How This Guide Is Organized

The Sun Cluster 3.1 Data Services Developer's Guide contains the following chapters and appendixes:

• Chapter 1, Resource Management Overview provides an overview of the concepts needed to develop a data service.

• Chapter 2, Developing a Data Service provides detailed information on developing a data service.

• Chapter 4, Resource Management API Reference provides a reference to the access functions and callback methods that make up the Resource Management API (RMAPI).

• Chapter 5, Sample Data Service provides a sample Sun Cluster data service for the in.named() application.

• Chapter 6, Data Service Development Library (DSDL) provides an overview of the application programming interfaces constituting the Data Services Development Library (DSDL)

• Chapter 7, Designing Resource Types explains the typical usage of the DSDL in designing and implementing resource types.

• Chapter 8, Sample DSDL Resource Type Implementation describes a sample resource type implemented with DSDL.

• Chapter 9, SunPlex Agent Builder describes SunPlex Agent Builder.

• Chapter 10, Generic Data Services describes how to create a generic data service.

• Chapter 11, DSDL Reference describes the DSDL API functions.

• Appendix A, Standard Properties describes the standard resource type, resource group, and resource properties.

• Appendix B, Sample Data Service Code Listings provides the complete code for each method in the sample data service.

• Appendix C, DSDL Sample Resource Type Code Listing lists the complete code for each method in the SUNW.xfnts() resource type.

• Appendix D, Legal RGM Names and Values lists the requirements for legal characters for Resource Group Manager (RGM) names and values.

• Appendix E, Requirements for Non-Cluster Aware Applications list the requirements for ordinary non-cluster aware applications to be candidates for high availability.