Novell Doc: OES 2 SP3: Novell Cluster Services 1.8.8 Administration Guide for Linux - December 2008 (OES 2 SP1) - December 04 2013

E.49 December 2008 (OES 2 SP1)

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

E.49.1 Comparison of Clustering OES 2 Services for Linux and NetWare

This section is new.

E.49.2 Comparison of Novell Cluster Services for Linux and NetWare

This section is new.

E.49.3 Configuring and Managing Cluster Resources

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Section 10.2, Using Cluster Resource Templates	This section was modified for clarity.
Section 10.14, Deleting Cluster Resources	Added procedures for deleting cluster resources on the master node and the non-master node.

E.49.4 Configuring Cluster Resources for Shared Linux POSIX Volumes

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Section 13.10, Known Issues for Working with Cluster Resources for Linux POSIX Volumes	This section is new.

E.49.5 Configuring Cluster Resources for Shared NSS Pools and Volumes

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Section 12.3, Creating Cluster-Enabled Pools and Volumes	Added information about using Novell CIFS for Linux and Novell AFP for Linux when cluster-enabling pools on OES 2 SP1 Linux and later.
Section 12.2.2, Guidelines for Shared Volumes	Added information about using encrypted NSS volumes on a shared pool.
Section 12.4, Cluster-Enabling an Existing NSS Pool and Its Volumes	Added information about using Novell CIFS for Linux and Novell AFP for Linux when cluster-enabling pools on OES 2 SP1 Linux and later.
Section 12.8, Adding Advertising Protocols for NSS Pool Cluster Resources	This section is new.
Mirroring the Partition of an Existing NSS Pool	This section is new.
Section 12.14, Changing an Assigned Volume ID	This section is new.

E.49.6 Configuring Novell Cluster Services in a Virtualization Environment

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Section 14.0, Configuring Novell Cluster Services in a Xen Virtualization Environment	IMPORTANT:All templates except Xen and XenLive are valid in guest servers (DomU) in the virtualization environment. Only the Xen and XenLive templates can be used in the OES 2 Linux (Xen) host environment (that is, in Dom0, but not in DomU).
Section 14.2, Virtual Machines as Cluster Resources	An overview of OCFS2 is available in Oracle Cluster File System 2 in the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 Administration Guide. For detailed information about using OCFS2, see the OCFS2 Project on the Oracle Web site.

E.49.7 Console Commands for Novell Cluster Services

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Section A.3, extend_schema Command	This section is new.

E.49.8 Installing Novell Cluster Services on OES 2 Linux

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Novell eDirectory 8.8.6	If the eDirectory administrator user name or password contains special characters (such as $, #, and so on), ensure that you escape each special character by preceding it with a backslash (\) when you enter credentials.
NCP Server for Linux	This section is new.
Novell AFP	This section is new.
Novell CIFS	This section is new.
SLP	This section is new.
Novell Domain Services for Windows	This section is new.
Section 4.2, IP Address Requirements	Added information about the credentials needed by container administrators for installing Novell Cluster Services in trees where the schema has already been extended.
Section 5.2, Extending the eDirectory Schema to Add Cluster Objects	This section is new. It explains a new feature for extending the schema in a Novell eDirectory tree before clusters are installed.
Section 5.4.1, Installing Novell Cluster Services during a OES 2 Linux Installation	This section has been revised for OES 2 SP1.

E.49.9 Managing Clusters

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

The procedure can also be used to modify the administrator user, or to modify the password of the existing administrator user.

The procedure has been updated for clarity.

E.49.10 Overview of Novell Cluster Services

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Section 1.1, Why Should I Use Clusters?	This section is new.
Section 1.4, Clustering for High-Availability	This scenario was relocated from Section 1.2, Benefits of Novell Cluster Services.
Section 1.5, Shared Disk Scenarios	This section was reorganized for clarity.

E.49.11 Troubleshooting Novell Cluster Services

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Section 15.11, Cluster Resource Goes Comatose Immediately After Migration or Failover	This section is new.
Section 15.15, NSS Takes Up to 10 Minutes to Load When the Server Is Rebooted (Linux)	This section is new.

E.49.12 Upgrading OES 2 Clusters

This section is new.

E.49.13 What’s New or Changed for Novell Cluster Services

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Section 2.14, What’s New (OES 2 SP1)	This section is new.