Monthly Archives: October 2012

1. Two clusters: centos and mac 2. Port to be used is dataport e0c 3. Ip-addresses for lifs 192.168.1.130 (mac cluster) 192.168.1.135 (centos cluster) centos::> net int create -vserver centos-01 -lif ic1 -role intercluster -home-node centos-01 -home-port e0c -address 192.168.1.135 … Continue reading →

(script on linux machine, make sure automatic login on cluster is configured) #!/bin/bash echo -n “press enter to start ” #creating mountpoints echo “creating mountpoints” sudo mkdir -p /nfs/nfs215 sudo mkdir /nfs/nfs216 sudo mkdir /nfs/nfs217 echo “creating mountpoints done” echo … Continue reading →

Overview of WAFL_check   KB ID: 3011934 Version: 4.0 Published date: 09/14/2011 Categories: Administration, NearStore, Data ONTAP 7G Answer This KB will discuss the following aspects of WAFL_check: What is WAFL_check? What is the difference between WAFL_check and wafliron? What should be done prior to … Continue reading →

KB ID: 1012400 Version: 3.0 Published date: 02/14/2012  Categories: Setup Configuration, Data ONTAP 8.0.x Cluster-Mode Description This document explains how to set up DNS Zone load balancing on a pair of storage controller LIFs. This is different than external DNS Load Balancing. This balancing … Continue reading →

2 Node——UnitName–Epoch—-DB–Epoch-DB-Trnxs-Master 3 ——— ——– ——– ——– ——– ——— 4 cl1-01—-mgmt—–7——–7——–37——-cl1-01 5 cl1-01—-vldb—–6——–6——–1——–cl1-01 6 cl1-01—-vifmgr—6——–6——–26——-cl1-01 7 cl1-01—-bcomd—-5——–5——–1——–cl1-01 8 cl1-02—-mgmt—–7——–7——–37——-cl1-01 9 cl1-02—-vldb—–6——–6——–1——–cl1-01 10 cl1-02—-vifmgr—6——–6——–26——-cl1-01 11 cl1-02—-bcomd—-5——–5——–1——–cl1-01

1. what you need: two clusters e.g. cl1 and cl2 two free ports per node. (the ports should not contain lifs) net port  show net int  show select 2 ports per node and write them down. for both clusters. e.g … Continue reading →

example: clustername cl1 nodename cl1-01 net int show will give you: vserver cl1 (clustermanagement) lif cluster_mgt vserver cl1-01 (nodemanagement) lif clus1 clus2 mgmt1 vserver cl1-02 (nodemanagement) lif clus1 clus2 mgmt1

rootfilesystem is on /dev/md0 mounted on / type ufs varfilesystem is on /dev/ad1s1 mounted on /var type ufs the image and environment variable for booting are in /cfcard (/dev/ad0s2). You will find the image in /cfcard/x86_64/freebsd/image. You will find the … Continue reading →

In clustermode a node can be part of a cluster and is only regarded healthy if it is eligible. being eligible means that it is part of the replication ring for clusterinformation in /mroot/etc/cluster_config/rdb Each rdb-unit has a ringmaster. This … Continue reading →

N-blades are responsible for network part (common internal protocol SpinNP) D-blades are responsible for aggregates and volumes M-host is responsible for clustermanagement   The volumes that are physically distributed across the individual D-Blades are “stitched together” into a global namespace … Continue reading →

network interface show -lif lif1 (will show current node) network interface migrate -lif lif1 -vserver vs1 -dest-node cl1-01 (will migrate lif belonging to vserver vs1 to other node) to also move the volume: vol show -vserver vs1 (will show the … Continue reading →

cluster show (shows nodes, health. eligibility and epsilon) cluster modify [ -node nodename -epsilon true|false ] -eligibility true|false ] cluster ha show (is true or false) cluster ring show (shows nodenames unitname (mgmt vldb vifmgr bcomd) cluster join cluster create … Continue reading →