Validating a cluster
Notes: This action is not supported when using the following:
- ServeRAID Manager in startable-CD mode
- ServeRAID Manager as a plug-in application
- Integrated RAID controller
- ServeRAID-5i controller
Note: You must have
the ServeRAID Manager installed and running on all servers in the cluster for
this feature to work. You must run the Validate cluster feature from one of
two nodes in the cluster; you cannot run it remotely.
Use this action to determine if your cluster configuration is configured correctly.
- In the tree, click
(local system only).
- Right-click Validate cluster. The "Validate cluster" window
opens. The system you selected in step 1 is listed in the Node A box.
Note: You cannot
change the Node A system in the "Validate cluster" window. To select
a different system, click Cancel to return to the tree.
- Select your second system from the Node B drop-down list.
Note: The Node B
system defaults to the first system in the tree other than the Node A system.
If there are no remote systems in the tree, click Cancel to return
to the tree and add a remote system.
- Click Start. The ServeRAID Manager scans both systems to verify the
configuration. The progress indicator reports the progress of the validation.
- If you want to stop the validation before it is completed, click Cancel.
Otherwise, if the ServeRAID Manager found problems with the configuration,
it reports the problems in the message field. If there are no problems with
the configuration, the message field reports only the cluster pairings found.
- To view the problem report events in an easy-to-read window, double-click
an event in the message field.
- To save the contents of the message field, click Save. A "Save
as" window opens.
- Specify the file name for the message field log and click OK.
- Click Done to exit the "Validate cluster" window. If the
configuration has problems, use "Configure for
clustering" to fix the problems; then, use "Validate cluster"
again.
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