Where to Find Sun Cluster Installation Tasks

Set up cluster hardware. 

Sun Cluster 3.0 12/01 Hardware Guide

Documentation shipped with your server and storage devices 

Plan cluster software installation. 

This chapter 

"Sun Cluster Installation Configuration Worksheets and Examples" in the Sun Cluster 3.0 12/01 Release Notes

Install a new cluster or add nodes to an existing cluster. 

Install the Solaris operating environment, Cluster Control Panel (optional), SunPlex Manager (optional), cluster framework, and data service software packages. 

"Installing the Software"

Install and configure volume manager software. 

Solstice DiskSuite 

"Installing and Configuring Solstice DiskSuite Software"

Solstice DiskSuite documentation 

VERITAS Volume Manager (VxVM) 

"Installing and Configuring VxVM Software"

VxVM documentation 

Configure cluster framework software and optionally install and configure Sun Management Center. 

"Configuring the Cluster"

Plan, install, and configure resource groups and data services. 

Sun Cluster 3.0 12/01 Data Services Installation and Configuration Guide

"Data Service Configuration Worksheets and Examples" in the Sun Cluster 3.0 12/01 Release Notes

Upgrade from Sun Cluster 2.2 to Sun Cluster 3.0 (Solaris operating environment, cluster framework, data services, and volume manager software). 

"Upgrading From Sun Cluster 2.2 to Sun Cluster 3.0 Update 2 Software"

"Installing and Configuring Solstice DiskSuite Software" or "Installing and Configuring VxVM Software"

Volume manager documentation 

Upgrade from Sun Cluster 3.0 7/01 (Update 1) to Sun Cluster 3.0 12/01 (Solaris operating environment, cluster framework, and data services software). 

"Upgrading to a Sun Cluster 3.0 Software Update Release "

Develop custom data services. 

Sun Cluster 3.0 12/01 Data Services Developer's Guide