This guide provides information about configuring IRIS FailSafe 2.0 systems with the IRIS FailSafe 2.0 Netscape server option. This option enables Netscape server resources to be failed over from one node to another if a component fails. This guide is intended as a supplement to the information about configuring IRIS FailSafe included in the IRIS FailSafe 2.0 Administrator's Guide .
This guide was prepared in conjunction with the initial release of the IRIS FailSafe 2.0 Netscape server option and the 2.0 Release of the IRIS FailSafe software product. It describes the IRIS FailSafe Netscape server software for the Netscape FastTrack Server Release 3.02 and the Netscape Enterprise Server Release 3.51.
This guide is written for system administrators who are responsible for configuring and administering an IRIS FailSafe system with the optional IRIS FailSafe Netscape server software. These system administrators must be able to customize several shell scripts and must be familiar with Netscape server configuration and Netscape server startup and shutdown procedures.
This guide contains the following chapters:
Chapter 1, “IRIS FailSafe Netscape Server Overview,” describes the IRIS FailSafe components that are included in the IRIS FailSafe Netscape server option. It also provides an overview on the steps required to add Netscape servers as highly available services to an IRIS FailSafe cluster.
Chapter 2, “Configuring IRIS FailSafe for Netscape Servers,” explains the procedures for adding Netscape servers as highly available services.
Besides this guide, other documentation for the IRIS FailSafe system includes
IRIS FailSafe 2.0 Administrator's Guide
IRIS FailSafe 2.0 Programmer's Guide
IRIS FailSafe 2.0 INFORMIX Administrator's Guide
IRIS FailSafe 2.0 Oracle Administrator's Guide
IRIS FailSafe 2.0 NFS Administrator's Guide
The IRIS FailSafe reference pages are as follows:
failsafe(7M)
ha_cilog(1M)
ha_cmsd(1M)
ha_exec2(1M)
ha_filelock(1M)
ha_fileunlock(1M)
ha_fsadm(1M)
ha_fsd(1M)
ha_gcd(1M)
ha_http_ping2(1M) (IRIS FailSafe Netscape Web option)
ha_ifdadmin(1M)
ha_ifd(1M)
ha_ifmx2(1M) (IRIS FailSafe INFORMIX option)
ha_macconfig2(1M)
ha_mom(1M)
ha_srmd(1M)
ha_statd2(1M)
Release notes are included with each IRIS FailSafe product. The names of the release notes are as follows:
Table 1. IRIS FailSafe Release Notes
Release Note | Product |
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failsafe2 | IRIS FailSafe 2.0 |
failsafe2_nfs | IRIS FailSafe 2.0 NFS |
failsafe2_web | IRIS FailSafe 2.0 Netscape |
These type conventions and symbols are used in this guide:
| Italics | New terms, manual/book titles, variable command line arguments, and variables to be supplied by the user in examples, code, and syntax statements | |
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| # | IRIX shell prompt for the super user (root) |