27.1 Typical Cluster Management Tasks
27.2 Adding a Node to the Cluster
27.3 Adding a Node to a Package
27.4 Adding a New Package to the Cluster Utilizing a Serviceguard Toolkit
27.5 Modifying an Existing Package to Use EMS Resources
27.6 Deleting a Package from the Cluster
27.7 Deleting a Node from the Cluster
27.8 Discussing the Process of Rolling Upgrades within a Cluster
27.9 If It Breaks, Fix It!
27.10 Installing and Using the Serviceguard Manager GUI
In this chapter, we look at key tasks when managing a cluster; we add and remove nodes from the cluster as well as add and remove packages from the cluster. An important aspect of these tasks is knowing when we can perform them without interrupting access to existing resources. After all, we are trying to provide a highly available computing resource to our user community; we are aiming to eliminate or at least minimize any unplanned downtime.