cluster can be configured without an SBD (split-brain detector). However, for adding a second node in the existing cluster (without SBD), you need additional pre-configuration of creating the SBD partition on the shared disk by using sbdutil on the first node.

Configuring an Unload Script for a Linux POSIX Volume Cluster Resource

In OES 2, use deactivate_evms_container instead of deport_evms_container.

E.51.2 Managing Novell Cluster Services

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Section 9.2, Monitoring Cluster and Resource States

When the resource is in Start Alert state, you must clear the alert before you can offline the resource. After the resource is offline, you can online the resource.

Section 9.13, Deleting a Cluster Node from a Cluster

Details have been added for clarification.

Section 8.9, Moving a Cluster, or Changing IP Addresses, LDAP Server, or Administrator Credentials for a Cluster

This section is new.