Quick guide: how to manage Redhat Cluster in RHEL 5

Check cluster status

[root@ncs-db-1 ~]# clustat
Cluster Status for ncs_dbcluster @ Wed Sep  1 15:22:08 2009
Member Status: Quorate

 Member Name                             ID   Status
 ------ ----                             ---- ------
 ncs-db-n1                                   1 Online, Local, rgmanager
 ncs-db-n2                                   2 Online, rgmanager

 Service Name                   Owner (Last)                   State
 ------- ----                   ----- ------                   -----
 service:clusvc                 ncs-db-n1                      started

Disable cluster status
After disable, resource group shutdown and will not affect by server reboot and/or failover.

[root@ncs-db-1 ~]# clusvcadm -d clusvc
Local machine disabling service:clusvc...Success

Enable cluster status

[root@ncs-db-1 ~]# clusvcadm -e clusvc
Local machine trying to enable service:clusvc...Success
service:clusvc is now running on ncs-db-n1

Freeze cluster resource group
After freeze resource group, it will not being monitored by the cluster manager. But current resource group state will not be affected by this command.

[root@ncs-db-1 ~]# clusvcadm -Z clusvc
Local machine freezing service:clusvc...Success

Unfreeze cluster resource group

[root@ncs-db-1 ~]# clusvcadm -U clusvc
Local machine unfreezing service:clusvc...Success

Stop cluster resource group
Resource group can failover if current node due to fencing.

[root@ncs-db-1 ~]# clusvcadm -s clusvc
Local machine stopping service:clusvc...Success

Restart cluster resource group
Resource group can failover if current node due to fencing.

[root@ncs-db-1 ~]# clusvcadm -s clusvc
Local machine stopping service:clusvc...Success

Relocate resource to another member in the failover domain

[root@ncs-db-1 ~]# clusvcadm -r clusvc -m ncs-db-n2
Trying to relocate service:clusvc to ncs-db-n2...Success
service:clusvc is now running on ncs-db-n2

Other useful commands

[root@ncs-db-1 ~]# ccs_tool lsnode

Cluster name: ncs_dbcluster, config_version: 21

Nodename                        Votes Nodeid Fencetype
ncs-db-n1                          1    1    ncs-db-1-ilo1
ncs-db-n2                          1    2    ncs-db-2-ilo2

[root@ncs-db-1 ~]# cman_tool status
Version: 6.1.0
Config Version: 21
Cluster Name: ncs_cluster
Cluster Id: 27444
Cluster Member: Yes
Cluster Generation: 1796
Membership state: Cluster-Member
Nodes: 2
Expected votes: 1
Total votes: 2
Quorum: 1
Active subsystems: 9
Flags: 2node Dirty
Ports Bound: 0 11 177
Node name: ncs-db-n1
Node ID: 1
Multicast addresses: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Node addresses: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx