Sun Cluster Geographic Edition Installation Guide contains guidelines for planning a SunTM Cluster Geographic Edition configuration, and provides procedures for installing and configuring the Sun Cluster Geographic Edition software.
This document is intended for experienced system administrators with extensive knowledge of Sun software and hardware. You should have already determined your system requirements and purchased the appropriate equipment and software before reading this document.
The instructions in this book assume knowledge of the SolarisTM Operating System (Solaris OS), expertise with the volume manager software that is used within Sun Cluster software, and the data replication software that is used with the Sun Cluster Geographic Edition software.
This document contains information about commands that are used to install, configure, or administer a Sun Cluster Geographic Edition configuration. This document might not contain complete information on basic UNIX® commands and procedures such as shutting down the system, booting the system, and configuring devices.
See one or more of the following sources for this information:
Online documentation for the Solaris software system
Other software documentation that you received with your system
Solaris OS man pages
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.
The docs.sun.comSM Web site enables you to access Sun technical documentation online. You can browse the docs.sun.com archive or search for a specific book title or subject. The URL is http://docs.sun.com.
Sun Microsystems offers select product documentation in print. For a list of documents and how to order them, see “Buy printed documentation” at http://docs.sun.com.
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 OS (for example, Solaris 9)
The release number of the Sun Cluster Geographic Edition software (for example, 1.0)
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 |
geostat -V |
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 |
geostat |
Prints the Sun Cluster Geographic Edition 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 |
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 |
# |