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
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Review the required information to configure the global cluster option.
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Specify whether you want to configure the global cluster option. Do one of the following:
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To configure global cluster option, press
Enter
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Do you want to configure the Global Cluster Option? [y,n,q]
(y)
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To skip configuring global cluster option and advance to installing VCS RPMs, enter
n
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See Installing the VCS RPMs
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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:
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Verify and confirm the configuration of the global cluster.
Global Cluster Option configuration verification:
NIC: eth0
IP: 10.10.12.1
Netmask: 255.255.240.0
Matching Cluster Management Console Virtual IP configuration
Is this information correct? [y,n,q] (y)