Configuring the Cluster Manually

Sybase strongly recommends that the total number of engines in all instances does not exceed the number of CPUs.

1. Create the cluster input file.
2. Configure the interfaces file.
3. Build the master and quorum devices.
4. Create a runserver file for each instance.
5. Initialize a device for sybsystemprocs and create the sybsystemprocs database.
6. Install the system stored procedures.
7. Set up a local system temporary database for each instance.
8. Start the cluster.

• Create The Cluster Input File
  Before configuring the cluster, create a cluster input file that specifies the name of the cluster, the number of instances in the cluster, the path to the directories containing the interfaces file, log files, quorum disk devices, and other required configuration information. Choose any name for the cluster input file (for example, mycluster.inp).
• Configuring the Interfaces File
  If you use an interfaces file, it must include entries for the cluster server and all instances.
• Building the Master and Quorum Devices
  Create the quorum and master devices on raw devices on the shared-disk storage.
• Initializing and Creating sybsystemprocs
  Learn how to initialize and create sybsystemprocshere.
• Installing the System Stored Procedures
  Lean how to install system stored procedures here.
• Creating Runserver Files
  After creating the master and quorum devices, create a runserver file for each instance in the cluster. Later, you will use these files to start the instances.
• Setting Up Local System and Temporary Databases
  In a shared-disk cluster, each instance must have a local system temporary database.