Adding a remote cluster
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.
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If you are creating a global cluster environment for the first time with two standalone clusters, run the wizard from either of the clusters.
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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:
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The active host name or IP address of each cluster in the global configuration and of the cluster being added to the configuration.
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The user name and password of the administrator for each cluster in the configuration.
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The user name and password of the administrator for the cluster being added to the configuration.
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Symantec does not support adding a cluster that is already part of a global cluster environment. To merge the clusters of one global cluster environment (for example, cluster A and cluster B) with the clusters of another global environment (for example, cluster C and cluster D), separate cluster C and cluster D into standalone clusters and add them one by one to the environment containing cluster A and cluster B.
To add a remote cluster to a global cluster environment in Cluster Explorer
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From Cluster Explorer, click Add/Delete Remote Cluster on the Edit menu.
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From the Cluster Explorer configuration tree, right-click the cluster name, and click Add/Delete Remote Clusters.
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Review the required information for the Remote Cluster Configuration Wizard and click Next.
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In the Wizard Options dialog box:
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Click Add Cluster.
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Click Next.
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Enter the details of the new cluster:
If the cluster is not running in secure mode:
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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.
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Verify the port number.
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Enter the user name and the password.
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Click Next.
If the cluster is running in secure mode:
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Enter the details of the existing remote clusters; this information on administrator rights enables the wizard to connect to all the clusters and make changes to the configuration:
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Click the Configure icon. The Remote cluster information dialog box is displayed.
If the cluster is not running in secure mode:
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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.
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Verify the port number.
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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.
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Click OK.
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Click Next.
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Click Finish. After running the wizard, the configurations on all the relevant clusters are opened and changed; the wizard does not close the configurations.
To add a remote cluster to a global cluster environment in Command Center
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Command Center enables you to perform operations on the local cluster; this does not affect the overall global cluster configuration.
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Click Commands>Configuration>Cluster Objects>Add Remote Cluster.
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Enter the name of the cluster.
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Enter the IP address of the cluster.
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Click Apply.