Sun Cluster 3.0 5/02 Supplement

Chapter 1 What's New at a Glance

The Sun Cluster 3.0 5/02 Supplement highlights new information that has been added to the Sun Cluster 3.0 documentation since the Sun Cluster 3.0 12/01 update release.

The Sun Cluster 3.0 5/02 Supplement covers the following topics:

Concepts

This section provides new conceptual information for the Sun Cluster 3.0 5/02 update release.

Table 1-1 New Conceptual Information


Location		Description	Release Date
"Key Concepts - Hardware Service Providers"
	Appendix A, Campus Clustering with Sun Cluster 3.0 Software - Concepts	Support for campus clustering	5/02
"Cluster Administration and Application Development"
	"HAStoragePlus Resource Type (5/02)"	Description of new resource type, HAStoragePlus	5/02
	"The Syncdir Mount Option (5/02)"	Statement that VxFS has no equivalent to `syncdir`	5/02
	"Resources, Resource Groups, and Resource Types (5/02)"	Description of HAStorage and HAStoragePlus resource types	5/02

Hardware

This section provides new hardware information for the Sun Cluster 3.0 5/02 update release.

Table 1-2 New Hardware Information


Location		Description	Release Date
"Sun Cluster 3.0 12/01 Hardware Guide New Information and Corrections"
	"Dynamic Reconfiguration Operations For Sun Cluster Nodes (5/02)"	Procedure amendment for replacing host adapters in a DR-enabled server.	2/02
	"Sun Netra st D1000 Documentation Coverage (5/02)"	Documentation support statement.	1/02
	"Sun StorEdge T3/T3+ Partner-Group Configuration Quorum Restriction Removed (5/02)"	Quorum device support statement for Sun StorEdge^TM T3/T3+ arrays in a partner-group configuration.	1/02
	"How To Upgrade a StorEdge T3 Controller to a StorEdge T3+ Controller (5/02)"	Correction and procedure for upgrading controllers in Sun StorEdge T3/T3+ arrays in a single-controller configuration.	1/02
Appendix C, Installing and Maintaining a Sun StorEdge 9910 or StorEdge 9960 Array		Hardware procedures to support the Sun StorEdge 9910/9960 array in a cluster environment.	1/02
Appendix D, Installing and Maintaining Sun StorEdge A1000 or Netra st A1000 Arrays		Hardware procedures to support the Sun StorEdge A1000 or Netra^TM st A1000 array in a cluster environment.	2/02
Appendix E, Installing and Maintaining a Sun StorEdge 3900 or 6900 Series System		Hardware procedures to support the Sun StorEdge 3900 or 6900 Series systems in a cluster environment.	1/02

Installation

This section provides new installation information for the Sun Cluster 3.0 5/02 update release. For new information about data service installation, see "Data Services".

Table 1-3 New Installation Information


Location		Description	Release Date
"Planning the Solaris Operating Environment"
	"System Disk Partitions (5/02)"	New partition size for Solaris Volume Manager
"Planning the Global Devices and Cluster File Systems"
	"Mount Information for Cluster File Systems (5/02)"	New VxFS mount requirement	5/02
	"Guidelines for Solstice DiskSuite Software (5/02)"	Correction to maximum number of metadevice names per diskset and maximum number of disksets per cluster	5/02
"Installing the Software"
	"How to Install Cluster Control Panel Software on the Administrative Console (5/02)"	New CD-ROM path	5/02
	"How to Install Solaris Software (5/02)"	New CD-ROM path New step to install Apache software packages to support SunPlex^TM Manager installation New partition size for Solaris Volume Manager	5/02
	"How to Install Sun Cluster Software on the First Cluster Node (`scinstall`) (5/02)"	New CD-ROM path New step to verify that Apache software packages are installed to support SunPlex Manager installation	5/02
	"How to Install Sun Cluster Software on Additional Cluster Nodes (`scinstall`) (5/02)"	New CD-ROM path New step to verify that Apache software packages are installed to support SunPlex Manager installation	5/02
	"Using SunPlex Manager to Install Sun Cluster Software (5/02)"	New requirements and functionality for Solaris 9 New SunPlex Manager names for default metasets	5/02
	"How to Install SunPlex Manager Software (5/02)"	New Solaris 9 CD-ROM path	5/02
	"How to Install Solaris and Sun Cluster Software (JumpStart) (5/02)"	New CD-ROM path New step to install Apache software packages to support SunPlex Manager installation	5/02
	"How to Set Up the Root Environment (5/02)"	New VxVM `MANPATH`	5/02
	"How to Uninstall Sun Cluster Software To Correct Installation Problems (5/02)"	New procedure to uninstall Sun Cluster software	5/02
"Configuring the Cluster"
	"How to Add Cluster File Systems (5/02)"	New step to correct the stack size setting after VxFS installation New instruction to mount VxFS cluster file systems	5/02
	"How to Update Network Time Protocol (NTP) (5/02)"	Procedure revised to reflect new name and functionality changes in Sun Cluster-created NTP configuration file	5/02
	"How to Start Sun Management Center (5/02)"	New step to ensure that the `scsymon_srv` daemon is running	5/02
"Upgrading From Sun Cluster 2.2 to Sun Cluster 3.0 Update 2 Software"
	"How to Upgrade Cluster Software Packages (5/02)"	New CD-ROM path	5/02
	"How to Finish Upgrading Cluster Software (5/02)"	New CD-ROM path	5/02
"Installing and Configuring Solstice DiskSuite Software"
	"How to Set the Number of Metadevice Names and Disksets (5/02)"	Correction to the maximum number of metadevice names per diskset	5/02
	"How to Create a Diskset (5/02)"	New steps to support more than three disksets in a cluster	5/02
"Installing and Configuring VxVM Software"
	"How to Install VERITAS Volume Manager Software and Encapsulate the Root Disk (5/02)"	Change to the steps for setting the `vxio` major number	5/02
	"How to Install VERITAS Volume Manager Software Only (5/02)"	Change to the steps for setting the `vxio` major number	5/02

Data Services

This section provides new data service information for the Sun Cluster 3.0 5/02 update release. For new information about Sun Cluster framework installation, see "Installation".

Table 1-4 New Data Services Information


Location		Description	Release Date
"Installing and Configuring Sun Cluster HA for SAP"		Updates to procedures that support SAP as a scalable data service Updates to procedures to set up a lock file	5/02
"Synchronizing the Startups Between Resource Groups and Disk Device Groups"		Update to information to include the HAStorage and HAStoragePlus resource types	5/02
"Enabling Highly Available Local File Systems"
	"How to Set Up HAStoragePlus Resource Type (5/02)"	New procedure to add the HAStoragePlus resource type	5/02
"Registering and Configuring Sun Cluster HA for Oracle"
	"How to Register and Configure Sun Cluster HA for Oracle (5/02)"	Update to procedure to include the HAStoragePlus resource type	5/02
"Registering and Configuring Sun Cluster HA for Sybase ASE"
	"How to Register and Configure Sun Cluster HA for Sybase ASE (5/02)"	Update to procedure to include the HAStoragePlus resource type	5/02
"Configuration Guidelines for Sun Cluster Data Services"
	"Determining the Location of the Application Binaries (5/02)"	Update to information to include the HAStoragePlus resource type	5/02
	"Planning the Cluster File System Configuration (5/02)"	Update to information to include the HAStoragePlus resource type	5/02
"Relationship Between Resource Groups and Disk Device Groups"
	"HAStorage and HAStoragePlus Resource Types (5/02)"	Update to information to include the HAStoragePlus resource type	5/02
	"Recommendations (5/02)"	Update to information to include the HAStoragePlus resource type	5/02
"Freeing Node Resources by Off-Loading Non-Critical Resource Groups"
	"How to Set Up an RGOffload Resource (5/02)"	New procedure to add the RGOffload resource type	5/02
	"Configuring RGOffload Extension Properties (5/02)"	New procedure to configure RGOffload extension properties	5/02
	"Fault Monitor (5/02)"	New overview	5/02
"Installing and Configuring iPlanet Directory Server"
	"How to Install iPlanet Directory Server for Solaris 9 (5/02)"	New procedure to install iPlanet^TM Directory Server for Solaris 9	5/02
"Installing and Configuring an iPlanet Web Server"
	"How to Configure an iPlanet Web Server (5/02)"	Correction to procedure for configuring iPlanet Web Server	5/02
"Resource Group Properties"		New new resource group property, `auto_start_on_new_cluster`	5/02

System Administration

This section provides new system administration information for the Sun Cluster 3.0 5/02 update release.

Table 1-5 New System Administration Information


Location		Description	Release Date
"Administering Disk Device Groups"
	"VERITAS Volume Manager Administration Considerations (5/02)"	Added new guideline for VxVM	5/02
	"How to Remove a Node From All Disk Device Groups (5/02)"	New procedure	5/02
	"How to Remove a Node From a Disk Device Group (Solstice DiskSuite) (5/02)"	Different command used to determine membership in disk device groups, removed `-f` option of `metaset` command	5/02
	"How to Remove a Node From a Disk Device Group (VERITAS Volume Manager) (5/02)"	Different command used to determine membership in disk device groups	5/02
	"How to Remove a Node From a Raw Disk Device Group (5/02)"	New procedure	5/02
	"How to Create More Than Three Disksets in a Cluster (5/02)"	New procedure	5/02
"Administering Cluster File Systems Overview"
	"Guidelines to Support VxFS (5/02)"	Added guidelines for support of VxFS with Sun Cluster	5/02
	"How to Add a Cluster File System (5/02)"	Added a note regarding use of the `newfs`(1M) command	5/02
"Adding and Removing a Cluster Node"
	Table 6-1	Revised Task Map for removing a cluster node	5/02
	"How to Remove a Node From the Cluster Software Configuration (5/02)"	Moved instructions to remove a node from a raw disk device group into a separate procedure (see "How to Remove a Node From a Raw Disk Device Group (5/02)") New option to uninstall Sun Cluster software after a node is removed from the cluster (see "How to Uninstall Sun Cluster Software From a Cluster Node (5/02)")	5/02
	"How to Uninstall Sun Cluster Software From a Cluster Node (5/02)"	New procedure	5/02

Data Services Development

This section provides new data services development information for the Sun Cluster 3.0 5/02 update release.

Table 1-6 New Data Services Development Information


Location		Description	Release Date
"Data Services Development Library (DSDL)"
	"Enabling Highly Available Local File Systems (5/02)"	Update to information to include the HAStoragePlus resource type	5/02
"Designing Resource Types"
	"The `VALIDATE` Method (5/02)"	Update to information to include the HAStoragePlus resource type	5/02
"DSDL Reference"
	"General Purpose Functions (5/02)"	New function for `SUNW.HAStoragePlus` resources	5/02
"Standard Properties"
	"General Purpose Functions (5/02)"	New auto-start resource group property	5/02
Appendix F, Generic Data Service		Procedures to support the generic data service (GDS)	5/02