Topics: Red Hat / Linux

Red Hat Cluster Suite commands

Red Hat cluster controls the startup and shutdown of all application components on all nodes within a cluster. To check the status of the cluster, to start, stop or failover resource groups Red Hat cluster's standard commands can be used.

Following is a list of some of cluster commands.

  • To check cluster status: clustat
  • To start cluster manager: service cman start (do on both nodes right away with in 60 seconds)
  • To start cluster LVM daemon: service clvmd start (do on both nodes)
  • To start Resource group manager: service rgmanager start (do on both nodes)
  • To enables and starts the user service: clusvcadm -e service_name (check with clustat for available service names in your cluster)
  • To disable and stops the user service: clusvcadm -d service_name (check with clustat for available service names in your cluster)
  • To stop Resource group manager: service rgmanager stop
  • To stop cluster LVM daemon: service clvmd stop
  • To stop cluster manager: service cman stop (Do not stop CMAN at the same time on all nodes)
  • To relocate user service: clusvcadm -r service_name (check with clustat for available service names in your cluster)
  • To relocate user service: clusvcadm -r service_name (check with clustat for available service names in your cluster)




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