Sun Cluster Geographic Edition Overview introduces the SunTM Cluster Geographic Edition software by explaining the purpose of the product and the means by which Sun Cluster Geographic Edition achieves this purpose. This book also explains key concepts for Sun Cluster Geographic Edition. This document contains information about Sun Cluster Geographic Edition features and functionality.
Information about related Sun Cluster Geographic Edition topics is available in the documentation that is listed in the following table. All Sun Cluster Geographic Edition documentation is available at http://docs.sun.com.
Topic |
Documentation |
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Overview | |
Glossary | |
Hardware administration |
Individual hardware administration guides |
Software installation | |
System administration | |
Command and function references |
For a complete list of Sun Cluster documentation, see the release notes for your Sun Cluster software at http://docs.sun.com.
Sun Function |
URL |
Description |
---|---|---|
Documentation |
Download PDF and HTML documents, and order printed documents |
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Support and Training |
Obtain technical support, download patches, and learn about Sun courses |
If you have problems installing or using the Sun Cluster Geographic Edition system, contact your service provider and provide the following information:
Your name and email address (if available)
Your company name, address, and phone number
The model and serial numbers of your systems
The release number of the operating system (for example, Solaris 9)
The release number of the Sun Cluster Geographic Edition software (for example, 3.1 8/05)
Use the following commands to gather information about each node 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 |
prtdiag -v |
Displays system diagnostic information |
scinstall -pv |
Displays Sun Cluster Geographic Edition software release and package version information |
scstat |
Provides a snapshot of the cluster status |
scconf –p |
Lists cluster configuration information |
scrgadm -p |
Displays information about installed resources, resource groups, and resource types |
geostat |
Displays runtime status of the local cluster |
Also have available the contents of the /var/adm/messages file.
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 |
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 |
# |