Sun Java System Calendar Server 6.3 Administration Guide

6.4 High-Level Task List for a Symmetric High Availability Deployment with Calendar Server 6.3 Software

The following is a list of the tasks necessary to install and configure Calendar Server for Symmetric High Availability:

  1. Prepare the nodes.

    1. Install the Solaris Operating System software on all nodes of the cluster.

    2. Install Sun Cluster software on all nodes of the cluster.

    3. Create six file systems, either Cluster File Systems (Global File systems) or Fail Over File Systems (Local File systems).

    4. Create the necessary directories.

    5. Install the Calendar Server HA Agents package, SUNWscics, on all nodes of the cluster using the Java Enterprise System installer

  2. Install and Configure the first node.

    1. Using the Communications Suite 5 installer, install Calendar Server on the first node of the cluster.

    2. Run the Directory Preparation Script, comm_dssetup.pl, on the machine where the Directory Server LDAP database resides.


      Note –

      If the instances of Calendar Server on the two nodes share the same LDAP server, it is not necessary to repeat this step after installing Calendar Server software on the second node.


    3. Using the Sun Cluster command-line interface, configure HA on the first node.

    4. Run the Calendar Server configuration program, csconfigurator.sh, on the first node.

    5. Using the Sun Cluster command-line interface, fail over to the second node.

    6. Edit the Configuration File, ics.conf, on the first node.

    7. Using the Sun Cluster command-line interface, configure and enable a resource group for Calendar Server on the first node.

    8. Using the Sun Cluster command-line interface, create and enable a resource group for the first node.

    9. Using the Sun Cluster command-line interface to test the successful creation of the resource group, perform a fail over to the first node.

  3. Install and configure the second node.

    1. Using the Communications Suite 5 installer, install Calendar Server on the second node of the cluster.

    2. Using the Sun Cluster command-line interface, configure HA on the second node.

    3. Run the Calendar Server configuration program, csconfigurator.sh, on the second node by reusing the state file created when you configured the first node.

    4. Using the Sun Cluster command-line interface, fail over to the first node.

    5. Edit the Configuration File, ics.conf, on the second node.

    6. Using the Sun Cluster command-line interface, create and enable a resource group for Calendar Server on the second node.

    7. Using the Sun Cluster command-line interface to test the successful creation of the resource group, perform a fail over to the second node.

For step-by-step instructions, see 6.7 Configuring a Symmetric High Availability Calendar Server System.