Hi everyone
Some days ago I posted this entry:
This is a follow up, or part 2.
I hope you like it.
Expanding our Object First OOTBI Cluster – adding nodes and VBR space
We will add an extra node to the «Single Node Cluster» to become a multi-node one.
The steps are straightforward, let’s see them via screenshots with comments:
First of all, we need to deploy the OOTBI VSA which will be added to the cluster,
follow the guide from the previous entry, ending after the deployment (don’t create the Cluster again).
Select the Option Join To Cluster
Configure your NIC
The VSA will check for updates
Updates found, let´s update it
updating…
After the update, you will be pushed to the initial menu, go over it again, and the data (NIC config) will remain, just go forward and continue
NTP / NTS
OK, now, add your OOTBI CLUSTER IP ADDRESS,
The one we used/created in the previous entry, and the objectfirst user password we created.
BOOM!
Node Added to the cluster
Now you see the first two options blurry, and the cluster endpoint IP Address (Bottom left) is the same as the previous cluster.
There we have it, 2 NODES, 2TB FREE
Nodes View
IMPORTANT
Now, that our Cluster setup is done, we need to update the information in our VBR to get the space and the cluster working fine.
In the picture below you can see that the S3 bucket from the cluster remains at 1TB.
If we do the rescan repository it will give us an error like so.
Please Right click into the Repo, and re-run the setup wizard,
next, next, finish.
The thing that will happen is that, when extending the cluster, the certificate has changed, so now the VBR needs to grab it again from our OOTBI Cluster to work properly.
Running and ending the setup (properties) wizard again to update the certificate
Boom!
As you can see, after the re-config, the VBR sees 2TB of Storage, so the cluster has been updated!
Following the guide, I will add one more node, so we will have a 3TB Cluster!
Follow the same steps from before, and now, we will see the 3 Nodes and the 3TB storage!
IMPORTANT
Once again, run the setup (properties) wizard for the Repo once again to get the certificate updated!
In the picture, you can see the wizard updating the cert and the bucket now shows 3TB Free instead of 2TB.
https://lfconsulting.org/expanding-our-object-first-ootbi-cluster-adding-nodes-and-vbr-space
cheers!
