Veritas Storage Foundation 5.1 SP1 Cluster File System Installation Guide (5900-1510, April 2011)
■ The network interface names used for the private interconnects on the
new node must be the same as that of the existing nodes in the cluster.
Preparing to add a node to a cluster
Complete the following preparatory steps on the new node before you add the
node to an existing SFCFS cluster.
To prepare the new node
1
Verify that the new node meets installation requirements.
# ./installsfcfs -precheck saturn
2
Install SFCFS on the new system.
Note: Use the -install option to install SFCFS. Do not configure SFCFS after
the installation.
Would you like to configure SFCFS on saturn [y, n, q] (n)
You can configure the new node later using the configuration from the existing
cluster nodes.
See “About installation and configuration methods” on page 28.
Adding a node to a cluster
You can use one of the following methods to add a node to an existing SFCFS
cluster:
See “Adding a node to a cluster using the SFCFS
installer” on page 281.
See “Adding a node using the Web-based installer”
on page 284.
SFCFS installer
See “Adding the node to a cluster manually” on page 285.Manual
Note: Before you add the node, make sure that SFCFS is not configured on the
node.
Adding a node to a cluster
Preparing to add a node to a cluster
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