Front cover -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Notices -- Trademarks -- Preface -- The team that wrote this redbook -- Become a published author -- Comments welcome -- Summary of changes -- October 2002, Second Edition -- Chapter 1. HACMP 4.5 overview -- 1.1 Introduction to HACMP -- 1.2 Requirements and prerequisites -- 1.2.1 Supported hardware -- 1.2.2 Required software levels -- 1.3 New features and functions -- 1.3.1 Usability enhancements -- 1.3.2 Administrative enhancements -- 1.3.3 Network enhancements -- 1.3.4 Device support -- 1.3.5 Application support -- 1.4 Installation and migration considerations -- Chapter 2. Configuring highly available p690 clusters -- 2.1 LPAR -- 2.2 Hardware Management Console (HMC) -- 2.3 Planning considerations -- 2.3.1 System configuration -- 2.3.2 HMC high availability -- 2.3.3 Network -- 2.3.4 Storage -- 2.3.5 Software -- 2.4 Clustering with HACMP -- 2.4.1 Lab environment -- 2.4.2 System configuration -- 2.4.3 Preparing the cluster for high availability -- 2.4.4 Define the LPARs configuration on both p690s -- 2.4.5 Configure the nodes -- 2.4.6 Installing HACMP -- 2.4.7 Scenario 1: Cluster with 2 Ethernet and SSA storage -- 2.4.8 Scenario 2: Using SP Switch/SP Switch2 adapter -- 2.4.9 Scenario 3: Dual SP Switch2 network -- 2.4.10 Scenario 4: IP Aliasing -- 2.4.11 Scenario 5: Integrating ESS storage into HACMP -- Chapter 3. HACWS: An HACMP Application for Cluster 1600 -- 3.1 HACWS -- 3.2 Definitions -- 3.3 Requirements -- 3.3.1 Hardware requirements -- 3.3.2 Software requirements -- 3.4 Operation of HACWS -- 3.4.1 Components of HACWS -- Rotating resource group - hacws_group1 -- The hacws_apps application server -- Custom cluster events -- 3.4.2 Planning the HACMP configuration -- Planning networks -- The /spdata file system -- 3.4.3 Requirements imposed on the logical definitions -- Network design.

HACMP startup design -- 3.5 Configurations used in this document -- 3.5.1 SP frame only with no standby adapters on the CWS -- 3.5.2 SP frame only with standby adapters on the primary CWS -- 3.5.3 SP Frame and p690 with the CWS and HMC on same SPLAN -- 3.5.4 CWS and HMC on a private network other than SPLAN -- 3.5.5 CWS and HMC on a private network with standby adapters -- 3.5.6 IP labels and networks -- 3.6 Installing and configuring HACWS -- 3.6.1 Preparation -- Install the SP system -- Install AIX on the backup control workstation -- Configure shared storage -- Configure RS-232 control lines -- Configure non-IP network -- 3.6.2 Configuration of the backup control workstation -- Install PSSP on the backup control workstation -- Tune parameters on the backup control workstation -- Configure authentication on the backup control workstation -- 3.6.3 Kerberos configuration on the backup control workstation -- Add the boot address(es) of the primary control workstation -- Add the Kerberos Version 4 rcmd service(s) key -- Configure the secondary authentication server -- Copy the Kerberos Version 4 keys to the backup CWS -- Verify the Kerberos Version 4 database -- 3.6.4 Install HACMP/ES on both control workstations -- 3.6.5 Install HACWS -- 3.6.6 Configure HACWS -- Stop the SP services on the primary CWS -- Configure boot adapters on boot IP labels -- Configure shared storage -- Additional administrative steps -- 3.6.7 Configure HACMP topology -- Define the cluster ID and name -- Define the nodes to HACMP -- Define the adapters to HACMP -- Boot IP labels -- Standby IP labels (optional) -- Discover network topology -- Service IP labels -- Persistent IP label (optional) -- Check the subnet -- Synchronize the cluster topology -- Configure the non-IP network -- Add adapters for the serial network -- Avoiding false adapter failures.

Configure HACWS application server -- Configure HACWS resource group -- Synchronize cluster resources -- 3.6.8 Set up the HACWS configuration -- Make control workstations addressable by their host name -- Install and configure HACWS -- Customize cluster event processing -- Add IP Alias -- 3.6.9 Verify HACWS and hardware configuration -- 3.6.10 Reboot primary and start cluster services -- 3.6.11 Verify operation of the primary control workstation -- 3.6.12 Start the backup control workstation -- 3.6.13 Starting of cluster services on the primary workstation -- 3.6.14 Backups -- 3.6.15 Testing HACWS -- Testing failover and the operation of the backup CWS -- Testing adapter failure (optional) -- Testing failure of the private network for CWS and HMC -- 3.7 Considerations -- Configuration changes -- Chapter 4. HAGEO integration with HACMP cluster -- 4.1 HAGEO integration with HACMP -- 4.1.1 History -- 4.2 Planning -- 4.2.1 Hardware requirements -- 4.2.2 Software requirements -- 4.2.3 Configuration examples -- 4.3 New features of HAGEO 2.4 -- 4.3.1 Integration with HACMP -- 4.3.2 TCP option for remote mirroring -- 4.3.3 Selection of temporal ordering policies -- 4.3.4 Support for 64-bit kernel environment -- 4.4 Clustering with HAGEO -- 4.4.1 Configure geographic topology -- 4.4.2 Configure GeoMirror devices -- 4.4.3 Managing the Geo Cluster -- 4.4.4 Performance considerations -- 4.4.5 Migration considerations -- 4.4.6 Troubleshooting -- 4.4.7 Maintenance considerations -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- Related publications -- IBM Redbooks -- Other resources -- Referenced Web sites -- How to get IBM Redbooks -- IBM Redbooks collections -- Index -- Back cover.