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Installing Novell Cluster Services

• You can install Novell Cluster Services (NCS) from YaST. OES Linux ships with a license for a two-node cluster. Clusters of a larger size require additional licenses, which are purchased separately.

• If you are upgrading an existing NetWare cluster environment to OES Linux, perform a rolling conversion by upgrading one node at a time.

Configuring Clusters

• Configure your cluster environment from the Cluster Options page in iMonitor.

• Cluster-enable a storage pool by selecting New Cluster Pool from the Cluster Options page in iManager.

• Cluster-enable an application or service by creating a new cluster resource from the Cluster Options page in iManager.

• Configure parameters for individual cluster resources in iManager by accessing the resource properties from the Cluster Options page.

Monitoring Clusters

• Monitor your cluster environment from the Cluster Management page in iManager.

• View the status of the cluster and the various cluster resources from the Cluster Management page in iManager.

In order to remain competitive, your organization needs to provide customers and employees uninterrupted access to data, applications, websites, and other services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

This makes high availability of your organization's services more than a technical issue. It's a business issue that requires a reliable solution.

Novell Clustering Services (NCS) is a multinode clustering system for OES Linux that is integrated with Novell eDirectory. NCS ensures high availability and manageability of critical network resources including data (server volumes), applications, and OES Linux services. NCS supports failover, failback, and migration (load balancing) of individually managed cluster resources.

NOTE

A license for a two-node NCS cluster is included with OES Linux. Licenses for additional cluster nodes must be purchased separately from Novell.