Preface

Oracle Solaris Cluster Geographic Edition System Administration Guide provides procedures for administering Oracle Solaris Cluster Geographic Edition (Geographic Edition) software. This document is intended for experienced system administrators with extensive knowledge of Oracle software and hardware. This document is not to be used as a planning or presales guide.

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

Related Documentation

Information about related Geographic Edition topics is available in the documentation that is listed in the following table. All Geographic Edition documentation is available at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/indexes/documentation/index.html.

For a complete list of Geographic Edition documentation, see Oracle Solaris Cluster Geographic Edition 3.3 5/11 Release Notes.

Related Third-Party Web Site References

Sun is not responsible for the availability of third-party web sites mentioned in this document. Sun does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products, or other materials that are available on or through such sites or resources. Sun will not be responsible or liable for any actual or alleged damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such content, goods, or services that are available on or through such sites or resources.

Using UNIX Commands

This document contains information about commands that are used to install, configure, or administer an Geographic Edition configuration. This document might not contain complete information on 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 Solaris software system

• Other software documentation that you received with your system

• Solaris OS man pages

Documentation and Support

See the following web sites for additional resources:

• Documentation

• Support

Oracle Software Resources

Oracle Technology Network offers a range of resources related to Oracle software:

• Discuss technical problems and solutions on the Discussion Forums.

• Get hands-on step-by-step tutorials with Oracle By Example.

Obtaining Help

If you have problems installing or using Geographic Edition software, contact your service provider and provide the following information:

• Your name and email address (if available)

• Your company name, address, and phone number

• The model and serial numbers of your systems

• The release number of the operating system (for example, Solaris 10)

• The release number of the Geographic Edition software (for example, 3.3 5/11)

• The contents of the /var/cacao/instances/default/logs/cacao.0/1/2 file

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

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

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