Worksheet for creating a cluster

Use Table 3-1 to help you plan your cluster. It lists all the information you need to create a cluster using the Adaptive Server plug-in or sybcluster. Default values are in square brackets. For an example of a completed worksheet, see “A sybcluster Sample Session”.

**Table 3-1: Configuration values for creating a cluster**
Parameter	Default value	Value
Cluster name
Number of instances
Maximum number of instances	4
Master Device
Full path and name for the master device
Size of master device [80MB]	60MB
Size of master database [60MB]	30MB
Instance page size in kilobytes	2
Sybase System Procedure Device
Full path and name for sybsystemprocs device
Size of sybsystemprocs device (MB)	150
Size of sybsystemprocs database	132
System Database Device
Full path and name of system database device
Size of system database device (MB)	6MB
Size of system database (MB)	6MB

Does this cluster have a private network	Y
Does this cluster have a secondary private network	Y
Quorum Device
Full path and name for the quorum device
Trace flags
Verify file locations
The location of the home directory	$SYBASE
Full path to environment variable script	$SYBASE/SYBASE.sh
Path to $SYBASE_ASE
Path to interfaces file directory	$SYBASE
Path to the dataserver configuration file	$SYBASE/cluster_name.cfg
Instance Information
Node name
Instance name
Query port number for instance1
Primary protocol address for instance1
Secondary protocol address for instance1
Local System Temporary Database
Local system temporary database device name (Enter the name of the Adaptive Server database device for the local system temporary database.)
Path to local system temporary database device
Local system temporary database device size (MB)
Local system temporary database name
Local system temporary database size (MB)

Node name
Instance name
Query port number for instance2
Primary protocol address for instance2
Secondary protocol address for instance2
Local System Temporary Database
Local system temporary database device name (Enter the name of the Adaptive Server database device for the local system temporary database.)
Path to local system temporary database device
Local system temporary database device size (MB)
Local system temporary database name
Local system temporary database size (MB)

Node name
Instance name
Query port number for instance 3
Primary protocol address for instance3
Secondary protocol address for instance3