The Sun Cluster System Administration Guide for Solaris OS provides procedures for administering a SunTM Cluster configuration on both SPARC® and x86 based systems.
In this document, the term “x86” refers to the Intel 32-bit family of microprocessor chips and compatible microprocessor chips made by AMD.
This document is intended for experienced system administrators with extensive knowledge of Sun software and hardware. This document is not to be used as a planning or presales guide.
The instructions in this book assume knowledge of the SolarisTM operating system and expertise with the volume manager software used with Sun Cluster.
Sun Cluster software runs on two platforms, SPARC and x86. The information in this document pertains to both platforms unless otherwise specified in a special chapter, section, note, bulleted item, figure, table, or example.
This document contains information on commands specific to administering a Sun Cluster configuration. This document might not contain complete information on basic UNIX® commands and procedures.
See one or more of the following for this information:
Online documentation for the Solaris software
Other software documentation that you received with your system
Solaris operating system man pages
The following table describes the typographic changes that are used in this book.
Table P–1 Typographic Conventions
Typeface or Symbol |
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 |
Command-line 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. Perform a patch analysis. Do not save the file. [Note that some emphasized items appear bold online.] |
The following table shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.
Table P–2 Shell Prompts
Shell |
Prompt |
---|---|
C shell prompt |
machine_name% |
C shell superuser prompt |
machine_name# |
Bourne shell and Korn shell prompt |
$ |
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser prompt |
# |
Information about related Sun Cluster topics is available in the documentation that is listed in the following table. All Sun Cluster documentation is available at http://docs.sun.com.
Topic |
Documentation |
---|---|
Overview | |
Concepts | |
Hardware installation and administration |
Sun Cluster 3.0-3.1 Hardware Administration Manual for Solaris OS Individual hardware administration guides |
Software installation | |
Data service installation and administration |
Sun Cluster Data Services Planning and Administration Guide for Solaris OS Individual data service guides |
Data service development | |
System administration | |
Error messages | |
Command and function references |
For a complete list of Sun Cluster documentation, see the release notes for your release of Sun Cluster software at http://docs.sun.com.
For a complete list of Sun Cluster documentation, see the release notes for your release of Sun Cluster at http://docs.sun.com.
Sun Function |
URL |
Description |
---|---|---|
Documentation |
Download PDF and HTML documents, and order printed documents |
|
Support and Training |
Obtain technical support, download patches, and learn about Sun courses |
Contact your service provider if you have problems installing or using Sun 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 environment, for example Solaris 8
The release number of Sun Cluster, for example, Sun Cluster 3.1 4/04
Use the following commands to gather information on 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/scinstall -pv |
Displays Sun Cluster release and package version information |
Also, have available the contents of the /var/adm/messages file.