Cluster administrator account

Linux/UNIX

To support Linux/UNIX hosts, the cluster requires a user account as cluster administrator (the default is egoadmin). The cluster administrator account must exist on every Linux/UNIX host and have the same name as the Windows cluster administrator account. For example, if the actual Windows account name is .\newadmin or DOMAIN\newadmin, the Linux/UNIX account name is newadmin.

The cluster administrator is the only non-root account that has permission to manage Linux/UNIX hosts in the cluster. The account owns most Symphony files on Linux/UNIX hosts.

You must create the cluster administrator account, or have a valid user account be the cluster administrator, before you start the installation.

By default, only the root account can start, stop, or restart hosts. You can assign root privileges to the cluster administrator account.

Windows cluster

To support Windows hosts, the cluster requires a Windows OS user account as the cluster administrator (the default is egoadmin). The Windows cluster administrator account must exist on every Windows host and have the same name as the Linux/UNIX cluster adminitrator account. For example, if the actual Linux/UNIX account name is newadmin, the Windows account can be named .\newadmin or DOMAIN\newadmin, but cannot be named .\user4 or DOMAIN\user4.

The Windows cluster administrator is the only account that can start up, restart, or shut down all Windows hosts in the cluster. The Local Administrator of the host can start and stop Symphony services on the host as well.

Both the cluster administrator and the local administrator have full control over all Symphony files.

You must create the cluster administrator account, or have a valid user account be the cluster adminstrator, before you start the installation. The account requires certain privileges and permissions as described in the installation guide.

Related tasks
Configure the cluster administrators
Grant root privileges to a cluster administrator
Start EGO in a mixed cluster
Start the host
Shut down EGO in a mixed cluster