If you want to add a new node to a multi-node cluster, first prepare the new system hardware. Physically connect the new system to the cluster using private networks and attach to any shared storage. Then install the required OS software.
See Cluster platforms.
/opt/VRTS/bin
to your PATH
and /opt/VRTS/man
to your MANPATH
environment variables
installsfcfs
script with -installonly
option to install all the required SFCFS packages on the new node.
Enter the system names separted by spaces on which to install
SFCFS: system03
Enter a SFCFS license key for system03:[?]
XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-X
1
or 2
to be installed on all systems.
Select the rpms to be installed on all systems?
Note Do not reboot the machine now.
/etc/llttab
file the same as it looks on another node in the cluster.
/etc/llthosts
from one other node of the cluster and add a new line to it with the name of this node.
llthosts
file to all nodes of the cluster.
See /etc/llttab.
/etc/gabtab
file the same as it is on another node in the cluster. See /etc/gabtab.
There is no need to reboot the other nodes, just update the /etc/gabtab
file on the other nodes in the cluster.