Installation guide

Chapter 5. Configuring Red Hat High Availability Add-On With the
ccs Command
As of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 release and later, the Red Hat High Availability Add-On
provides support for the ccs cluster configuration command. The ccs command allows an
administrator to create, modify and view the cl uster. co nf cluster configuration file. You can use
the ccs command to configure a cluster configuration file on a local file system or on a remote node.
Using the ccs command, an administrator can also start and stop the cluster services on one or all
of the nodes in a configured cluster.
This chapter describes how to configure the Red Hat High Availability Add-On cluster configuration
file using the ccs command. For information on using the ccs command to manage a running
cluster, see Chapter 6, Managing Red Hat High Availability Add-On With ccs.
This chapter consists of the following sections:
Section 5.1, “ Operational Overview”
Section 5.2, “ Configuration Tasks
Section 5.3, “ Starting ricci
Section 5.4, “ Creating and Modifying a Cluster”
Section 5.5, “ Configuring Fence Devices
Section 5.7, “ Configuring Fencing for Cluster Members
Section 5.8, “ Configuring a Failover Domain
Section 5.9, “ Configuring Global Cluster Resources
Section 5.10, “Adding a Cluster Service to the Cluster
Section 5.13, “Configuring a Quorum Disk
Section 5.14, “ Miscellaneous Cluster Configuration
Section 5.14, “ Miscellaneous Cluster Configuration
Section 5.15, “Propagating the Configuration File to the Cluster Nodes
Important
Make sure that your deployment of High Availability Add-On meets your needs and can be
supported. Consult with an authorized Red Hat representative to verify your configuration
prior to deployment. In addition, allow time for a configuration burn-in period to test failure
modes.
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