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Configuring global clusters

You can configure global clusters to link clusters at separate locations and enable wide-area failover and disaster recovery. Note that you must have entered a valid license key for VCS global clusters.

 To configure the global cluster option

1. Review the required information to configure the global cluster option.
2. Specify whether you want to configure the global cluster option. Do one of the following:
   • To configure global cluster option, press Enter.

     Do you want to configure the Global Cluster Option? [y,n,q]

     (y)

   • To skip configuring global cluster option and advance to installing VCS depots, enter n.

     See Installing the VCS depots

3. Provide information to configure the Global Cluster option.

   If you configured Cluster Management Console to manage this cluster locally, the installer discovers and displays the virtual IP address and netmask used by the Cluster Management Console. You can use the same virtual IP address and netmask.

   See Configuring the Cluster Management Console

   Do one of the following:

   • If you want to use the default values, press Enter.
   • If you do not want to use the default value, enter another IP address.

     The installer prompts you for a NIC, value for the netmask, and value for the network hosts.

     Enter the Virtual IP address for Global Cluster Option:

     [b,?] (10.10.12.1)

4. Verify and confirm the configuration of the global cluster.

   Global Cluster Option configuration verification:

   NIC: lan0

   IP: 10.10.12.1

   Netmask: 255.255.240.0

   NetworkHosts: 10.10.12.2

   Matching Cluster Management Console Virtual IP configuration

   Is this information correct? [y,n,q] (y)