RHEL system as external storage node

Question

Hi all,

I want to use a Red Hat RHEL 9.4 system as an external storage node. I've installed the lgtoclnt*.rpm, lgtoxtdclnt*.rpm and lgtonode*.rpm packages. The storage node daemons (nsrmmd, nsrsnmd) won't start (nsrexecd does).

I've noticed that the installation guide for RHEL doesn't have a seperate section for the installation of a storage node. It only mentions client- and server-installations. The sections on Ubuntu and Windows do mention a storage-node installation, besides the client- and server-installations.

So my question is, can I have a RHEL system as a storage node only? So without making it a Networker server also?

Kind regards,
Jeroen

JeroenCG · Accepted Answer

I found the solution myself.

It seems the storage node daemons (nsrmmd, nsrsnmd) are not started by starting Networker (systemctl start networker). They are started when the storage node is added in the Networker server.

So yes, I can use a RHEL server as an external storage node.

Kind regards,

Jeroen

bbeckers1 · Answer

those extra services are part of what is needed when systems have actually backup devices, otherwise they are not needed. So the NW client service will be started and depending on the existence of backup devices, from the backup server end the other services will be spawned.

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RHEL system as external storage node

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