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Sun Cluster 3.0 U1 Release Notes

New Features and Functionality

The following table lists new features and functionality that require updates to the Sun Cluster documentation. The second column identifies the documentation that was updated. Contact your Sun sales representative for the complete list of supported hardware and software.

Table 1-1 New Features

Feature or Functionality 

Documentation Updates 

SunPlexTM Manager GUI

Extensive online help is supplied with the GUI. 

Accessibility Features in the SunPlex Manager GUI 

SunPlex Manager supports third-party accessibility software when run through an accessible browser, such as Internet Explorer 5. Accessibility features include text-based menus, keyboard navigation, and text-based alternatives to information presented pictorially. See Sun Cluster 3.0 U1 System Administration Guide for more information about accessibility features in the SunPlex Manager.

Sun Cluster HA for SAP data service 

NOTE: You must install Sun Cluster 3.0 Update 1 software before you can run Sun Cluster HA for SAP. It will not run under the Sun Cluster 3.0 GA release. 

  • A new chapter has been added to the Sun Cluster 3.0 U1 Data Services Installation and Configuration Guide to describe installation and configuration.

  • A new section has been added to the chapter "Understanding Data Service Fault Monitors" to describe the Sun Cluster HA for SAP fault monitor.

  • Two new man pages, SUNW.sap_as(5), and SUNW.sap_ci(5), have been added to describe the Sun Cluster HA for SAP resource properties.

Sun Cluster HA for Sybase ASE data service 

NOTE: Although the Sun Cluster software is capable of running in 32-bit and 64-bit modes, the Sun Cluster HA for Sybase ASE data service is only capable of running in 32-bit mode. 

  • A new chapter has been added to the Sun Cluster 3.0 U1 Data Services Installation and Configuration Guide to describe installation and configuration.

  • A new section has been added to the chapter "Understanding Data Service Fault Monitors" to describe the Sun Cluster HA for Sybase ASE fault monitor.

  • A new man page, SUNW.sybase_ase(5) has been added to describe the Sun Cluster HA for Sybase ASE resource properties.

Enhancements to the scsetup utility for resources and resource groups

The Sun Cluster 3.0 U1 Data Services Installation and Configuration Guide has been updated to include scsetup as an interface for RGM updates within data service installation and configuration procedures.

SunPlex Agent Builder 

The Sun Cluster 3.0 U1 Data Services Developer's Kit describes this wizard for creating new data services. There are also three new man pages describing the feature: scdsbuilder(1HA), scdsconfig(1HA), and scdscreate(1HA).

Data Service Enabling Technologies 

The Sun Cluster 3.0 U1 Data Services Developer's Kit describes this new application development interface.

scvxinstall(1M) script

This new script simplifies the process of configuring VERITAS Volume Manager in a SunPlex system. This script is documented in the Sun Cluster 3.0 U1 Installation Guide and the scvxinstall (1M) man page.

Sun StorEdge A3500FC system 

The Sun StorEdge A3x00 chapter in the Sun Cluster 3.0 U1 Hardware Guide has been updated to include installation, configuration, and maintenance procedures for the A3500FC system.

Sun StorEdge T3 Array - single brick configuration 

A new chapter on Sun StorEdge T3 Array - single brick configuration has been added to the Sun Cluster 3.0 U1 Hardware Guide to describe the installation, configuration, and maintenance procedures for this new storage configuration.

Solaris Resource Manager 1.2 coexistence 

This coexistence is described in "Installing and Configuring Solaris Resource Manager with Sun Cluster 3.0 Updates". This document is available in the Solaris Resource Manager 1.2 AnswerBook2 Collection at http://docs.sun.com. 

Sun Management Center 3.0 

New documentation is included in "Sun Management Center Software Upgrade" and "Sun Management Center GUI" in this document.

Notes on New Features and Functionality

This section includes additional information on new features and functionality.

SunPlex Manager

SunPlex Manager is a web-based GUI interface for installing, configuring, and managing the SunPlex system. SunPlex Manager can be used to install and configure all of the software needed to run a Sun Cluster 3.0 configuration. The GUI functionality is documented in the online help included with SunPlex Manager.

SunPlex Agent Builder

SunPlex Agent Builder is a a tool that automates the creation and packaging of resource types (data services) to be run under control of the Sun Cluster Resource Group Manager. This reduces the development time for new resource types.

Data Service Enabling Technologies

The data service enabling technologies adds to the base Sun Cluster 3.0 development API and provides the following new functionality.

All of these new benefits are primarily geared towards easing and expediting the development of more robust data services.

Enhancements to scsetup (1M)

Resource Group Manager (RGM) extensions to the scsetup utility enable you to create resource groups and to add both network and data service resources to resource groups. When you add data service resources, the scsetup utility searches for both registered and unregistered resource types. The scsetup utility also provides for automatic registration of unregistered resource types as needed when you add data service resources. To launch the RGM submenu, choose option 2 from the scsetup main menu.

scvxinstall (1M) Script

scvxinstall is a script designed to automate the process of installing VERITAS Volume Manager (VxVM) as the Sun Cluster volume manager. It also (optionally) encapsulates the root disk. Root disk encapsulation enables you to either mirror your root disk or reduce the total amount of local disk space required by VxVM. This script replaces the VxVM installation and root-disk encapsulation procedures previously documented in the GA release of the Sun Cluster 3.0 U1 Installation Guide.