RHEL5新特性－Conga集群管理软件

核心提示： Use locally installed packages – Like the name says, selecting this option does not download the cluster packages. Enable Shared Storage Su

Use locally installed packages – Like the name says, selecting this option does not download the cluster packages.

Enable Shared Storage Support – Selecting this option downloads and installs the clustered volume manager (CLVM) packages, installs them, and sets up the lvm.conf file on the cluster nodes.

Check if cluster node passwords are identical – This option can save you some typing, and help you avoid typos. If you select this option, the password fields for all cluster nodes other than the first node are disabled and the password that you enter for the first node is used by Conga for all the cluster nodes.

After you fill in the form and press ‘Submit’, Conga begins the cluster creation process. While the cluster’s nodes are being updated, you’ll see a dynamic display like the following. When the cluster creation is complete, you see the same display as is seen in Fig.6.

Fig.8. Dynamically updated display of cluster node status.

Now, let’s take a look at managing storage with Conga.

Conga and storage systems

In addition to managing your clusters, Conga can manage storage systems–all though the same web interface. In addition, Conga enables you to define user accounts and then restrict those users to accessing storage on specific storage systems. Adding a new storage system to Conga just requires that you enter the storage system name and password as the luci admin user. Once you do this, you can restrict access to storage systems with this form: