Planning the Installation and Configuration

Have available the following information before you install HA for Oracle Web Tier:

• The path to the application binaries. You can install the binaries on the local disks, on a highly available local file system, on the cluster file system, or on a Network Attached Storage (NAS) device. See Configuration Guidelines for Oracle Solaris Cluster Data Services in Oracle Solaris Cluster Data Services Planning and Administration Guide for a discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of each location.

• Whether to host the Oracle Web Tier htdocs subdirectory on a highly available local file system, a cluster file system, or a NAS device.

• The names of the resource groups and resources you will create.

• The names of the nodes that will master the data service. The nodes can be physical machines or the nodes that form a zone cluster.

• The logical hostname that clients use to access the data service. You typically set up this IP address when you install the cluster. See the Oracle Solaris Cluster Concepts Guide for details on network resources.