This guide provides information about how to configure IRIS FailSafe 2.1.x systems with the IRIS FailSafe Samba 2.2 option. The Samba option provides backward and forward capability for all IRIS FailSafe 2.1.x releases.
This option enables Samba 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 that is described in the IRIS FailSafe Version 2 Administrator's Guide.
This guide is written for system administrators who are responsible for configuring and administering an IRIS FailSafe system with the optional IRIS FailSafe Samba software. These system administrators must be familiar with the Samba for IRIX configuration.
This book also assumes that you are familiar with the basic components of IRIS FailSafe described in the IRIS FailSafe Version 2 Administrator's Guide.
For more information about Samba, see the following:
Samba for IRIX Installation and Administration Guide
Samba HOWTO collection (included with Samba as /usr/samba/swat/help/Samba-HOWTO-Collection.html)
Using Samba by Robert Eckstein, David Collier-Brown, and Peter Kelly (included with Samba in HTML format in the /usr/samba/swat/using_samba/ directory )
Besides this guide, other documentation for the IRIS FailSafe system includes:
IRIS FailSafe Version 2 Administrator's Guide
IRIS FailSafe Version 2 Programmer's Guide
IRIS FailSafe 2.0 INFORMIX Administrator's Guide
IRIS FailSafe 2.0 Netscape Server Administrator's Guide
IRIS FailSafe Version 2 NFS Administrator's Guide
IRIS FailSafe 2.0 Oracle Administrator's Guide
The IRIS FailSafe man pages are as follows:
cdbBackup(1M)
cdbRestore(1M)
cmgr(1M)
crsd(1M)
failsafe(7M)
fs2d(1M)
ha_cilog(1M)
ha_cmsd(1M)
ha_exec2(1M)
ha_fsd(1M)
ha_gcd(1M)
ha_http_ping2(1M) (IRIS FailSafe Netscape Web option)
ha_ifd(1M)
ha_ifdadmin(1M)
ha_ifmx2(1M)(IRIS FailSafe INFORMIX option)
ha_macconfig2(1M)
ha_srmd(1M)
ha_statd2(1M)
haStatus(1M)
Release notes are included with each IRIS FailSafe product. The names of the release notes are as follows:
Release Note | Product |
|---|---|
cluster_admin | Cluster administration services |
cluster_control | Cluster node control services |
cluster_services | Cluster services |
failsafe2 | IRIS FailSafe 2.1 release |
failsafe2_informix | FailSafe /INFORMIX |
failsafe2_nfs | FailSafe /NFS |
failsafe2_oracle | FailSafe /Oracle |
failsafe2_samba | FailSafe /Samba |
failsafe2_web | FailSafe /Netscape web |
patch_number | FailSafe patch release |
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This guide uses FailSafe as an abbreviation for IRIS FailSafe.
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