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Gathering cluster nodes information
Before defining the base cluster, you need the following information:
- The host names of both cluster nodes, for example:
clusternode1 clusternode2Typically, failover clusters have a private pair of network interface cards (NICs) for their heartbeat communications and a public pair for communication with the outside environment. Therefore, you need the host names of the private NICs. It is not necessary to have these host names defined on the domain name system (DNS); they can be defined only in the local host tables (/etc/hosts) of each node.
The mount point name of the shared file system. The name must be the same on both nodes. Example of the mount point name: /shareddisk
The device name of the shared disk that will be mounted to that mount point. The name must be the same on both nodes. Example of the device name: dev/sdc1
The type of file system on the shared disk, for example: jfs
The virtual IP address and netmask.
The Ethernet numbers of the public network cards of both nodes, which will host the virtual IP address, for example: en0 on clusternode1 en3 on clusternode2
The interface name. To determine the interface name, run the ifconfig command.
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Prepare for the base cluster