Clusters

An PowerHA® SystemMirror® cluster is a group of processors that cooperate to provide a highly available environment.

Available cluster information

Clinfo maintains the following information about configured clusters:

Cluster name

A cluster name uniquely identifies a cluster. The administrator specifies the name when the cluster is configured.

Cluster ID

A cluster ID identifies each cluster. The cluster ID is a numeric value assigned by PowerHA SystemMirror (this is not user-defined) at the time the cluster is configured.

Cluster state

A cluster can be in one of the following defined states:

Item Description
CLS_UP At least one node in the cluster is up, and a primary is defined.
CLS_DOWN No nodes are up.
CLS_UNKNOWN Clinfo is unable to communicate, or is not yet communicating with an SNMP process on any active cluster.
CLS_ NOTCONFIGURED The cluster is not yet configured.

Cluster substate

A cluster can be in one of several defined substates:

Item Description
CLSS_ERROR An error occurred and manual intervention is required.
CLSS_RECONFIG A dynamic reconfiguration of the cluster is in progress.
CLSS_STABLE The cluster is stable (no reconfiguration is occurring).
CLSS_UNSTABLE The cluster is unstable. The event history will show what events are happening.
CLSS_UNKNOWN Clinfo is unable to communicate with an SNMP process on a cluster node
CLSS_ NOTCONFIGURED The cluster is not yet configured.
CLSS_NOTSYNCHED Some basic cluster configuration information exists, but the cluster has not yet been verified and synchronized.

Primary node name

The designation of a primary node is leftover from deprecated features in prior releases. It currently has no function and does not impact the behavior. It is maintained only for binary compatability.

Cluster number of nodes

The number of nodes defined in the cluster.

Cluster number of networks

The total number of networks in the cluster.

Cluster number of resource groups

The total number of resource groups configured.

Cluster number of sites

If sites are in use, the number of sites configured.