How to Install the Sun Cluster Geographic Edition Software by Using the Text-Based Interface

This procedure explains how to install the Sun Cluster Geographic Edition software on Solaris OS 9 or 10 by using the text-based interface.

If you have installed Solaris OS 8, see Installing the Software on Solaris OS 8.

Before You Begin

Before you begin to install software, make the following preparations:

• Ensure that you have installed all the required patches for your cluster configuration on each node of every cluster.

  See Required Patches in Sun Cluster Geographic Edition 3.1 2006Q4 Release Notes for the location of patches and installation instructions.

• Read Chapter 1, Planning the Sun Cluster Geographic Edition Installation.

• Read the following manuals, which contain information that can help you plan your configuration and prepare your installation strategy:

  • Sun Cluster Geographic Edition 3.1 2006Q4 Release Notes – Restrictions, bug workarounds, and other late-breaking information

  • Sun Cluster Geographic Edition Overview

  • Documentation for all third-party software products

Follow these guidelines to use the interactive installer utility in this procedure:

• The interactive installer enables you to type ahead. Therefore, do not press the Return key more than once if the next menu screen does not appear immediately.

• Unless otherwise noted, you can press Control-D to return to either the beginning of a series of related questions or to the Main Menu.

• Default answers or answers to previous sessions are displayed in brackets ([ ]) at the end of a question. Press Return to enter the response that is in brackets without typing it.

1. Become root on the cluster where you intend to install the Sun Cluster Geographic Edition software.

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   Note –

   The Sun Cluster Geographic Edition software must be installed on all nodes of a cluster.

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   % su

2. Insert the Sun Cluster Geographic Edition CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive.

3. Change to the root directory of the CD-ROM, where the installer utility resides.

   # cd cdroot/Solaris_sparc/Product/sun_cluster_geo

4. Start the installer utility by using the -nodisplay option to indicate that you want to use the text-based interface.

   # ./installer -nodisplay

5. Follow the instructions on the installer pages to install the Sun Cluster Geographic Edition framework software on the cluster.

   After the installation is finished, you can view any available installation log.

   To exit the installer at any time, type the ! character.

6. Choose Typical or Custom installation.

   The Typical installation installs the Sun Cluster Geographic Edition data replication as well as the core components of the Sun Cluster Geographic Edition software.

   The Custom installation installs the core components of the Sun Cluster Geographic Edition software.

7. Choose the locale for the software.

   The languages you choose will be installed for all the components you select. Each language causes additional packages to be installed, which adds to the disk space that is required for installation. English is always installed.

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   Note –

   All nodes of the cluster must have the same default locale.

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8. If you chose the Custom installation, select the Sun Cluster Geographic Edition data replication you want to install.

9. Confirm that you have selected all the software components you want to install.

10. Change to a directory that does not reside on the CD-ROM and eject the CD-ROM.

    # eject cdrom

Next Steps

Install required patches. Go to Installing Patches.

Configure Sun Cluster Geographic Edition software on the clusters. Go to Chapter 4, Enabling and Configuring the Sun Cluster Geographic Edition Software.