This book is the updated version of the IBM Cluster Systems Management for Linux Set-Up HOWTO (SA22-7853-00) that was last published in June, 2001. This book provides planning, installation, backup and recovery, and troubleshooting information related to getting the Cluster Systems Management product up and running. The information includes the specified operating environment for the IBM Cluster Systems Management for Linux (CSM) suite of tools and describes how to install and set up a CSM cluster in two environments, either on an existing group of nodes or as a full installation of both the Linux operating system and CSM on the nodes of the cluster.
This guide is intended for system administrators who want to use IBM Cluster Systems Management for Linux. It describes tools that are provided to make the installation of Cluster Systems Management easier. The system administrator should have experience in UNIX(R) administration and networked systems.
This book contains information to help you install IBM Cluster Systems Management for Linux. It should be read in its entirety before you begin the installation process to ensure that everything will go smoothly and easily.
The following highlighting conventions are used in this book:
Bold | Identifies commands, subroutines, keywords, files, structures, directories, and other items whose names are predefined by the system. Also identifies graphical objects such as buttons, labels, and icons that the user selects. |
Italic | Identifies parameters whose actual names or values are to be supplied by the user. |
monospace | Identifies examples of specific data values, examples of text similar to what you might see displayed, examples of portions of program code similar to what you might write as a programmer, messages from the system, or information you should actually type. |
ISO 9000 registered quality systems were used in the development and manufacturing of this product.
The following references contain more information about IBM Cluster Systems Management for Linux:
The IBM Cluster Systems Management for Linux publications are available as HTML and PDF files on the CD-ROM in the /doc directory or on the installed system in the /opt/csm/doc directory.
README information is available on the CD-ROM in the root directory (/).
The file names are as follows:
Publications for IBM Cluster Systems Management for Linux were available also at the time of this release at the following Web site:
http://www.ibm.com/eserver/clusters/linux
If you would like to contact us by e-mail, send your comments to cluster@us.ibm.com.