Cluster Explorer provides a wizard to create global clusters by linking standalone clusters. Command Center only enables you to perform remote cluster operations on the local cluster.
If you are creating a global cluster environment for the first time with two standalone clusters, run the wizard from either of the clusters.
If you are adding a standalone cluster to an existing global cluster environment, run the wizard from a cluster already in the global cluster environment.
The following information is required for the Remote Cluster Configuration Wizard in Cluster Explorer:
The active host name or IP address of each cluster in the global configuration and of the cluster being added to the configuration.
The user name and password of the administrator for each cluster in the configuration.
The user name and password of the administrator for the cluster being added to the configuration.
To add a remote cluster to a global cluster environment in Cluster Explorer
From Cluster Explorer, click Add/Delete Remote Cluster on the Edit menu.
or
From the Cluster Explorer configuration tree, right-click the cluster name, and click Add/Delete Remote Clusters.
If the cluster is not running in secure mode, do the following:
Enter the host name of a cluster system, an IP address of a cluster system, or the IP address of the cluster that will join the global environment.
Verify the port number.
Enter the user name and the password.
Click Next.
If the cluster is running in secure mode, do the following:
Enter the host name of a cluster system, an IP address of a cluster system, or the IP address of the cluster that will join the global environment.
Verify the port number.
Choose to connect to the remote cluster with the credentials used for the current cluster connection or enter new credentials, including the user name, password, and the domain.
If you have connected to the remote cluster using the wizard earlier, you can use the credentials from the previous connection.
Click Next.
If the cluster is not running in secure mode, do the following:
Enter the host name of a cluster system, an IP address of a cluster system, or the IP address of the cluster that will join the global environment.
Verify the port number.
Enter the user name.
Enter the password.
Click OK.
Repeat these steps for each cluster in the global environment.
If the cluster is running in secure mode, do the following:
Enter the host name of a cluster system, an IP address of a cluster system, or the IP address of the cluster that will join the global environment.
Verify the port number.
Choose to connect to the remote cluster with the credentials used for the current cluster connection or enter new credentials, including the user name, password, and the domain.
Click OK.