Sun Java Enterprise System 5 Installation Guide for UNIX

Sun Cluster Data Services Configuration

After the cluster has been established and the product components have been configured, you are ready to configure Sun Cluster data services for the various Java ES product components. The installed Sun Cluster agents are software programs that enable applications to take advantage of clusters. Agent software and additional configuration files comprise data services that enable you to run an application (such as Web Server or an Oracle database) on a cluster instead of on a single server. Combined with the Sun Cluster framework software and multihost disks, data services enable applications to become highly available and scalable.

Until you have fully configured the data services and all the supporting layers (volume manager, cluster file system, resource group information), Sun Cluster installation is not complete. More information on data services can be found in the Sun Cluster Overview for Solaris OS .


Note –

You can deploy Access Manager and Portal Server in a highly available web container. However, they, like any web application deployed in a web container, are subject to failure. In this case, the web container will not fail over.


For Java ES product components, run the Java ES installer on each node installing the product components, then install the corresponding HA Sun Java System subcomponent of the Sun Cluster Agents for Sun Java System product components. In the Java ES installer, select the Configure Later type. When specifying installation directories, use the location on the node's local file system for product component, and use locations on a cluster file system for the component Configuration and Product Location.

The following table lists the agents that are provided in the Sun Cluster Agents component of the Java ES installer. Some additional links to documentation are provided.

Table 6–2 Sun Cluster Agents (Data Services)

Agent Name 

Special Instructions 

Platform 

HA Application Server  

Chapter 1, Sun Cluster HA for Sun Java System Application Server EE (Supporting HADB Versions as of 4.4), in Sun Cluster Data Service for Sun Java System Application Server EE (HADB) Guide for Solaris OS

SPARC, x86 

HA Application Server EE (HADB) 

Sun Cluster Data Service for Sun Java System Application Server EE (HADB) Guide for Solaris OS

SPARC, x86 

HA Directory Server 

 

SPARC. x86 

HA Message Queue 

Use Sun Cluster Data Service for Sun Java System Message Queue Guide for Solaris OS as a guide to installing and configuring for failover.

SPARC, x86 

HA/Scalable Web Server 

Use the Sun Cluster Data Service for Sun Java System Web Server Guide for Solaris OS as a guide to installing and configuring for failover or for scalability.

SPARC, x86 

HA Agfa IMPAX 

 

SPARC 

HA Apache Tomcat 

 

SPARC, x86 

HA Apache 

 

SPARC 

HA Broadvision One-to-One Enterprise 

 

SPARC 

HA Calendar Server 

Use Chapter 6, Configuring Calendar Server 6.3 Software for High Availability (Failover Service), in Sun Java System Calendar Server 6.3 Administration Guide as a guide to installing and configuring for failover.

SPARC 

HA DHCP 

 

SPARC, x86 

HA DNS 

 

SPARC, x86 

HA Instant Messaging 

Use the Sun Java System Instant Messaging 7.2 Administration Guide for instructions on installing and configuring for high availability.

SPARC 

HA Messaging Server 

Use Chapter 3, Configuring High Availability, in Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.3 Administration Guide as a guide to installing and configuring for failover

SPARC 

HA MySQL 

 

SPARC, x86 

HA NetBackup 

 

SPARC 

HA Sun N1 Service Provisioning 

 

SPARC 

HA NFS 

 

SPARC, x86 

HA Oracle 

 

SPARC 

HA Oracle Application Server 

 

SPARC 

HA Oracle E-Business Suite 

 

SPARC 

HA Oracle Real Application Clusters 

 

SPARC 

HA Samba 

 

SPARC, x86 

HA SAP  

 

SPARC 

HA SAP DB 

 

SPARC 

HA SAP liveCache 

 

SPARC 

HA Siebel 

 

SPARC 

HA Solaris Containers 

 

SPARC, x86 

HA Sun N1 Grid Engine 

 

SPARC 

HA Sun N1 Service Provisioning 

 

SPARC 

HA SWIFT Alliance Gateway 

 

SPARC 

HA Sybase ASE 

 

SPARC 

HA WebLogic Server 

 

SPARC 

HA WebSphere MQ 

 

SPARC 

HA WebSphere MQ Integrator 

 

SPARC 

ProcedureTo Implement High Availability With a Non-Java ES Product

If your installation plan calls for high availability for non-Java ES products, follow the instructions here.

  1. Install and configure the non-Java ES product.

    For example, install Instant Messaging using the Sun Java Communications Suite 5 Installation Guide.

  2. In the Choose Software Components page of the Java ES installer, select the Sun Cluster agent that supports that product.

    For example, select the HA Instant Messaging subcomponent of the Java ES Sun Cluster Agents component.

  3. Install the Sun Cluster agent using the Java ES installer.

  4. Configure the agent following the instructions in the appropriate Sun Cluster data service guide here: