Installation guide

Red Hat Cluster Suite Component

Summary

This chapter provides a summary of Red Hat Cluster Suite components and consists of the

following sections:

• Section 1, “Cluster Components”

• Section 2, “Man Pages”

• Section 3, “Compatible Hardware”

1. Cluster Components

Table 2.1, “Red Hat Cluster Suite Software Subsystem Components” summarizes Red Hat

Cluster Suite components.

Function Components Description

Conga luci Remote Management System -

Management Station.

ricci Remote Management System -

Managed Station.

Cluster

Configuration Tool

system-config-cluster Command used to manage cluster

configuration in a graphical setting.

Cluster Logical

Volume Manager

(CLVM)

clvmd The daemon that distributes LVM

metadata updates around a cluster. It

must be running on all nodes in the

cluster and will give an error if a node

in the cluster does not have this

daemon running.

lvm LVM2 tools. Provides the

command-line tools for LVM2.

system-config-lvm Provides graphical user interface for

LVM2.

lvm.conf The LVM configuration file. The full

path is /etc/lvm/lvm.conf.

Cluster Configuration

System (CCS)

ccs_tool ccs_tool is part of the Cluster

Configuration System (CCS). It is

used to make online updates of CCS

configuration files. Additionally, it can

be used to upgrade cluster

configuration files from CCS archives

Chapter 2.