Configuration Planning Questions

Answer the questions in this section to plan the installation and configuration of Sun Cluster HA for MaxDB. Write the answers to these questions in the space that is provided on the data service worksheets in Appendix D, Data Service Configuration Worksheets and Examples, in Sun Cluster Data Services Planning and Administration Guide for Solaris OS.

• Which resource group will you use for the MaxDB application resource and for the logical host name for the MaxDB resource?

  Use the answer to this question when you perform the procedure How to Enable MaxDB to Run in a Cluster.

• What is the logical host name for the MaxDB resource? Clients access the data service through this logical host name.

  Use the answer to this question when you perform the following procedures:

  • How to Install and Configure MaxDB

  • How to Enable MaxDB to Run in a Cluster

• Where will the system configuration files reside?

  See Sun Cluster Data Services Planning and Administration Guide for Solaris OS for the advantages and disadvantages of using the local file system instead of the cluster file system.