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About This Guide


This guide provides information necessary to troubleshoot the High Availability Cluster Multi-Processing for AIX 5L v.5.4 software. For information on planning an HACMP™ cluster, see the Planning Guide. For information on installation, see the Installation Guide. For information about configuring and managing an HACMP cluster, see the Administration Guide.

The following table provides version and manual part numbers for the Troubleshooting Guide.

HACMP Version
Book Name
Book Number
5.4
Troubleshooting Guide
SC23-5177-03
5.3 last update 7/2006
Troubleshooting Guide
SC23-5177-02
5.3 update 8/2005
Troubleshooting Guide
SC23-5177-01
5.3
Troubleshooting Guide
SC23-5177-00
5.2 last update 10/2005
Administration and Troubleshooting Guide
SC23-4862-05

Who Should Use This Guide

This guide is intended for system administrators and customer engineers responsible for configuring, managing, and troubleshooting an HACMP cluster. As a prerequisite for maintaining the HACMP software, you should be familiar with:

  • IBM eServer pSeries system components (including disk devices, cabling, and
    network adapters)
  • The AIX 5L operating system, including the Logical Volume Manager subsystem
  • The System Management Interface Tool (SMIT)
  • Communications, including the TCP/IP subsystem.
  • Highlighting

    This guide uses the following highlighting conventions:

    Italic
    Identifies new terms or concepts, or indicates emphasis.
    Bold
    Identifies routines, commands, keywords, files, directories, menu items, and other items whose actual names are predefined by the system.
    Monospace
    Identifies examples of specific data values, examples of text similar to what you might see displayed, examples of program code similar to what you might write as a programmer, messages from the system, or information that you should actually type.

    ISO 9000

    ISO 9000 registered quality systems were used in the development and manufacturing of this product.

    HACMP Publications

    The HACMP software comes with the following publications:

  • HACMP for AIX 5L Release Notes in /usr/es/sbin/cluster/release_notes describe issues relevant to HACMP on the AIX platform: latest hardware and software requirements, last-minute information on installation, product usage, and known issues.
  • HACMP on Linux Release Notes in /usr/es/sbin/cluster/release_notes.linux/ describe issues relevant to HACMP on the Linux platform: latest hardware and software requirements, last-minute information on installation, product usage, and known issues.
  • HACMP for AIX 5L: Administration Guide, SC23-4862
  • HACMP for AIX 5L: Concepts and Facilities Guide, SC23-4864
  • HACMP for AIX 5L: Installation Guide, SC23-5209
  • HACMP for AIX 5L: Master Glossary, SC23-4867
  • HACMP for AIX 5L: Planning Guide, SC23-4861
  • HACMP for AIX 5L: Programming Client Applications, SC23-4865
  • HACMP for AIX 5L: Troubleshooting Guide, SC23-5177
  • HACMP on Linux: Installation and Administration Guide, SC23-5211
  • HACMP for AIX 5L: Smart Assist Developer’s Guide, SC23-5210
  • IBM International Program License Agreement.
  • HACMP/XD Publications

    The HACMP Extended Distance (HACMP/XD) software solutions for disaster recovery, added to the base HACMP software, enable a cluster to operate over extended distances at two sites. HACMP/XD publications include the following:

  • HACMP/XD for Geographic LVM (GLVM): Planning and Administration Guide, SA23-1338
  • HACMP/XD for HAGEO Technology: Concepts and Facilities Guide, SC23-1922
  • HACMP/XD for HAGEO Technology: Planning and Administration Guide, SC23-1886
  • HACMP/XD for Metro Mirror: Planning and Administration Guide, SC23-4863.
  • HACMP Smart Assist Publications

    The HACMP Smart Assist software helps you quickly add an instance of certain applications to your HACMP configuration so that HACMP can manage their availability. The HACMP Smart Assist publications include the following:

  • HACMP Smart Assist for DB2 User’s Guide, SC23-5179
  • HACMP Smart Assist for Oracle User’s Guide, SC23-5178
  • HACMP Smart Assist for WebSphere User’s Guide, SC23-4877
  • HACMP for AIX 5L: Smart Assist Developer’s Guide, SC23-5210
  • HACMP Smart Assist Release Notes.
  • IBM AIX 5L Publications

    The following publications offer more information about IBM technology related to or used by HACMP:

  • RS/6000 SP High Availability Infrastructure, SG24-4838
  • IBM AIX 5L v.5.3 Security Guide, SC23-4907
  • IBM Reliable Scalable Cluster Technology for AIX 5L and Linux: Group Services Programming Guide and Reference, SA22-7888
  • IBM Reliable Scalable Cluster Technology for AIX 5L and Linux: Administration Guide, SA22-7889
  • IBM Reliable Scalable Cluster Technology for AIX 5L: Technical Reference, SA22-7890
  • IBM Reliable Scalable Cluster Technology for AIX 5L: Messages, GA22-7891.
  • Accessing Publications

    Use the following Internet URLs to access online libraries of documentation:

    AIX 5L, IBM eServer pSeries, and related products:

    http://www.ibm.com/servers/aix/library

    AIX 5L v.5.3 publications:

    http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/pseries/library/

    WebSphere Application Server publications:

    Search the IBM website to access the WebSphere Application Server Library

    DB2 Universal Database Enterprise Server Edition publications:

    http://www.ibm.com/cgi-bin/db2www/data/db2/udb/winos2unix/support/v8pubs.d2w/en_main#V8PDF

    Tivoli Directory Server publications:

    http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/tividd/td/IBMDirectoryServer5.1.html

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