COMMON

Format tag

Description Distinguishes between general (common) and application-specific objects.

LogDir

Format String

Description (Optional) Defines the path to the HP 3PAR Cluster Extension log file.

Default %ProgramFiles%\Hewlett-Packard\Cluster Extension 3PAR\log value

LogLevel

Format String

Description (Optional) Defines the logging level used by HP 3PAR Cluster Extension.

Valid values error (default): Logs only error messages for events that are unrecoverable.

warning: Logs error messages and warning messages for events that are recoverable.

info: Logs error messages, warning messages, and additional information, such as disk status.

trace: Logs error messages, warning messages, info messages, and messages that report on execution status, useful for troubleshooting.

APPLICATION objects

The APPLICATION section defines the failback behavior of HP 3PAR Cluster Extension for each application service. APPLICATION is a multitag that can appear in the configuration file for each application service using HP 3PAR Cluster Extension.

The APPLICATION object requires the name of the application service as its value. The objects specified after an APPLICATION tag must appear only once per application. As with COMMON objects, APPLICATION objects have predefined default values.

HP 3PAR Cluster Extension uses the following rules to define objects:

If you use the default value, you do not need to specify the object.

The pre-execution and post-execution functions in HP 3PAR Cluster Extension will not be processed if the associated object values are empty. This is the default setting.

To set APPLICATION object values for the CLI, modify the user configuration file.

To set APPLICATION object values for MSFC, use Failover Cluster Management GUI.

APPLICATION

Format

Tag

Description

Distinguishes between general and application-specific objects. Specify the name

 

of the application service. The format of its value is equivalent to a string value.

ApplicationDir

Format

String

Description

Specifies the directory where HP 3PAR Cluster Extension searches for

 

application-specific files, such as the force flag or online file.

 

If ApplicationDir is set to a nonexistent drive, HP 3PAR Cluster Extension is

 

unable to create the online file and cannot bring the resource online.

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Cluster Software specifications

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