HP XC System Software Administration Guide Version 4.0
Table Of Contents
- XC Administration Guide
- Table of Contents
- About This Document
- 1 HP XC Administration Environment
- 1.1 Understanding Nodes, Services, and Roles
- 1.2 File System
- 1.3 HP XC Command Environment
- 1.4 Configuration and Management Database
- 1.5 HP XC Configuration File Guidelines
- 1.6 Installation and Software Distribution
- 1.7 Improved Availability
- 1.8 Networking
- 1.9 Modulefiles
- 1.10 Security
- 1.11 Recommended Administrative Tasks
- 2 Improved Availability
- 3 Starting Up and Shutting Down the HP XC System
- 4 Managing and Customizing System Services
- 4.1 HP XC System Services
- 4.2 Displaying Services Information
- 4.3 Restarting a Service
- 4.4 Stopping a Service
- 4.5 Global System Services
- 4.6 Customizing Services and Roles
- 4.6.1 Overview of the HP XC Services Configuration
- 4.6.2 Service Configuration Sequence of Operation
- 4.6.3 Assigning Roles with the cluster_config Utility
- 4.6.4 The *config.d Directories
- 4.6.5 Configuration Scripts
- 4.6.6 Understanding Global Configuration Scripts
- 4.6.7 Advance Planning
- 4.6.8 Editing the roles_services.ini File
- 4.6.9 Creating a service.ini File
- 4.6.10 Adding a New Service
- 4.6.11 Verifying a New Service
- 5 Managing Licenses
- 6 Managing the Configuration and Management Database
- 6.1 Accessing the Configuration and Management Database
- 6.2 Querying the Configuration and Management Database
- 6.3 Finding and Setting System Attribute Values
- 6.4 Backing Up the Configuration Database
- 6.5 Restoring the Configuration Database from a Backup File
- 6.6 Archiving Sensor Data from the Configuration Database
- 6.7 Restoring the Sensor Data from an Archive File
- 6.8 Purging Sensor Data from the Configuration and Management Database
- 6.9 Dumping the Configuration and Management Database
- 7 Monitoring the System
- 7.1 Monitoring Tools
- 7.2 Monitoring Strategy
- 7.3 Displaying System Environment Data
- 7.4 Monitoring Disks
- 7.5 Displaying System Statistics
- 7.6 Logging Node Events
- 7.7 The collectl Utility
- 7.8 Using HP Graph To Display Network Bandwidth and System Use
- 7.9 The resmon Utility
- 7.10 The kdump Mechanism and the crash Utility
- 8 Monitoring the System with Nagios
- 8.1 Nagios Overview
- 8.2 Using the Nagios Web Interface
- 8.3 Adjusting the Nagios Configuration
- 8.4 Configuring Nagios on HP XC Systems
- 8.5 Using the Nan Notification Aggregator and Delimiter To Control Nagios Messages
- 8.6 Nagios Report Generator Utility
- 8.7 Modifying Nagios To Effect Changes
- 9 Network Administration
- 10 Managing Patches and RPM Updates
- 11 Distributing Software Throughout the System
- 11.1 Overview of the Image Replication and Distribution Environment
- 11.2 Installing and Distributing Software Patches
- 11.3 Adding Software or Modifying Files on the Golden Client
- 11.4 Determining Which Nodes Will Be Imaged
- 11.5 Updating the Golden Image
- 11.6 Propagating the Golden Image to All Nodes
- 11.7 Maintaining a Global Service Configuration
- 12 Opening an IP Port in the Firewall
- 13 Connecting to a Remote Console
- 14 Managing Local User Accounts and Passwords
- 14.1 HP XC User and Group Accounts
- 14.2 General Procedures for Administering Local User Accounts
- 14.3 Adding a Local User Account
- 14.4 Modifying a Local User Account
- 14.5 Deleting a Local User Account
- 14.6 Configuring the ssh Keys for a User
- 14.7 Synchronizing the NIS Database
- 14.8 Changing Administrative Passwords
- 14.8.1 Changing the Superuser Password
- 14.8.2 Changing the CMDB Password
- 14.8.3 Changing the Interconnect Password
- 14.8.4 Changing the Console Port Password
- 14.8.5 Synchronizing the BMC/IPMI Password for CP6000 Systems
- 14.8.6 Changing the Nagios Administrator Password
- 14.8.7 Changing the LSF Administrator Password
- 15 Managing SLURM
- 16 Managing LSF
- 16.1 Standard LSF
- 16.2 LSF with SLURM
- 16.3 Switching the Type of LSF Installed
- 16.4 LSF with SLURM Installation
- 16.5 LSF with SLURM Startup and Shutdown
- 16.6 Controlling the LSF with SLURM Service
- 16.7 Launching Jobs with LSF with SLURM
- 16.8 Monitoring and Controlling LSF with SLURM Jobs
- 16.9 Maintaining Shell Prompts in LSF Interactive Shells
- 16.10 Job Accounting
- 16.11 LSF Daemon Log Maintenance
- 16.12 Load Indexes and Resource Information
- 16.13 LSF with SLURM Monitoring
- 16.14 LSF with SLURM Failover
- 16.15 Moving SLURM and LSF Daemons to Their Backup Nodes
- 16.16 Enhancing LSF with SLURM
- 16.17 Configuring an External Virtual Host Name for LSF with SLURM on HP XC Systems
- 17 Managing Modulefiles
- 18 Mounting File Systems
- 19 Managing Software RAID Arrays
- 20 Using Diagnostic Tools
- 20.1 Using the sys_check Utility
- 20.2 Using the ovp Utility for System Verification
- 20.3 Using the dgemm Utility to Analyze Performance
- 20.4 Using the System Interconnect Diagnostic Tools
- 21 Troubleshooting
- 21.1 General Troubleshooting
- 21.2 Nagios Troubleshooting
- 21.3 Messages Reported by Nagios
- 21.4 System Interconnect Troubleshooting
- 21.5 Improved Availability Issues
- 21.5.1 How To Start HP Serviceguard When Only the Head Node is Running
- 21.5.2 Restart Serviceguard Quorum Server if Quorum Server Node is Re-imaged
- 21.5.3 Known Limitation if Nagios is Configured for Improved Availability
- 21.5.4 Network Restart Command Negatively Affects Serviceguard
- 21.5.5 Problem Failing Over Database Package Under Serviceguard
- 21.6 SLURM Troubleshooting
- 21.7 LSF Troubleshooting
- 22 Servicing the HP XC System
- 22.1 Adding a Node
- 22.2 Replacing a Client Node
- 22.3 Actualizing Planned Nodes
- 22.4 Replacing a Server Blade Enclosure OnBoard Administrator
- 22.5 Replacing a System Interconnect Board in an HP CP6000 System
- 22.6 Software RAID Disk Replacement
- 22.7 Incorporating External Network Interface Cards
- 22.7.1 Gathering Information
- 22.7.2 Editing the platform_vars.ini File
- 22.7.3 Using the device_config Command
- 22.7.4 Updating the Database for the External Network Card
- 22.7.5 Updating the Firewall Custom Configuration
- 22.7.6 Reconfiguring the Nodes
- 22.7.7 Verifying Success
- 22.7.8 Updating the Golden Image
- A Installing LSF with SLURM into an Existing Standard LSF Cluster
- B Setting Up MPICH
- C HP MCS Monitoring
- D CPU Frequency-Based Power-Saving Feature
- Glossary
- Index
hostgroup command, 31
HowTo
web address, 17
HP BladeSystems information, 81
HP documentation
providing feedback for, 21
HP Graph, 95–99
HP Serviceguard, 47–49
HP XC
command set, 30
configuration file guidelines, 35
HP XC system
booting, 51
file system hierarchy, 26
log files, 29
shutdown, 54
startup, 51
hpasm, 87
/hptc_cluster directory, 27, 58, 146, 262, 264
guidelines, 27
troubleshooting mount failure, 248
I
I/O service, 25
image replication and distribution, 141
exclusion files, 150
image server services, 25
improved availability, 38, 45–50
availability tool, 45
imaging and starting nodes, 54
in a full imaging installation, 151
Nagios, 261
NAT administration, 131
NAT failover, 131
restarting Nagios, 61, 115
shutting down the system, 54
starting nodes, 53
stopping a services, 62
transfer_from_avail command, 32
transfer_to_avail command, 32
troubleshooting, 260–261
InfiniBand
administrative password, 164
root password, 164
installation
fresh, 30
updated RPMs, 137
upgrade, 30
IP port
open external ports, 153
open internal ports, 153
opening a port globally, 155
opening a temporary port, 155
iptables.proto file, 155
ITRC, 137
J
job accounting, 178
log file, 178
statistics, 179
turning off, 180
turning on, 180
jobacct.log file, 178, 181
K
kdump mechanism, 102–103
kernel dependent module, 138
kernel dump
analyzing, 103
obtaining, 103
kernel module
rebuilding, 138
L
LDAP, 40
license management, 77–78
license manager
restarting, 78
starting, 78
stopping, 78
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (see LDAP)
Linux Virtual Server (see LVS)
lmstat command, 77
Load Sharing Facility (see LSF)
local storage, 24
local user accounts, 159
adding, 159
deleting, 161
general administration, 159
modifying, 160
locatenode command, 31
log files, 29
logging
events, 90
logfiles, 27
Nagios log files, 249
login service, 24
LSF
switching type of LSF installed, 194
LSF daemon, 191
moving to backup node, 206
moving to primary node, 207
LSF documentation, 18
LSF execution host, 191, 197, 203, 204
lsf partition, 193, 208, 264
LSF services, 25
LSF with SLURM
controlling LSF with SLURM service, 197
default user environment, 196
enhancing, 207
implementation, 190
inconclusive job termination, 264
installation details, 195
job accounting, 201
job starter script, 192, 197, 200
job submission, 197
load indexes, 202
maintaining shell prompts in interactive shells, 200
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