Preface

The Oracle Solaris Cluster System Administration Guide provides procedures for administering an Oracle Solaris Cluster configuration on both SPARC and x86 based systems.

Note - This Oracle Solaris Cluster release supports systems that use the SPARC and x86 families of processor architectures: UltraSPARC, SPARC64, AMD64, and Intel 64. In this document, x86 refers to the larger family of 64-bit x86 compatible products. Information in this document pertains to all platforms unless otherwise specified.

This document is intended for experienced system administrators with extensive knowledge of Oracle software and hardware. This document is not to be used as a planning or pre-sales guide.

The instructions in this book assume knowledge of the Oracle Solaris Operating System and expertise with the volume manager software used with Oracle Solaris Cluster.

Using UNIX Commands

This document contains information about commands specific to administering an Oracle Solaris Cluster configuration. This document might not contain complete information about basic UNIX commands and procedures.

See one or more of the following for this information:

Online documentation for the Oracle Solaris software
Other software documentation that you received with your system
Oracle Solaris operating system (Oracle Solaris OS) man pages

Typographic Conventions

The following table describes the typographic conventions that are used in this book.

Table P-1 Typographic Conventions

Typeface	Meaning	Example
`AaBbCc123`	The names of commands, files, and directories, and onscreen computer output	Edit your `.login` file. Use `ls -a` to list all files. `machine_name% you have mail.`
`AaBbCc123`	What you type, contrasted with onscreen computer output	`machine_name%` `su` `Password:`
`aabbcc123`	Placeholder: replace with a real name or value	The command to remove a file is `rm` `filename`.
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new terms, and terms to be emphasized	Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide. A cache is a copy that is stored locally. Do not save the file. Note: Some emphasized items appear bold online.

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

The following table shows the default UNIX system prompt and superuser prompt for shells that are included in the Oracle Solaris OS. Note that the default system prompt that is displayed in command examples varies, depending on the Oracle Solaris release.

Table P-2 Shell Prompts

Shell	Prompt
Bash shell, Korn shell, and Bourne shell	`$`
Bash shell, Korn shell, and Bourne shell for superuser	`#`
C shell	`machine_name%`
C shell for superuser	`machine_name#`

Related Documentation

Information about related Oracle Solaris Cluster topics is available in the documentation that is listed in the following table. All Oracle Solaris Cluster documentation is available at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/indexes/documentation/index.html.

Topic	Documentation
Concepts	Oracle Solaris Cluster Concepts Guide
Hardware installation and administration	Oracle Solaris Cluster 3.3 Hardware Administration Manual Individual hardware administration guides
Software installation	Oracle Solaris Cluster Software Installation Guide
Data service installation and administration	Oracle Solaris Cluster Data Services Planning and Administration Guide Individual data service guides
Data service development	Oracle Solaris Cluster Data Services Developer’s Guide
System administration	Oracle Solaris Cluster System Administration Guide Oracle Solaris Cluster Quick Reference
Software upgrade	Oracle Solaris Cluster Upgrade Guide
Error messages	Oracle Solaris Cluster Error Messages Guide
Command and function references	Oracle Solaris Cluster Reference Manual Oracle Solaris Cluster Data Services Reference Manual

For a complete list of Oracle Solaris Cluster documentation, see the release notes for your release of Oracle Solaris Cluster software at http://wikis.sun.com/display/SunCluster/Home/.

Documentation and Support

See the following web sites for additional resources:

Oracle Software Resources

Oracle Technology Network offers a range of resources related to Oracle software:

Discuss technical problems and solutions on the Discussion Forums.
Get hands-on step-by-step tutorials with Oracle By Example.

Getting Help

Contact your service provider if you have problems installing or using Oracle Solaris Cluster. Provide the following information to your service provider.

Your name and email address
Your company name, address, and phone number
The model and serial numbers of your systems
The release number of the operating system, for example Oracle Solaris 10
The release number of Oracle Solaris Cluster, for example, Oracle Solaris Cluster 3.3

Use the following commands to gather information about your system for your service provider:

Command	Function
`prtconf -v`	Displays the size of the system memory and reports information about peripheral devices
`psrinfo -v`	Displays information about processors
`showrev -p`	Reports which patches are installed
SPARC: `prtdiag -v`	Displays system diagnostic information
`/usr/cluster/bin/clnode show-rev`	Displays Oracle Solaris Cluster release and package version information

Also, have available the contents of the /var/adm/messages file.

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