Notes on New Features and Functionality (Sun Cluster 3.0 U1 Release Notes)

Sun Cluster 3.0 U1 Release Notes

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.

Provides a higher level model commonly used for data service development, including all of Sun supplied data services
Integrates commonly used facilities for data service development in an integrated API framework
Provides a pre-canned model for fault monitoring, easily accessible through a set of APIs

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.