<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <meta name="security" content="public" /> <meta name="Robots" content="index,follow" /> <meta http-equiv="PICS-Label" content='(PICS-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true r (cz 1 lz 1 nz 1 oz 1 vz 1) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0) "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" l gen true r (SS~~000 1))' /> <meta name="DC.Type" content="concept" /> <meta name="DC.Title" content="Cluster middleware IBM Business Partners and available clustering products" /> <meta name="abstract" content="You can purchase a product from an IBM cluster middleware IBM Business Partner that provides the logical replication functions that are integral to clustering and simplifies cluster creation and management." /> <meta name="description" content="You can purchase a product from an IBM cluster middleware IBM Business Partner that provides the logical replication functions that are integral to clustering and simplifies cluster creation and management." /> <meta name="DC.Relation" scheme="URI" content="rzaigplansolutions.htm" /> <meta name="DC.Relation" scheme="URI" content="rzaigconfigaddnode.htm" /> <meta name="copyright" content="(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1998, 2006" /> <meta name="DC.Rights.Owner" content="(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1998, 2006" /> <meta name="DC.Format" content="XHTML" /> <meta name="DC.Identifier" content="rzaigplanmiddlewarebps" /> <meta name="DC.Language" content="en-us" /> <!-- All rights reserved. Licensed Materials Property of IBM --> <!-- US Government Users Restricted Rights --> <!-- Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by --> <!-- GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. --> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./ibmdita.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./ic.css" /> <title>Cluster middleware IBM Business Partners and available clustering products</title> </head> <body id="rzaigplanmiddlewarebps"><a name="rzaigplanmiddlewarebps"><!-- --></a> <!-- Java sync-link --><script language="Javascript" src="../rzahg/synch.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <h1 class="topictitle1">Cluster middleware IBM Business Partners and available clustering products</h1> <div><p>You can purchase a product from an IBM<sup>®</sup> cluster middleware IBM Business Partner that provides the logical replication functions that are integral to clustering and simplifies cluster creation and management.</p> <p>IBM cluster middleware IBM Business Partners provide software solutions for dedicated replication and cluster management functions. If you want to purchase a product that provides logical replication functions that are integral to clustering and simplifies cluster creation and management, contact your IBM marketing representative or business partner. They can provide a complete list of clustering enabling products provided by IBM cluster middleware IBM Business Partners.</p> <p><strong>The cluster middleware IBM Business Partner cluster management product:</strong></p> <ul><li>Provides the user interface to define and maintain the cluster configuration</li> <li>Provides the user interface to define and manage the device, data, and application cluster resource groups</li> <li>Maintains the knowledge through the use of cluster APIs, of what cluster resource groups are defined in the cluster and what relationships are required.</li> <li>Creates the device, data, and application cluster resource groups.</li> </ul> <p><strong>The cluster middleware IBM Business Partner replication product:</strong></p> <ul><li>Builds the middleware's control structures that identify the data and objects that are required to be resilient.</li> <li>Creates the cluster resource group for critical data and associates that object with its control structures.</li> <li>Provides the exit program for the data cluster resource group.</li> </ul> </div> <div> <div class="familylinks"> <div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rzaigplansolutions.htm" title="Cluster resource services provides the basic cluster infrastructure. There are several methods that will allow you to take advantage of the clustering capabilities provided by cluster resource services.">Solutions for configuring and managing clusters</a></div> </div> <div class="reltasks"><strong>Related tasks</strong><br /> <div><a href="rzaigconfigaddnode.htm" title="You can add a node to a cluster using iSeries Navigator or commands.">Add a node to a cluster</a></div> </div> </div> </body> </html>