Preface

The Oracle Solaris Cluster Upgrade Guide for Solaris OS contains guidelines and procedures for upgrading the Oracle Solaris Cluster software on both SPARC based systems and x86 based systems.

This document is intended for experienced system administrators with extensive knowledge of Oracle software and hardware. Do not use this document as a presales guide. You should have already determined your system requirements and purchased the appropriate equipment and software before reading this document.

The instructions in this book assume knowledge of the Oracle Solaris Operating System and expertise with the volume-manager software that is used with Oracle Solaris Cluster software.

Using UNIX Commands

This document contains information about commands that are used to install, configure, or upgrade an Oracle Solaris Cluster configuration. This document might not contain complete information about 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 Oracle Solaris OS

• Other software documentation that you received with your system

• Oracle Solaris OS man pages

Typographic Conventions

The following table describes the typographic conventions that are used in this book.

Table P-1 Typographic Conventions

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

The following table shows the default UNIX system prompt and superuser prompt for shells that are included in the Oracle Solaris OS. Note that the default system prompt that is displayed in command examples varies, depending on the Oracle Solaris release.

Table P-2 Shell Prompts

Related Documentation

Information about related Oracle Solaris Cluster topics is available in the documentation that is listed in the following table. All Oracle Solaris Cluster documentation is available at http://docs.sun.com.

For a complete list of Oracle Solaris Cluster documentation, see the release notes for your release of Oracle Solaris Cluster software at http://wikis.sun.com/display/SunCluster/Home/.

Documentation, Support, and Training

See the following web sites for additional resources:

• Documentation

• Support

• Training – Click the Sun link in the left navigation bar.

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Getting Help

If you have problems installing or using Oracle Solaris Cluster software, contact your service provider and supply the following information.

• Your name and email address (if available)

• Your company name, address, and phone number

• The model number and serial number of your systems

• The release number of the Oracle Solaris OS (for example, Oracle Solaris 10)

• The release number of Oracle Solaris Cluster (for example, Oracle Solaris Cluster 3.3)

Use the following commands to gather information about your system for your service provider.

Also have available the contents of the /var/adm/messages file.