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Sun Cluster Software Installation Guide for Solaris OS

How to Install SunPlex Manager Software

This procedure describes how to install SunPlex Manager software on your cluster.

Perform this procedure on each node of the cluster.

  1. Ensure that Solaris software and patches are installed on each node of the cluster.

    You must install Solaris software as described in How to Install Solaris Software. Or, if Solaris software is already installed on the node, you must ensure that the Solaris installation meets the requirements for Sun Cluster software. You must also ensure that the installation meets the requirements for any other software that you intend to install on the cluster.

  2. Review the requirements and guidelines in Using SunPlex Manager to Install Sun Cluster Software.

  3. x86: Determine whether you are using the Netscape NavigatorTM browser or the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser on your administrative console.

    • If you are using Netscape Navigator, go to Step 4.

    • If you are using Internet Explorer, go to Step 5.

  4. x86: Ensure that the Java plug-in is installed and working on your administrative console.

    1. Start the Netscape Navigator browser on the administrative console that you use to connect to the cluster.

    2. From the Help menu, choose About Plug-ins.

    3. Determine whether the Java plug-in is listed.

    4. Download the latest Java plug-in from http://java.sun.com/products/plugin.

    5. Install the plug-in on your administrative console.

    6. Create a symbolic link to the plug-in.


      % cd ~/.netscape/plugins
% ln -s /usr/j2se/plugin/i386/ns4/javaplugin.so .

    7. Skip to Step 6.

  5. x86: Ensure that Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) for Windows is installed and working on your administrative console.

    1. On your Microsoft Windows desktop, click Start, point to Settings, and then select Control Panel.

      The Control Panel window appears.

    2. Determine whether the Java Plug-in is listed.

      • If no, proceed to Step c.

      • If yes, double-click the Java Plug-in control panel. When the control panel window opens, click the About tab.

        • If version 1.4.1 or a later version is shown, skip to Step 6.

        • If an earlier version is shown, proceed to Step c.

    3. Download the latest version of J2SE for Windows from http://java.sun.com/j2se/downloads.html.

    4. Install the J2SE for Windows software on your administrative console.

    5. Restart the system on which your administrative console runs.

      The J2SE for Windows control panel is activated.

  6. Become superuser on a cluster node.

  7. Ensure that Apache software packages are installed on the node.


    # pkginfo SUNWapchr SUNWapchu SUNWapchd

    If necessary, install any missing Apache software packages by performing the following steps.

    1. Insert the Solaris 8 or Solaris 9 Software 2 of 2 CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive of the node.

      If the volume management daemon vold(1M) is running and is configured to manage CD-ROM devices, the daemon automatically mounts the CD-ROM.

    2. Change to the Product directory.

      • For Solaris 8, change to the /cdrom/sol_8_sparc/Solaris_8/Product directory.


        # cd /cdrom/sol_8_sparc/Solaris_8/Product

      • For Solaris 9, change to the /cdrom/cdrom0/Solaris_9/Product directory.


        # cd /cdrom/cdrom0/Solaris_9/Product

    3. Install the Apache software packages in the order that is shown in this step.


      # pkgadd -d . SUNWapchr SUNWapchu SUNWapchd

    4. Install any Apache software patches.

      See “Patches and Required Firmware Levels” in Sun Cluster 3.1 Release Notes for the location of patches and installation instructions.

  8. Install the SunPlex Manager software packages.

    1. Insert the Sun Java Enterprise System 2004Q2 2 of 2 CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive of the node.

      If the volume management daemon vold(1M) is running and configured to manage CD-ROM devices, the daemon automatically mounts the CD-ROM on the /cdrom/cdrom0 directory.

    2. From the /cdrom/cdrom0 directory, change to the Solaris_arch/Product/sun_cluster/Solaris_ver/Packages directory, where arch is sparc or x86, and where ver is 8 (for Solaris 8) or 9 (for Solaris 9) .

      The following example shows the path to the SPARC Solaris 8 version of Sun Cluster software.


      # cd /cdrom/cdrom0/Solaris_sparc/Product/sun_cluster/Solaris_8/Packages

    3. Install the SunPlex Manager software packages.


      # pkgadd -d . SUNWscva SUNWscvr SUNWscvw

  9. Repeat Step 6 through Step 8 on each node of the cluster.

  10. Determine whether the root password is the same on every node of the cluster.

    • If yes, proceed to Step 11.

    • If no, set the root password to the same value on each node of the cluster. If necessary, also use the chkey command to update the RPC key pair. See the chkey(1) man page.


      # passwd
Enter new password
# chkey -p

    To use the root password to access SunPlex Manager, the root password must be the same on all nodes in the cluster.

  11. Use SunPlex Manager to configure Sun Cluster software.

    Go to How to Install and Configure Sun Cluster Software (SunPlex Manager).