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Enabling cluster support in VxVM (optional)

  Note   This section assumes that you are using Sun Java System Cluster as the cluster monitor on your system.

This release includes an optional cluster feature that enables VxVM to be used in a Sun Cluster environment. The cluster functionality in VxVM allows multiple hosts to simultaneously access and manage a set of disks under VxVM control. A cluster is a set of hosts sharing a set of disks; each host is referred to as a node in the cluster.

  Note   The VxVM cluster feature requires a license, which can be obtained from your Sun Customer Support channel. (The presence of a SPARCstorage™ Array may serve as a license, but it limits what can be done to private disk groups.)

 To enable the cluster functionality in VxVM

1. Obtain a license for the VxVM cluster feature.
2. Install the software packages onto each system (node) to be included in the cluster.

   See Installing VxVM using the pkgadd command

   See Installing the Veritas Enterprise Administrator client

3. Initialize VxVM.

   See Configuring Veritas Volume Manager

4. Start VEA.

   See Starting the VEA server

   See Starting the VEA client

5. Configure shared disks.

   See Configuring shared disks