Adding an Instance to a Cluster

Add additional instances to an existing cluster.

1. In the left pane of the Administration Console, expand ASE Servers > Cluster Management, then select Instances.
2. Click the drop-down arrow and select New.
   You see the Add Cluster Server Instance wizard.
3. On the Introduction screen, select the cluster to which to add an instance.
4. (Optional) On the Cluster information screen, you can import an existing instance file.
5. On the Nodes screen, click Add to specify the hosts that participate in the cluster. Provide the host name, the agent port number, and the agent user name and password.
6. The Quorum Device screen provides information about the designated quorum device. Once the device is accepted, the cluster agent plug-in is deployed to the agent host. If the duplicate agent plug-in already exists, you to create a new plug-in or accept the existing plug-in.
7. The Cluster Environment screen is specific to a shared installation. For a private installation, this information is specified when you are defining instances for the cluster.
   If a Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) base device is detected on the system, you are prompted to integrate the ASE Cluster Edition Dataserver with the Veritas Cluster Server. See Using the Cluster Edition with the Veritas Cluster Server in the Clusters Users Guide.
   If an LDAP environment is detected, see Using LDAP as a directory service in the Clusters Users Guide.
   If the devices you specify in the following steps do not include SCSI-3 PGR capability or support I/O fencing, you are prompted to continue, not continue, or to ignore further messages regarding SCSI-3 PGR capability or I/O fencing support. This dialog does not appear if a VCS device is detected.
8. Click Add to add instances to the cluster.
   You see the Define Server Instance screen with the tabs General, Local System Temporary Database, and Private (if a private installation is chosen).
9. On the General tab:
   1. Select the node where the instance will be located.
   2. Enter the instance name.
   3. Select a query port number, then select Validate Port to make sure this port is available.
   4. Select a primary and secondary network address. The Secondary option is enabled if you specified on the Network Protocol screen that a secondary address is available.
   5. Provide a full path to the error log for this instance.
   6. List any start-up parameters for the instance.
   7. List any trace flags to use at start-up.
10. On the Local System Temporary Database tab default values are provided for the local temporary databases. A local system temporary database must be create for a shared disk installation. Accept the defaults or change the database device values.
11. (Optional) On the Private tab:
    1. Sybase home – the Adaptive Server release directory (value of $SYBASE).
    2. Adaptive Server Enterprise home – the full path to the ASE-15_0 directory (value of $SYBASE/$SYBASE_ASE).
    3. Interfaces directory – path to the directory containing the interfaces file.
    4. Sybase environment script – full path to the script that you use to set the environment variables.
    5. Cluster configuration file – full path to the cluster configuration file.
12. (Optional) Click Summary to review the information you have provided.
13. (Optional) Click Export to save the instance information to a file.
14. Click Next to add the instance to the selected cluster.
    Note: After adding instances, start each one separately.