Table of Contents

• Preface
  • Audience
  • Organization
  • Conventions
    • Keys
    • Syntax
• Cluster Overview
  • Introduction
  • ReliantHA Cluster Features
  • Hardware
    • Typical Reliant Hardware Configuration
  • Software
    • Reliant Software
    • Media Access Control Switch Driver
    • VxVM
    • VxFS
  • Cluster Operational Terms
  • Cluster Components
• ReliantHA Concepts
  • Introduction
  • Resources and Their Dependencies
  • Monitoring States and Failover
  • userApplication Attributes
  • Resource Attributes
  • Resource and userApplication Actions
    • Making a userApplication Type Resource Online
    • Making a userApplication Type Resource Offline
    • Handling a Resource Fault
  • Configuration
  • Reliant Process Architecture
• Creating ReliantHA Configurations
  • The hvgen configuration file
    • Example of hvgen Syntax
  • The Reliant names file
  • The Reliant Children File
  • Resource Offline and Online Scripts
    • PreOffline/PreOnline/PostOnline/PostOffline Scripts
    • Reliant Status Notification Scripts
  • Compiling a Reliant ..hl configuration file
  • hvgen Syntax
• ReliantHA Administration
  • Using the ReliantHA Commands
  • Starting ReliantHA
  • Shutting Down ReliantHA
  • Displaying Information
  • Starting and Manually Switching Applications
  • Shutting down Applications
  • Clearing Application Faults
  • Unlocking Applications
• Writing Detectors
  • Introduction
  • Detector Categories
    • C Program Detectors
    • Auxiliary Detectors
  • Production and Test Detectors
  • The detinst Utility
    • Create and Install a Production Detector from a Test Detector
    • Create and Install a Test Detector from a Production Detector
    • Create and Install a Production Detector from a Source File
    • Create and Install a Test Detector from a Source File
    • Copy a Production Detector to Other Hosts
    • Copy a Test Detector to Other Hosts
  • Writing the chk_detector() c Function for a C Program
    • Creating a File for the Check Function
    • Writing the Check Function
  • Writing the chk_detector() Shell Function for an Auxiliary Program
    • Creating a File for the Shell Function
    • Writing the Check Function
  • Testing the Detector
    • t_bm Input
    • t_bm Output
  • Writing and Modifying Scripts
• Bundled Detectors
  • Bundled Resource Types and Macros
  • Bundled Resource Types
    • Volume Manager Diskgroup (DiskGroup)
    • File (File)
    • Internet Protocol (Ip)
    • Mounted File System (Mount)
    • Network Device (Nw)
    • Physical Disk (Pdisk)
    • Process (Process)
    • NFS File System (Share)
    • Volume Manager Volume (Volume)
    • Oracle Detector
    • LKP Process (LinuxInit)
  • Bundled Macros
    • VMOUNT
    • PMOUNT
    • VOLUME
  • Sample Configuration Files
    • File System on Volume
    • File System on Physical Disk
    • Alias Address on NFS File System
• Using the Reliant Cluster Visual Manager
  • Introduction
  • Starting the RCVM
  • Understanding the RCVM Display
    • Identifying Display Screen Attributes
    • Selecting/Deselecting Objects in the Objects Panel
    • Using Menus and Options
    • RCVM Top-Level Window
    • Applications Top-Level Window
    • Resources Top-Level Window
  • Common Top-Level Window Options
    • Displaying Reliant Cluster Status Information
    • Changing Operational Modes
    • Choosing Display Options
    • Displaying Help Information
• Managing Nodes and Applications Using RCVM
  • Node Management
    • Quitting the RCVM
    • Stopping the Configuration Monitor
    • Displaying System Information
    • Application Management
• Resource Management Using RCVM
  • Displaying Resource Information
  • Performing Manual Switchover
  • Clearing Faults on a Resource
  • Unlocking a Resource
  • Resource Types and Images
• MSW Administration
  • MAC Switch Driver Design
    • Introduction
    • Features
    • Fault Tolerance
    • Throughput
    • Software Layering
  • Utilities and Files for MSW
    • Utilities
    • Files
• Error Messages
  • MSW Error Messages
    • MAC Switch Driver Messages
    • MSW kernel messages
• RCVM Messages, Keyboard Accelerators and Mnemonics
  • Messages
    • Introduction
    • Parts of System Messages
  • Keyboard Accelerators and Mnemonics
• Customizing RCVM
  • Introduction
    • Prerequisites
    • Customizing Images
    • Customizing Colors or Shades
    • Verifying RCVM Changes
• Volume Manager Device Number Remajoring
  • Introduction
  • The remajor Script
  • Obtaining the Existing Major Number of a Device
  • Determining New Major Numbers