VCS for Windows "cheat sheet": a quick reference for numerous Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) commands
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Description
This article contains a "cheat sheet," intended to be a quick reference for users of Veritas Cluster Server for Windows.
Resolution
Table 1 - Commands for controlling, and checking the status of, a SFW-HA cluster
| Command | Description |
| hastatus -sum | provides state of HAD system status, service groups, resources |
| hasys -state | provides state of HAD system status |
| hasys -force Servername | Force server to use another configuration ( HOST NAME IS CASE SENSITIVE ALL CAPS) |
| hasys -verify PATH\. | verify the syntex of main.cf |
| Hastop -all -force | Stop the cluster on all nodes in the cluster, leaving the service groups online |
| Hastop -local -force | Stop the cluster leave the service groups online (Node where the command is run) |
| GABCONFIG -a | Determine the Gab Memberships of the Cluster |
| GABCONFIG -C -X | Start Without everyone in membership |
| vcsencrypt -agent | Encrypts passwords for use by vcs resources |
| vcsencrypt -vcs | Encrypts VCS user passwords |
| haagent -display -sys HOSTNAME | Displays the status of the VCS agents |
| haagent -display AgentType | Displays the status of a specific VCS agents |
| hastatus -sum | summary of agents and tells you what faulted |
| lltstat -nvv [configured, active] | Provides status of all heartbeat links |
| haconf -makerw | Make cluster configuration read\writeable |
| haconf -dump | Save cluster configuration |
| haconf -dump -makero | Save and close cluster configuration |
| hauser -add admin -priv Administrator | Add an administrative user to the main.cf |
| getdrive.exe | Gets basic disk/partition details for VCS for Windows |
| vmgetdrive.exe | Gets dynamic diskgroup/volume details for SFW-HA |
| hahb | used to create/delete/modify/display global heartbeat |
| getmac.exe | get mac addresses on the node |
| netsh trace show interface | Use to get NIC GUID to replace MAC entries in llttab configuration - 6.x Win2008/Win2012 teamed NICs |
Table 2 - Starting the Cluster Manually
| Net Start LLT |
| Net Start GAB |
| Net Start vcscomm |
| hastart |
Table 3 - VCS Debug Logging
| To start debugging |
| C:\>haconf -makerw |
| C:\>hatype -modify CompositeFileShare LogDbg DBG_1 DBG_2 DBG_20 DBG_21 |
| C:\>haconf -dump -makero |
| To stop debugging |
| C:\>haconf -makerw |
| C:\> hatype -modify CompositeFileShare LogDbg -delete -keys |
| C:\>haconf -dump -makero |
Issue/Introduction
VCS for Windows "cheat sheet": a quick reference for numerous Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) commands
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