The Sun Cluster 3.1 System Administration Guide provides procedures for administering a SunTM Cluster 3.1 configuration.
This document is intended for experienced system administrators with extensive knowledge of Sun software and hardware. This document is not to be used as a planning or presales guide.
The instructions in this book assume knowledge of the SolarisTM operating environment and expertise with the volume manager software used with Sun Cluster.
This document contains information on commands specific to administering a Sun Cluster configuration. This document might not contain complete information on basic UNIX® commands and procedures.
See one or more of the following for this information:
Online documentation for the Solaris software environment
Other software documentation that you received with your system
Solaris operating environment man pages
Typeface or Symbol |
Meaning |
Examples |
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AaBbCc123 |
The names of commands, files, and directories or on-screen computer output |
Edit your .login file. Use ls -a to list all files. % You have mail. |
AaBbCc123 |
What you type, when contrasted with on-screen computer output |
% su Password: |
AaBbCc123 |
Book titles, new words or new terms, words to be emphasized |
Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide. Properties are called class options. You must be superuser to remove a node. |
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Command-line variable that are to be replaced with an actual value |
To delete a file, type rm filename. |
Shell |
Prompt |
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C shell |
machine_name% |
C shell superuser |
machine_name# |
Bourne shell and Korn shell |
$ |
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser |
# |
Application |
Title |
Part Number |
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Software Installation |
816-3388 |
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Data Services |
Sun Cluster 3.1 Data Service Planning and Administration Guide Sun Cluster 3.1 Data Service Collection at http://docs.sun.com/db/coll/573.10 |
817-1526 |
API Development |
816-3385 |
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Concepts |
816–3383 |
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Hardware |
Sun Cluster 3.1 Hardware Administration Manual Sun Cluster 3.x Hardware Administration Collection at http://docs.sun.com/db/coll/1024.1 |
817-0168 |
Error Messages |
816–3382 |
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Man Pages |
816-5251 |
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Release Notes |
816-5317 |
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Sun Cluster 3.1 Release Notes Supplement |
816–3381 |
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Sun Cluster 3.1 Data Service Release Notes |
817–1790 |
The docs.sun.comSM web site enables you to access Sun technical documentation on the Web. You can browse the docs.sun.com archive or search for a specific book title or subject at:
Contact your service provider if you have problems installing or using Sun Cluster. Provide the following information to your service provider.
Your name and email address
Your company name, address, and phone number
The model and serial numbers of your systems
The release number of the operating environment, for example Solaris 8
The release number of Sun Cluster, for example, Sun Cluster 3.1
Use the following commands to gather information on your system for your service provider:
Command |
Function |
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prtconf -v |
Displays the size of the system memory. Reports information about peripheral devices |
psrinfo -v |
Displays information about processors |
showrev –p |
Reports which patches are installed |
prtdiag -v |
Displays system diagnostic information |
/usr/cluster/bin/scinstall -pv |
Displays Sun Cluster release and package version information |
Also, have available the contents of the /var/adm/messages file.