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    Hew lett-Packard VA 7100/7400 Microsoft  Cluster Services Installation Guide for HP Netservers Version 1.0 October 12, 2001[...]

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    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Instal lation Guide 10/12/01 ii Notice The information contain ed in this document is su bject to change withou t notice. Hewlett-Packard m ake s no warranty of any kind with regard to this m aterial, includi ng, but not lim ited to, the im plied warra nties of merchantability and fitness for a particula r purpose . Hewlett-Pac[...]

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    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Instal lation Guide 10/12/01 iii Contents 1 Overv iew ....................................................................................................................... .......................... 1 General Inf orm ation ........................................................................................................[...]

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    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Instal lation Guide 10/12/01 1 1 Overv iew General Information This docum ent provides procedu res for set ting u p a Window s 2000 clu ster on a H ew lett Packard VA series high - availability platform , based on Window s 2000 A dvanced Serv er. The HP Surestore Virtual Array 7100/7400 is a SPOFless (n o singl e point of failu[...]

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    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Instal lation Guide 10/12/01 2 2 Pre-Installation Requirements Introduction This chapter provides a seq uence of pre-installation checks and tasks to be performed before beginning installation of the VA 7100/7400 disk array in a dual-path cluster con fig uration. These ch ecks and t asks i nclude th e follow ing : • Equipm en[...]

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    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Instal lation Guide 10/12/01 3 NOTE In the fu ture, the documen tation listed below w ill be supplied in kit form as part of the VA 7100/7400 S eries clu ster ki t • Hewl ett-Packard Comm and View SDM In stallation and User manu al (supplied in both printed form and on Comm and View CD con taining product softw are, ref er to[...]

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    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Instal lation Guide 10/12/01 4 Local Sy stem Configuration The remain der of this procedu re assum es that both HP Netservers hav e been config ured w ith Microsof t Window s 2000 Advan ced Server operating s yst em and th e latest service pack s. For m ore inform ation about ins talling Microsof t Window s 2000 s oftw are on H[...]

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    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Instal lation Guide 10/12/01 5 3 Configuring the Virtual Array Introduction This chapter contains detailed instructions f or setup and configuration of the virtual array . Preliminary Operations The following preliminary operations must be successfu lly com pleted before b eginnin g the Virtua l Array Setup and Configur atio n [...]

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    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Instal lation Guide 10/12/01 6 Virtual A rray Setup and Configuration Procedure To perform the v irtual array setup an d configu ration process, proceed as f ollow s: Command View SDM Software Installation 1. Connect a null m odem cable to one of the controllers in th e VA. As sh own below , the settings are as follows: o Bits [...]

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    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Instal lation Guide 10/12/01 7 2. Ref erring to the w indow sh ow n below , ty pe vfpfmt at the Ready prom pt, then strik e the Enter key on t he key board. At t he follow in g (y es/no): prompt, t ype yes , then strike the Enter key on th e key board.[...]

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    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Instal lation Guide 10/12/01 8 3. Insert th e CD containin g the HP Surestore C omm and View SDM softw are in the C D-ROM drive. On the Window s 2000 des ktop, cli ck th e desktop Start -> Setting s -> Control P anel to obtain the Control Pa nel w indow , as sh own below . In the Control Panel wi ndow show n below , click[...]

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    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Instal lation Guide 10/12/01 9 5. On th e Com man d View CD w indow sh ow n below , click RunInst .[...]

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    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Instal lation Guide 10/12/01 10 6. On the InstallShield Wizard for hp com m and view sdm w indow s how n below , click Next .[...]

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    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Instal lation Guide 10/12/01 11 7. On the License Agreem ent w indow sh ow n below , click t he I accept the term s in the license agreem ent button, then click Next .[...]

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    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Instal lation Guide 10/12/01 12 8. On the Minimum Requirem ents wi ndow show n below , verif y that th e six settin gs are check ed as show n. Then , click Next .[...]

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    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Instal lation Guide 10/12/01 13 9. The Installing hp comm and view sdm w in dow as show n below appears an d begins the sof tw are instal lation. It may require several m inutes to com plete the installation, how ever. Observe the Status bar in th e displayed wi ndow. When th e software in stallation is complete, click Next .[...]

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    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Instal lation Guide 10/12/01 14 10. On the InstallShield Wizard Completed w in dow show n bel ow, cl ick Finish .[...]

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    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Instal lation Guide 10/12/01 15 11. The Starting HostAgent w indow sh own below appears, and rem ains for a few m inu tes. 12. The C o mma nd P r o mp t wi ndow appears as sh ow n below . The term arm discover appears at th e first C -prom pt of th e wi ndow display , fol lowe d by a se t of devi ce (First VA) characteristics, [...]

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    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Instal lation Guide 10/12/01 16 13. On the des ktop displa y s how n below , click the hp com m and view sdm icon. 14. The hp comm and view sdm launcher w indow appears, as show n below . This w in dow show s th e devices (an d their characteristics) th at the Comm and View SDM softw are has f ound. Click the FirstVA icon on th[...]

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    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Instal lation Guide 10/12/01 17 15. The hp comm and view sdm w indow appears. If necessary , click th e Identity tab to obtain the VA identity display as show n below. Then, click the LUN Ma nagement tab.[...]

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    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Instal lation Guide 10/12/01 18 16. The dis play of the hp com m and view sdm window under the LUN Ma nagement tab appears. Use the dis play as show n below to create the f ollowi ng LUNs , as required: a. Create a LUN 0 to be a 10-MB partitio n (this L UN will n ot be managed by th e cluster). NOTE The VA needs L UN 0 so that [...]

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    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Instal lation Guide 10/12/01 19 A utoPath Setup To set up AutoPath for Window s 2000, proceed as f ollows : 1. Ensu re that A utoPath for Win dows 2000 softw are h as been in stalled. R efer to th e Hardware C onnections an d Applicable Docum ents /Reference Material paragraphs of chapter 2. 2. On the desktop display, click the[...]

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    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Instal lation Guide 10/12/01 20 4. Click on Device Settings and observe that the Device Settings w indow for the s elected LUN is display ed as shown below. On the display below, use the pull- down m enu to select the desired Load Balancing Po licy . 5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for each LUN that has been config ured. 6. AutoPath co[...]

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    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Instal lation Guide 10/12/01 21 Create Permission File An A SCII permission f ile for the disk array to read must be created. Permission f ile structure and defin itions are detailed in the following steps: 1. The listing below is an ex ample of a Perm ission file. NODEWWN 50060b00000203cb 1 CW NODEWWN 50060b00000203cb 0 CW NOD[...]

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    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Instal lation Guide 10/12/01 22 Identify ing World-Wide Node Names The simplest meth od to id entify w orld-wide node nam es is to use the Brocade switches (refer to the Equipm ent Required listing in ch apter 2). 1. Open a brow ser, an d enter the IP address of the Brocade sw itch in the dis k array sys tem. NOTE There may be [...]

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    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Instal lation Guide 10/12/01 23 4 Create the Cluster Service Domain Account, Serv ice Group, OU Group Policy Introduction This procedure of th is chapter sh ould be perform ed by a Netw ork Adm inis trator, fam iliar w ith Window s 2000 Grou p Policies and Security. General Information The cluster service on each clu ster node [...]

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    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Instal lation Guide 10/12/01 24 A ccount/Group Creation Procedure To create the domain u ser account an d the new us er (global security ) cluster g roup, proceed as follow s: 1. Log in to a m achine that belongs to th e domain w here the clus ter is being installed, or log in to the domain controller itself. Go to Start , Prog[...]

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    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Instal lation Guide 10/12/01 25 6. Af ter the account has been created an d made a m em ber of the cluster g roup, ensu re that it is not a m em ber of any other grou p. Right- click the u ser account, g o to Properties , then th e Members of tab. Click Add , and add th e account to th e group just created called Cluster Group [...]

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    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Instal lation Guide 10/12/01 26 NOTE The follow ing step places the new ly -created Cluster Group ( Genuity Cluster Group) into the domai n-l evel g roup called Service Accounts . 8. In the cu stom er OU ( Genuity ) , right -clic k Cluster Group ( Genuity Clus ter Group), an d select Properties . Then, click the Mem bers of tab[...]

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    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Instal lation Guide 10/12/01 27 NOTE The following steps create a GPO at the OU level to contain the security policy settings that w ill be applied locally to each cluster node. This w ill ensure that the local com puter User Rights Assignments settings are correctly m odified to assign proper p ermissions to th e clusteradm in[...]

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    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Instal lation Guide 10/12/01 28 11. When the Group Policy window s how n below opens, i n the le ft-h and pane, cl ick Windows Settings beneath Computer Configuration . T hen, click Security Settings , Local Policies , and finally User Rights Assignment . This is a machine p olicy that a ppl ies to a ny user who logs into the m[...]

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    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Instal lation Guide 10/12/01 29 13. Perf orm step 12 above to edit th e policy settin g for each of the follow ing u ser right s: o Load and unloa d device drivers o Act as part of the operating system o Back up files and directories o Increase quotas o Increase scheduling priority o Lo c k pa ge s i n me mo ry o Log on as a s [...]

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    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Instal lation Guide 10/12/01 30 NOTE The follow ing tw o steps are to be perform ed locally on each cluster n ode. Log on to each node individually to perform these steps. 16. Open the direct ory C :w in nt sy stem 32g roup_policy . Set t he Perm issi ons on t he gpt.ini file by right-c licking o n the file, select Propertie[...]

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    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Instal lation Guide 10/12/01 31 5 Node 1 (Primary Node) Configuration Introduction This chapt er contains the st ep-by -step procedu re for conf igurati on of n ode 1, the prim ary node, of th e VA 7100/7400 disk array in a dual- path cluster conf iguration. Preliminary Operations The following preliminary operations must be su[...]

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    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Instal lation Guide 10/12/01 32 3. Open the Run win dow as show n below by cli cking the desk top Start -> Run . In the Open text box of the Run w indow , enter diskmgmt.msc . Then, click OK . 4. The Write Signature and Upgrade Disk Wizard w elcom e w indow appears. C lick Next . 5. The Select Disk to Write Signature w indow[...]

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    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Instal lation Guide 10/12/01 33 CA UTION It is very importan t not to upgrade disk s because th e cluster can on ly us e basic disks, not dynamic disks. 6. The Selec t Disks to Upgrade w indow appears. Uncheck all the disks, th en click Next , as s how n below . 7. The Completing the Write Signature and Upgrade Disk Wizard w in[...]

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    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Instal lation Guide 10/12/01 34 9. In th e Disk Manager w in dow of step 8 , rig ht-cl ick on on e of th e Unknown disks ( Disk 3 , in this exam ple), and the Write Si gnature Dis k Manager w indow appears as show n below . 10. Ri ght-click in the space labeled Unallocated on Disk 3 . Select Create Partition . Then, click Nex t[...]

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    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Instal lation Guide 10/12/01 35 12. In th e Specify Partition Size window that appears as shown below , enter the desired partition size in the Am ount of disk space to use: text box (1024, m inim um ), then click Next . 13. In th e Assign Drive Letter or Path w indow that appears as show n below , select Assign a drive letter:[...]

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    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Instal lation Guide 10/12/01 36 14. In th e Format Partition w indow that appears as show n below , se lect Format this partition with the follow ing setting s: (the default). Ensure th at the follow ing setting s are entered in the Form atting fram e, then click Next . o File system to use: NTFS o Allocation unit size: Default[...]

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    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Instal lation Guide 10/12/01 37 15. In th e Completing the Create Partition Wizard w indow that appears as show n below , rev iew th e entered selections to v erify accuracy . If required, click Back and mak e corrections as n ecessary . Then, click Fini sh to create and format th e Content partition. NOTE The formatting time w[...]

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    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Instal lation Guide 10/12/01 38 6 Cluster Setup Introduction This chapter provides detailed instructions f or performing the cluster setup. Preliminary Operations The following preliminary operations must be successfu lly com pleted before b eginnin g the Clus ter Setup Proced ure . 1. Ensure that all re quirements detailed in [...]

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    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Instal lation Guide 10/12/01 39 Cluster Setup Procedure To perform the clu ster setup procedu re, proceed as follow s: 1. In the Add/Re move Program s w indow sh own below , click button labeled Configure to configur e clust er service. 2. T he Cluster Servic e Configur ation W izar d Welcome w indow appears. C lick Nex t . 3. [...]

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    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Instal lation Guide 10/12/01 40 4. In the Create or Join a Clu ster w indow sh own below , select T he first node in the cluster , then click Next . 5. In the Cluster Name w in dow s how n below , ty pe the cl uster n ame CLUS2 , th en click Next . 6. In the Select an Account wi ndow show n below, enter cluster in the Us er nam[...]

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    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Instal lation Guide 10/12/01 41 7. In the Add or Rem ove Managed Dis ks w in dow s how n below , select the disk array to be u sed for th is clus ter. Select disks in the Unm anaged disks: field, and click Add to transfer th em to the Manag ed disks: field. A fter all the des ired disks have been added to the Manag ed disks: fi[...]

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    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Instal lation Guide 10/12/01 42 9. In the Configure Cluster Network dialog box show n below , click Nex t . 10. In th e Netw ork Connections w indow for the public acces s NIC sh own below, v erify that the Network nam e ( Local Area Connection , in this cas e) is correct, check th e Enable this n etwork for cluster use box , a[...]

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    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Instal lation Guide 10/12/01 43 11. In th e Netw ork Connections w indow for the dedicated Ethern et internal conn ection show n below, v erify that the Network name ( pr ivate network , in th is case) is correct, check the Enable this network for cluster u se box, and click the In ternal cluster com munications only (private n[...]

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    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Instal lation Guide 10/12/01 44 13. In th e Cluster IP Address w indow show n below , enter 15.18.116.215 in th e IP address field, and repeat verification of the pu blic access NIC as perf ormed in step 10 . Then, click Next . 14. In th e Completing the Cluster Service Configuration Wizard w in dow show n below , cli ck Finish[...]

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    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Instal lation Guide 10/12/01 45 16. Open the Cl uster A dmi nistrat or wi ndow as sh own below by cl icking the des ktop Start -> Program s -> Adm ini strative Tools -> Cluster Administrator . Verify that c luster node 1 has star ted and is r unning cor rec tly. 17. With nod e 1 up and running, configuratio n of node 2[...]

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    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Instal lation Guide 10/12/01 46 7 Node 2 (Secondary /Passiv e Node) Configuration Introduction This chapter contain s the st ep-by- step procedure f or configu ration of n ode 2, the secondary /passiv e node, of th e VA 7100/7400 di sk array in a du al-path cluster con fig uration. Preliminary Operations The following prelimina[...]

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    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Instal lation Guide 10/12/01 47 4. In the Cluster Name w in dow show n bel ow, t ype CLUS2 in th e cluster nam e field. Then , enter cluster in the User nam e: field an d the applicable pas sw ord in th e Passw ord: field for the specified dom ain. Ch eck the en try in the Dom ain: field. All entries on the w indow shown below [...]

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    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Instal lation Guide 10/12/01 48 6. In the Com pleting the Cluster Service Configuration Wizard w indow sh own below , click Finish to complete the cl uster no de 2 configur atio n. 7. Open th e Clus ter Adm ini strator w indow as s how n below by clicki ng th e desktop Start -> Programs -> Adm ini strative Tools -> Clu[...]

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    VA 7100/7400 Cluster Instal lation Guide 10/12/01 49 A Configuration Worksheet Ma nual Configura tion Worksheet This sheet should be filled out completely before beginn ing the provisioning process. Specific documen ts referencing appropriate servers, DNS en tries, etc. shou ld be available for each data cen ter. If y our data center does not h ave[...]