Cluster Administration
Click the Magnify icon
to view the NAS Administrator.
To
properly configure a cluster using NAS Administrator, all the servers
in the cluster must be registered. Otherwise, configuration changes
are not applied across all the servers in the cluster.
The NAS Administrator can perform the following tasks to configure
clusters:
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Add a server
to a cluster
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Remove a
server from a cluster
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Change a
server's Sync Server priority
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Modify the
maximum number of Sync Backups
Creating a New Cluster
To
create a new cluster, perform the following steps:
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From the
NAS Administrator toolbar, click the General button to
open the General window.
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In the
right pane of the General window, click the Cluster tab.
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Double-click
inside the Cluster Name drop-down box to select
hostname-No-Dsync.
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Use the
Delete key to clear the Cluster Name drop-down box.
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Type the
name of the new cluster in the Cluster Name drop-down box and
press Enter. Choose any unique name for the new cluster.
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Adding or Removing a Server in a Cluster
To
add an unassigned server to a cluster, reassign a server to a different
cluster, or remove a server:
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Open the
NAS Administrator.
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Click
the General button.
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On the
All Registered Servers list, click the name of the server you
want to add to or remove from a cluster.
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To add
or reassign a server, perform one of the following tasks in Cluster
Name:
If the
cluster exists, select the name of the cluster.
If the
cluster does not exist, type the name of the cluster.
To remove
a server, select the cluster name <hostname>-NoDsync, then
click Remove from Cluster.
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Shut down
and restart every server in the cluster, including the server
just added.
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If reassigning
a server, shut down and restart every server in the cluster from
which the reassigned server was removed.
To
change a server's priority in a cluster:
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In the
All Registered Servers list, click the cluster to change.
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In the
list of servers sorted by priority in a cluster, highlight the
name of the server to change.
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Click one
of the following:
Increase--assigns
a higher priority.
Decrease--assigns
a lower priority.
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Restart
every server in the cluster.
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