Sun Cluster Geographic Edition Software Environment

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:

• Solaris^TM 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 interrelate.

Figure 3–1 Overview of Sun Cluster Geographic Edition Software Architecture

You can install and remove the Sun Cluster Geographic Edition software independently of the underlying Sun Cluster installation. The installation and the uninstallation processes do not require an additional node reboot or cluster downtime.