The Sun Cluster Geographic Edition software provides tools for managing geographically separated clusters. The Sun Cluster Geographic Edition product also provides highly available services within a cluster by utilizing Sun Cluster resource management features.
The following software components form a Sun Cluster Geographic Edition cluster:
SolarisTM 8, 9, or 10 software
Sun Cluster software
Sun Cluster Geographic Edition software
Application Data Service Agents
Data replication software
Either Solaris Volume Manager or Veritas Volume Manager
The following figure illustrates how components of the Sun Cluster Geographic Edition software interact.
The Sun Cluster Geographic Edition software can be installed and removed independent of the underlying Sun Cluster installation. The installation and the uninstallation processes do not require an additional node reboot or cluster downtime.