Symantec 5 manual About adding and removing nodes, Adding a node to a cluster

Chapter 7

Adding and removing cluster nodes

This chapter includes the following topics:

■About adding and removing nodes

■Adding a node to a cluster

■Removing a node from a cluster

About adding and removing nodes

After you install VCS and create a cluster, you can add and remove nodes from the cluster. You can create a cluster of up to 32 nodes.

Adding a node to a cluster

The system you add to the cluster must meet the hardware and software requirements.

Table 7-1specifies the tasks that are involved in adding a cluster. The example demonstrates how to add a node saturn to already existing nodes, galaxy and nebula.

Table 7-1	Tasks that are involved in adding a node to a cluster
Task		Reference
Set up the hardware.		See “Setting up the hardware” on page 122.