Appendix C Sun Management Center 3.0

This section describes undocumented information about the Sun Cluster 3.0 module of the Sun Management Center GUI. For information about upgrade to Sun Management Center 3.0, see Sun Management Center Software Upgrade.

Accessing the New Features in the Sun Cluster Module

There are new locations within the Sun Cluster module console from which you can create, change the state of, or delete resources and resource groups. You can access them by opening the Sun Cluster Details window and choosing the options from the hierarchy (tree) or topology views.

• You can now access the resource and resource group creation wizards from the Resource Group subtree in the hierarchy (tree) view.

• You can now create, change the state of, or delete resources and resource groups from a pop-up menu available at each table shown below.

New Pop-Up Menu Items and Associated Tables

Access from the Resource Group Status table and Resource Group Properties table:

Bring Online

Take Offline

Delete Selected Resource Group

Create New Resource Group

Create New Resource

Access from the Resource Status table and Resource Configuration table:

Enable

Disable

Delete Resource

Create New Resource Group

Create New Resource

How to Access the Creation Wizards From the Tree View

Complete the following steps to access the wizards to create a resource or resource group.

1. In either the hierarchy (tree) or topology view, double-click Operating System>Sun Cluster.

2. Click the right mouse button on the Resource Groups item, or on any item within the Resource Groups subtree.

3. Choose "Create New Resource Group" or "Create New Resource" from the pop-up menu.

How to Access the New Menu Options

The new menu options allow you to create, change the state of, or delete resources and resource groups.

Creating Resources and Resource Groups

Complete the following procedure to use the creation wizard on the pop-up menus, accessible from the resource and resource group tables.

1. Display either the resource or resource group table.

2. Point to any cell entry in the table, excluding the header row.

3. Click the right mouse button.

4. Choose the action you want from the pop-up menu.

Deleting or Modifying Resources and Resource Groups

Complete the following procedure to alter the state of a resource or to delete a resource or resource group. Use the pop-up menus from the resource and resource group tables to enable or disable a resource, or to bring a resource group online or take it offline.

1. Display either the resource or resource group table.

2. Select the item that you want to modify.

   1. To delete an entry, select the resource or resource group to be deleted

   2. To change the state of an entry, select the state cell in the row of the resource or resource group to be changed.

3. Click the right mouse button.

4. Choose from the pop-up menu one of the following tasks to perform.

   Bring Online

   Take Offline

   Enable

   Disable

   Delete Selected Resource Group

   Delete Resource

When you delete or edit status of a resource or resource group, the Sun Cluster module launches a Probe Viewer window. If the Sun Cluster module successfully performs the task that you choose, the Probe Viewer window displays the message, "Probe command returned no data." If the task is not completed successfully, the window displays an error message.

See Sun Management Center documentation and online help for more information about Sun Management Center.