Chapter 3. Installing Linux FailSafe Software and Preparing the System

Table of Contents
3.1. Overview of Configuring Nodes for Linux FailSafe
3.2. Installing Required Software
3.3. Configuring System Files
3.3.1. Configuring /etc/services for Linux FailSafe
3.3.2. Configuring /etc/failsafe/config/cad.options for Linux FailSafe
3.3.3. Configuring /etc/failsafe/config/cdbd.options for Linux FailSafe
3.3.4. Configuring /etc/failsafe/config/cmond.options for Linux FailSafe
3.4. Additional Configuration Issues
3.5. Choosing and Configuring devices and Filesystems
3.6. Configuring Network Interfaces
3.7. Configuration for Reset
3.7.1. Changing the getty Process
3.7.2. Configuring the BIOS

This chapter describes several system administration procedures that must be performed on the nodes in a cluster to prepare and configure them for Linux FailSafe. These procedures assume that you have done the planning described in Chapter 2.

The major sections in this chapter are as follows: