E.23 November 2011 Scheduled Maintenance

Updates were made to the following sections. The changes are explained below.

E.23.1 Configuring Cluster Resources for Shared NSS Pools and Volumes

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Configuring a Monitor Script for the Shared NSS Pool

The CIFS monitor command is available in the September 2011 Scheduled Maintenance patch. It is the default command used in the monitor script for new NSS pool cluster resources that have CIFS enabled as an advertising protocol.

E.23.2 Configuring and Managing Cluster Resources for Shared Linux POSIX Volumes

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Expanding EVMS Volumes on Shared Disks

The following steps are new:

Ensure that the target disk contains only unpartitioned free space.

Re-mount the volume to be expanded.

E.23.3 Managing Clusters

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Prerequisites for Creating an SBD Partition

This section was expanded for clarity.

The path for the SBD partition is:

/dev/evms/.nodes/<cluster_name>.sbd

Creating a Non-Mirrored Cluster SBD Partition

Ensure that the device you want to use has been initialized and marked as Shareable for Clustering as described in Section 9.14.1, Prerequisites for Creating an SBD Partition.

Using SBDUTIL to Create a Mirrored Cluster SBD Partition

Using EVMSGUI to Create a Mirrored Cluster SBD Partition

Ensure that the devices you want to use have been initialized and marked as Shareable for Clustering as described in Section 9.14.1, Prerequisites for Creating an SBD Partition.

E.23.4 What’s New or Changed for Novell Cluster Services

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What’s New (November 2011 Patches)

This section is new.