Task Map: Installing and Configuring Solstice DiskSuite/Solaris Volume Manager Software (Sun Cluster Software Installation Guide for Solaris OS)

Sun Cluster Software Installation Guide for Solaris OS

Task Map: Installing and Configuring Solstice DiskSuite/Solaris Volume Manager Software

The following table lists the tasks that you perform to install and configure Solstice DiskSuite/Solaris Volume Manager software for Sun Cluster configurations. You can skip certain procedures in the following conditions:

If you used SunPlex Manager to install Solstice DiskSuite software (Solaris 8), the procedures How to Install Solstice DiskSuite Software through How to Create State Database Replicas are already completed. Go to Mirroring the Root Disk or How to Create a Diskset to continue to configure Solstice DiskSuite software.
If you installed Solaris 9 software, Solaris Volume Manager is already installed. You can start at How to Set the Number of Metadevice or Volume Names and Disksets.

Table 3–1 Task Map: Installing and Configuring Solstice DiskSuite/Solaris Volume Manager Software


Task	Instructions
1. Plan the layout of your Solstice DiskSuite/Solaris Volume Manager configuration.	Planning Volume Management Solstice DiskSuite/Solaris Volume Manager Configuration Example
2. (Solaris 8 only) Install Solstice DiskSuite software.	How to Install Solstice DiskSuite Software
3. Calculate the number of metadevice names and disksets needed for your configuration, and modify the `/kernel/drv/md.conf` file.	How to Set the Number of Metadevice or Volume Names and Disksets
4. Create state database replicas on the local disks.	How to Create State Database Replicas
5. (Optional) Mirror file systems on the root disk.	Mirroring the Root Disk
6. Create disksets by using the `metaset` command.	How to Create a Diskset
7. Add disk drives to the disksets.	How to Add Disk Drives to a Diskset
8. (Optional) Repartition disk drives in a diskset to allocate space to slices 1 through 6.	How to Repartition Disk Drives in a Diskset
9. List DID pseudo-driver mappings and define metadevices or volumes in the `/etc/lvm/md.tab` files.	How to Create an `md.tab` File
10. Initialize the `md.tab` files.	How to Activate Metadevices or Volumes
11. (Dual-string configurations only) Configure dual-string mediator hosts, check the status of mediator data, and, if necessary, fix bad mediator data.	How to Add Mediator Hosts How to Check the Status of Mediator Data
12. Configure the cluster.	Configuring the Cluster