Hi, I recently setup Heartbeat on two SLES 10.2 boxes. Between yast and hb_gui it was simple to get the cluster up and running with a virtual IP in my resource group. I have a couple questions. I've been reading different resources and it's tough to get a grap on all the parts to better understand them and google has so many links that assume you have X experience.
1) Does any one have a guide for beginners? Something that's real whiz bang and helps a person get the components? I've mostly been using linux-ha.org and google. Ok, onto my more technical question. I have a two node cluster. Example below. Node-a 10.0.0.5 Node-b 10.0.0.6 Node-active 10.0.0.10 I am setting this lab up to be a HA file server with AD integration. I am using OCFS2 to nix the need for replicating data or moving disk resources. I wasn't sure if Linux-HA could handle seamless failover of Samba. 2) Can Linux-HA handle a seamless transition without dropping the connections? Anyhow, I have samba running on both nodes and the nodes are part of my AD domain. I can access either box from my windows client just like it was a windows box etc etc. Today I can access node-a and on a failover node-b picks things up right where the other left off in about 1 or 2 seconds tops. \\10.0.0.10\testshare<file:///\\10.0.0.10\testshare> . The only thing is in this setup any data transferring during the failover dropped. Hence the last question about Samba being failed over. I've read all kinds of posts on it and I am not sure the answer is clear to me. I would also like to add a virtual name to my resource group so I can access the resource group by name. I tried adding a DNS record so I could do \\node-active\share<file:///\\node-active\share>. However I can not ping the resource group or access it by name. Pinging from linux or windows resolve the name to the right IP, but I get no replies or connection using my name. 3) Am I missing something to make that work? I'm shocked the resource group IP responds via number, but not name. 4) Is there a proper resource name I can add like they have with MSCS? Lastly, like I mentioned I am using SLES 10.2 and HB_GUI to drive all this. I notice there are a lot of resources items I can add to my cluster to do all sort of things. Some have values that need set like ipaddr has ip. A lot of them do not like smb has no parameters in the drop down. 5) Is that by design or are we expected to know those values and plug them in ourselves? In the gui its just empty, but I can hand type something in. I really like this as a technology so far, I'd just like to get some of the pieces down a little more. I apologize for the basic questions, but there is a lot of chatter and terms flying around and I am not up to speed enough to search / ask with those terms. Example - I want to add a virtual name to my resource group. In the MSCS world that gets hits, but not much with Linux-HA. I'm not sure if its there or I have to use Samba in some fashion etc. So it blocks me from hitting the right search. Thanks, Bruce A Leggett Director, IT Systems Amscot Financial This Email message and any attachments are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify Amscot Financial, Inc. immediately by replying to this message and destroy all copies of this message and any attachments.Thank You. _______________________________________________ Linux-HA mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linux-ha.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-ha See also: http://linux-ha.org/ReportingProblems
