Sun Cluster Geographic Edition Overview

Preface

Sun Cluster Geographic Edition Overview introduces the Sun^TM 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.

Note –

This release of Sun Cluster Geographic Edition supports the following releases of Sun's availability suite software:

Sun StorageTek Availability Suite 4
Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3.2.1 software

In this manual, references to Sun StorageTek Availability Suite software also apply to Sun StorEdge Availability Suite software unless specifically stated otherwise.

Using UNIX Commands

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 Operating System (OS) man pages

Related Documentation

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
Overview	Sun Cluster Geographic Edition Overview
Glossary	Sun Java Enterprise System Glossary
Hardware administration	Individual hardware administration guides
Software installation	Sun Cluster Geographic Edition Installation Guide
System administration	Sun Cluster Geographic Edition System Administration Guide Sun Cluster Geographic Edition Data Replication Guide for Sun StorageTek Availability Suite Sun Cluster Geographic Edition Data Replication Guide for Hitachi TrueCopy Sun Cluster Geographic Edition Data Replication Guide for EMC Symmetrix Remote Data Facility
Command and function references	Sun Cluster Geographic Edition Reference Manual

For a complete list of Sun Cluster documentation, see the release notes for your Sun Cluster software at http://docs.sun.com.

Getting Help

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, 3.2)

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
`clnode show-rev -v`	Displays Sun Cluster Geographic Edition software release and package version information
`cluster status`	Provides a snapshot of the cluster status
`cluster show`	Lists cluster configuration information
`clresource show`, `clresourcegroup show`, `clresourcetype show`	Displays information about installed resources, resource groups, and resource types
`geoadm status`	Displays runtime status of the local cluster

Also have available the contents of the /var/adm/messages file and the log files in /var/opt/SUNWcacao/logs.

Typographic Conventions

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.]

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

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	`#`