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6. Resource Type

6. Resource Type

It is classified resources according the types and has different attributes for each type.

Table of Contents

Resource Type


[Figure]
 Resource Types


Network Interface card(NIC)

MCCS monitor the TCP/IP based network connectivity. It detects the network unplug, ethernet adapter failure, or cable failure.

IP Address

MCCS manages virtual IP address and subnet mask which will be assigned on a NIC and switchable node to node in case it reacts in the same manner as the node's real IP address.
A real IP address which is static must be set in the NIC to add on a virtual IP address.

Process

Process is used when register single execution file. MCCS detects the failures by checking if the process name exists in the process table of operating system.

Application

It is similar to process. But this is more complicated. Application works with several application or scripts such as tomcat.
MCCS does only detect on execution file, but it also brings online/ take offline/monitor the process by using pre-defined script.

Shared Disk

There are two systems connected to external shared storage and MCCS monitor the health status of I/O path to the file system.

Mirror Disk

When clustered nodes does not use shared storage, the data will be stored in each of local disk or direct attache storage.
In this environment, the mirroring component is needed through TCP/IP connection between nodes to synchronize the changed data.

Service

Service is a component that is managed by SCM (Service Control Management) of Window OS.

Virtual Name (NetBIOS)

It manages the Windows based NetBIOS names.

SCSI Reservation

SCSI reservation agents manage LUN based locking using the SCSI3-PR (Persistent Reservation) protocols that shared storages support such as SAN.
This function can prevent data losses when no nodes in a cluster know the status of other nodes.

Shared disk DR

The disk shared between the two nodes of MCCS is copied to a remote server, so that data can be safely protected from disasters.
A remote server has no MCCS installed in it. Thus, you need to establish an additional service recovery plan.

VxVM disk group

 It is used to manage a disk group of Veritas Windows Volume Manager.
The sub volumes of a disk group are not individually managed.

Oracle database

This resource controls the Oracle database.
It detects the Oracle database installed on the system, controls the service and monitors the status.

 


 

When you add a resource, this will be classified under the type as tree view structure.
For an example, when you add two NIC resource, these will be classified under the NIC type as shown below.
If you edit an attribute of resource type, this will affect all of the resources classified this type.

[Figure] Classifying of resources under the type


As shown in the figure, public and private 1 are the resources included in the NIC resource type.
If you edit an attribute of resource type, this will affect all of the resources classified this type.
For instance, if you set the MonitorInterval attribute value that defines monitoring periods to 30 seconds, the NIC resources defined as public and private1 will be all switched to 30 seconds.

 

Resource Type Attribute

Each resource type has a different attribute value. (ex. Despite the same attribute name, it can have a different value depending on the resource.)
In addition, if you change the attribute of resource type, it will be applied to all the resources of the type within the group.

[Figure] Resource Type Attribute View


AttributeDescriptionTypeDefaultEditNote
Actions

Define the resource operation type.
OnOff value is the command resource. None is the resource command only for monitoring.

STRING X 
ArgList

It represents the necessary arguments for each type of resource.
Based on these arguments, you can create variables in an agent and characterize the types.
You can check it in the type.json file but the value cannot be modified by a user.

STRING X 
CleanTimeout

It represents the time out until execution of CleanProgram is finished.
When the limit is exceeded, it will be forcefully terminated.

INTEGER60 secO 
FaultOnMonitorTimeouts

If the timeout specified by this value occurs, it is regarded as trouble.
If it is '0', it is not regarded as trouble.

INTEGER4 timesO 
MonitorInterval

It represents the time interval until the next monitoring of online resource.
If the value is too small, it could mistakenly start monitoring before receiving the proper monitoring results.
If the value is too big, then it will take too long until it detects the status changes.

INTEGER10 secO 
MonitorTimeoutIt represents the time elapsed until monitoring is finished or terminated.INTEGER10 secO 
OfflineMonitorInterval

It is the time interval until the next monitoring of offline resource.
If the time interval is '0', the offline resources will not be monitored.

INTEGER60 secO 
OfflineTimeout It represents the max time until the final decision is made on the success/failure of resource going offline.INTEGER300 secO 
OnlineRetryLimitSet the number of retries if the resource fails to restart.INTEGER0 timeO 
OnlineTimeoutIt represents the max time until the final decision is made on the success/failure of resource going online.INTEGER300 secO 
OnlineTrustTime

It is the time to reset the restart number of resource.
Initialize the number of retries if the normal condition is maintained for the duration specified after the resource is started.

INTEGER600 secO 
OnlineWaitLimit

If the time our occurs while determining whether the resource goes online properly, it will retry as many times as designated.
It is the time interval of retry is defined in 'MonitorInterval'.

NTEGER2 timesO 
ToleranceLimit

When the monitoring results cannot be trusted , monitoring will be retried during the designated time.
For instance, if the network condition is not good, and you cannot trust the ping test results, then you need to perform monitoring several more times until you get a good result.

INTEGER0 timeO 

 


CLI Use (mctype command)

Sends command related the resource type. You can command to inquire about the attribute or change the attribute values.

When you install MCCS, the initial user account ID is set to 'admin' and the password is set to 'password'.
When you run the CLI command, you need to enter the ID and the password. Otherwise, the above initial ID and password will be used.
Thus, when you change the initial user password, you must enter the ID/password in the CLI command as options. 

 

Syntax 

 

mctype -u admin -pw password -t resoruceType -a attribute

 

Options 

OptionDescription

-h

Display Help.

 -uDesignate the user ID.
-pwEnter the user password with the -u option.

-r

Designate the name of resource type to be modified.

-a

Designate the attribute names for the resource type to be modified.

-list

Display the list of resource types.
[ -t resourceType ] List the resource types designated when a specific resource type is selected. 

 

Example

modify

Modify the MonitorInterval attribute values for MirrorDisk.

 

mctype -u admin -pw password -modify -t resourceType -a attribute attribute_value

 

list

Display the attribute values for all the resource types.
(If you enter -t resourceType, the attribute values for the designated resource type will be displayed.)

 

mctype -u admin -pw password -list [-t resourceType]

 


 

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