Planning a Storage Foundation Cluster File System High Availability (SFCFSHA) configuration
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Planning a Storage Foundation Cluster File System High Availability (SFCFSHA) configuration

The deployment example illustrates the recommended steps for installing and configuring SFCFSHA 6.2 using CP servers. To achieve to achieve a successful SFCFSHA implementation on VMware, follow the recommended steps. Different versions of RHEL or ESXi may require different steps.

See the SFCFSHA documentation for additional information.

Table: Tasks for deploying SFCFSHA on VMware

SFCFSHA deployment task

Deployment steps

Deploy virtual machines (VMs)

See RHEL and ESXi documentation.

Install the required packages.

See Installing the required packages for Storage Foundation Cluster File System High Availability (SFCFSHA).

Enable passwordless SSH.

See Enable Password-less SSH.

Enable traffic to CP server and management ports.

See Enabling TCP traffic to coordination point (CP) Server and management ports.

Configure CP servers.

See Enabling TCP traffic to coordination point (CP) Server and management ports.

Deploy SFCFSHA software.

See Deploying Storage Foundation Cluster File System High Availability (SFCFSHA) software.

Configure SFCFSHA.

See Configuring Storage Foundation Cluster File System High Availability (SFCFSHA).

Configure non-SCSI3 fencing

See Installing the required packages for Storage Foundation Cluster File System High Availability (SFCFSHA).

These steps are discussed and documented on the following pages.

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