Novell BUSINESS CONTINUITY CLUSTERING 1.1 SP1 - 9-21-2010 ADMINISTRATION GUIDE FOR NOVELL OPEN ENTERPRISE SERVER 1 SP2 LINUX Administration Manual

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Novell BUSINESS CONTINUITY CLUSTERING 1.1 SP1 - 9-21-2010 ADMINISTRATION GUIDE FOR NOVELL OPEN ENTERPRISE SERVER 1 SP2 LINUX Administration Manual Manual pdf 23 page image

Installation and Setup 23NCS: Novell Cluster Services for LinuxIDM: Identity ManagerIDM eng.: Identity Manager engineIDM eDir Driver: Identity Manager eDirectory drivereDir: Novell eDirectoryOES Linux: Novell Open Enterprise Server 1 Support Pack 2 for Linux2.2.2 Downloading the Business Continuity ClusteringSoftwareBefore you install Novell Business Continuity Clustering, download and copy the software to adirectory on your workstation, then create a CD from the ISO. To download Novell BusinessContinuity Clustering 1.1 with SP1, go to The Novell Business Continuity Clustering download site(http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=bdkmSxRgKVk~).The Business Continuity Clustering installation program and software is downloaded to an ISOimage. You can either burn the ISO image to a CD and use that CD to install Business ContinuityClustering software on each Linux server that will be part of the business continuity cluster, orfollow the instructions in Section 2.2.6, “Manual (Quick) Business Continuity ClusteringInstallation,” on page 26 to install from the network without using a CD.2.2.3 Configuring a BCC Administrator User and GroupDuring the install, you specify an existing user to be the BCC Administrator user. This user shouldhave at least Read and Write rights to the All Attribute Rights property on the Cluster object of theremote cluster. “Creating the BCC Group and Administrative User” on page 23 “Assigning Trustee Rights for the BCC Administrator User to the Cluster Objects” on page 24 “Adding the BCC Administrator User to the ncsgroup on Each Cluster Node” on page 24Creating the BCC Group and Administrative UserFor Linux, ensure that the BCC Administrator user is a Linux-enabled user by creating a BCCGroup object (bccgroup), adding the BCC Administrator user to the group, then Linux-enabling thegroup by configuring Linux User Management (LUM) for the group. You also add the memberLinux nodes (Node objects) of the BCC to this BCC group.IMPORTANT: Having a LUM-enabled BCC group and user and adding the Linux cluster nodes tothe BCC group is necessary for inter-cluster communication to function properly.Prior to installing and configuring Business Continuity Clustering 1.1 for Linux software you mustcomplete the following tasks: Create a BCC group and name the group bccgroup (all lowercase). Create a BCC Administrator user and add that user to the BCC group (bccgroup). Linux-enable the BCC group by using Linux User Management.