Facility creation process for clustered servers

• US 20040019820A1
• Filed: 07/29/2002
• Published: 01/29/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Whitlow, Troy Charles
• Granted Patent: US 7,010,717 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 714/4
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/40 for recovering from a failure of a protocol instance or entity, e.g. service redundancy protocols, protocol state redundancy or protocol service redirection management of faults, events, alarms or notifications in data switching networks H04L41/06

Abstract

A method of creating a facility in a clustered server configuration, includes: creating a facility on a first cluster node; adding facility registry keys to a resource in the cluster group, the registry keys comprising a facility key, a full text key, open database connectivity format keys, and connectivity information keys; performing a fail over operation of the cluster group from the first cluster node to the second cluster node; resetting a password for the open database connectivity for the added facility; and removing the added facility registry keys to prevent replication back to the first cluster node. An apparatus for providing a facility in a cluster server configuration, includes: a first cluster node; a second cluster node; a shared disk system coupled to the first cluster node and second cluster node; where a facility can be created on the first cluster node, where facility registry keys are added to a resource in the cluster group, the registry keys comprising a facility key, a full text key, open database connectivity format keys, and a connectivity information key, and where a fail-over operation of the cluster group can be performed from the first cluster node to the second cluster node.

Claims

1. A method of creating a facility in a clustered server configuration, the method comprising:

creating a facility on a first cluster node;

adding facility registry keys to a resource in the cluster group, the registry keys comprising a facility key, a full text key, open database connectivity format keys, and a connectivity information key;

performing a fail-over operation of the cluster group from the first cluster node to the second cluster node;

resetting a password for the open database connectivity for the added facility; and

removing the added facility registry keys to prevent replication back to the first cluster node.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

testing the added facility for proper functionality.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

performing a fail-over operation of the cluster group to the first cluster node.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the cluster group includes an eRoom cluster group.

5. A facility in a cluster server configuration created in accordance with the method of claim 1.

6. An apparatus for providing a facility in a cluster server configuration, the apparatus comprising:

a first cluster node;

a second cluster node;

a shared disk system coupled to the first cluster node and second cluster node;

where a facility can be created on the first cluster node, where facility registry keys are added to a resource in the cluster group, the registry keys comprising a facility key, a full text key, open database connectivity format keys, and a connectivity information key, and where a fail-over operation of the cluster group can be performed from the first cluster node to the second cluster node.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein a password for the open database connectivity for the added facility is reset after the fail-over operation.

8. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the added facility registry keys are removed removing to prevent replication back to the first cluster node.

9. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein testing is performed to the added facility for proper functionality.

10. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein another fail-over operation of the cluster group is performed to the first cluster node.

11. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the cluster group includes an eRoom cluster group.

12. An article of manufacture, comprising:

a machine-readable medium having stored thereon instructions to;

create a facility on a first cluster node;

add facility registry keys to a resource in the cluster group, the registry keys comprising a facility key, a full text key, open database connectivity format keys, and a connectivity information key;

perform a fail over operation of the cluster group from the first cluster node to the second cluster node;

reset a password for the open database connectivity for the added facility; and

remove the added facility registry keys to prevent replication back to the first cluster node.

13. An apparatus for creating a facility in a clustered server configuration, the apparatus comprising:

means for creating a facility on a first cluster node;

coupled to creating means, means for adding facility registry keys to a resource in the cluster group, the registry keys comprising a facility key, a full text key, open database connectivity format keys, and a connectivity information key;

coupled to the adding means, means for performing a fail-over operation of the cluster group from the first cluster node to the second cluster node;

coupled to the performing means, means for resetting a password for the open database connectivity for the added facility; and

coupled to the resetting means, means for removing the added facility registry keys to prevent replication back to the first cluster node.

14. A method of creating a facility in a clustered server configuration, the method comprising:

performing an eRoom cluster configuration procedure to permit one of a first cluster node and a second cluster node to run an eRoom application that is installed in a shared storage in the cluster configuration;

creating a facility on a first cluster node;

adding facility registry keys to a resource in the cluster group, the registry keys comprising a facility key, a full text key, open database connectivity format keys, and a connectivity information key;

performing a fail-over operation of the cluster group from the first cluster node to the second cluster node, with the registry keys being replicated in the second cluster node during the fail-over operation;

resetting a password for the open database connectivity for the added facility; and

removing the added facility registry keys to prevent replication back to the first cluster node.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

testing the added facility for proper functionality.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

performing a fail-over operation of the cluster group to the first cluster node.

17. The method of claim 14 wherein the cluster group includes an eRoom cluster group.

18. A facility in a cluster server configuration created in accordance with the method of claim 14.

19. An apparatus for creating a facility in a clustered server configuration, the apparatus comprising:

means for performing an eRoom cluster configuration procedure to permit one of a first cluster node and a second cluster node to run an eRoom application that is installed in a shared storage in the cluster configuration;

means for creating a facility on a first cluster node;

coupled to the creating means, means for adding facility registry keys to a resource in the cluster group, the registry keys comprising a facility key, a full text key, open database connectivity format keys, and a connectivity information key;

coupled to the adding means, means for performing a fail-over operation of the cluster group from the first cluster node to the second cluster node, with the registry keys being replicated in the second cluster node during the fail-over operation;

coupled to the performing means, means for resetting a password for the open database connectivity for the added facility; and

coupled to the resetting means, means for removing the added facility registry keys to prevent replication back to the first cluster node.

20. An article of manufacture, comprising:

a machine-readable medium having stored thereon instructions to;

perform an eRoom cluster configuration procedure to permit one of a first cluster node and a second cluster node to run an eRoom application that is installed in a shared storage in the cluster configuration;

create a facility on a first cluster node;

add facility registry keys to a resource in the cluster group, the registry keys comprising a facility key, a full text key, open database connectivity format keys, and a connectivity information key;

perform a fail-over operation of the cluster group from the first cluster node to the second cluster node, with the registry keys being replicated in the second cluster node during the fail-over operation;

reset a password for the open database connectivity for the added facility; and

remove the added facility registry keys to prevent replication back to the first cluster node.