Validate your database, environment, and authority

After installing the Server Cluster Database, validation should take place before proceeding to the next stage of installation. Recommended validation includes:

  • Database connection
  • Network connection
  • Shared directory
The steps below provide an example of how to verify cluster configuration, permissions and connectivity in Linux.
  1. Enter the applicable network interface configuration command on the server. (ifconfig or ip for example); if not found, then install the net-tools package: yum install net-tools
  2. Create/delete a file in the share from each server node to verify permissions.

    cd /share/clarifyuser (Verifies Read ability)

    touch test.file (Verifies Create abilty)

    rm test.file (Verifies Delete ability)

  3. Test the database, preferably using a database viewer (DBVisualizer, Squirrel, etc). If one is not available, you can use the Linux curl command to test connectivity. For example:

Note: If you cannot connect to the database (and it is running), then check your firewall settings.