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Which of the following is an AIX 7 Cluster Aware feature?
The correct answer is D. Cluster configurations on the cluster repository disk. AIX Cluster Aware AIX (CAA) introduces a dedicated repository disk as a core architectural component for storing cluster configuration and providing an additional heartbeat path.
Question
Which of the following is an AIX 7 Cluster Aware feature?
Options
- ACluster application load balancing
- BCluster shared volume groups on the shared disk
- CCluster IP addresses on the shared resource
- DCluster configurations on the cluster repository disk
How the community answered
(14 responses)- A7% (1)
- B7% (1)
- C14% (2)
- D71% (10)
Why each option
AIX Cluster Aware AIX (CAA) introduces a dedicated repository disk as a core architectural component for storing cluster configuration and providing an additional heartbeat path.
Application load balancing is a feature associated with higher-level products like PowerHA SystemMirror, not a base CAA feature.
Shared volume groups are a PowerHA/HACMP concept for high-availability storage management and are not introduced by the CAA layer.
Cluster IP address management is handled by PowerHA network configurations, not by the CAA infrastructure itself.
CAA uses a cluster repository disk as a persistent shared storage location for cluster configuration data and as a tiebreaker communication path independent of the network. This repository disk is a defining feature of the CAA subsystem and is required during CAA cluster creation.
Concept tested: AIX 7 Cluster Aware AIX repository disk feature
Source: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/aix/7.2?topic=administering-cluster-aware-aix
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