Setting Up a System to Join the Single System Cluster

The new system to join the existing single system running VCS must run the supported HP-UX operating system.

• If VCS is not currently running on System B, proceed to Installing VxVM, VxFS if Necessary.
• If the system you plan to add as System B is currently part of an existing cluster, remove the system from the cluster, referring to Removing a Node from a Cluster. After removing the node from the cluster, remove the VCS packages and configuration files as described in that section.
• If the system you plan to add as System B is also currently a single VCS system, uninstall VCS (refer to Removing VCS Packages Using swremove), omitting the steps to unconfigure and unload GAB and LLT. If you renamed the LLT and GAB startup files (see Renaming the LLT and GAB Startup Files), remove them. Proceed to Installing VxVM, VxFS if Necessary.

Installing VxVM, VxFS if Necessary

If VxVM with the cluster option or VxFS with the cluster option is installed on the existing system in the cluster, then the same versions must also be installed on the new system.

Refer to VERITAS Storage Foundation Installation Guide (sf_ig.pdf) to verify the versions of VxVM and VxFS and make sure the same version is running on all systems that are to use any shared storage.