Creating a resource group with the Create Resource Group wizard

Use the Create Resource Group wizard to create a resource group. A resource group is a set of cluster resources that you can manage as a single unit and make available for use by a cluster.

The Create Resource Group wizard guides you through the creation of a highly available resource group for your applications. Using a resource group, you can combine policy and other common settings. Additionally, you can combine physical resources that you want to ensure are available at all times within the cluster for use by your applications. You can configure startup, fallover, and fallback policies to customize resource group behavior to fit the needs of your applications.

start of changeYou can configure the settling time, which is the period of time that PowerHA® SystemMirror waits for a higher priority node to join the cluster before it activates the resource group and brings it online.end of change You also can configure the distribution policy that affects the resource group startup policy, and you can configure the delayed fallback timer that affects the resource group fallback.

Resource groups can be either concurrent or nonconcurrent.

You must specify information for all required fields, which are marked with an asterisk (*), plus any optional fields that you choose. When you complete all the pages in the wizard, click Finish to create the resource group.

start of changeFor more information about resource groups and their configuration properties, see the Resource group policies and attributes topic in the AIX® Information Center.end of change

Complete the following pages in the wizard to create your new resource group: