Sun Cluster 3.1 Data Service Planning and Administration Guide

Tools for Data Service Resource Administration

This section describes the tools that you can use to perform installation and configuration tasks.

The SunPlex Manager Graphical User Interface (GUI)

SunPlex Manager is a web-based tool that enables you to perform the following tasks.

See the Sun Cluster 3.1 Software Installation Guide for instructions on how to use SunPlex Manager to install cluster software. SunPlex Manager provides online help for most administrative tasks.

The Sun Cluster Module for the Sun Management Center GUI

The Sun Cluster module enables you to monitor clusters and to perform some operations on resources and resource groups from the Sun Management Center GUI. See the Sun Cluster 3.1 Software Installation Guide for information about installation requirements and procedures for the Sun Cluster module. Go to http://docs.sun.com to access the Sun Management Center software documentation set, which provides additional information about Sun Management Center.

The scsetup Utility

The scsetup(1M) utility is a menu-driven interface that you can use for general Sun Cluster administration. You can also use this utility to configure data service resources and resource groups. Select option 2 from the scsetup main menu to launch the Resource Group Manager submenu.

The scrgadm Command

You can use the scrgadm command to register and configure data service resources. See the procedure on how to register and configure your data service in the applicable chapter of this book. If, for example, you use Sun Cluster HA for Oracle, see “Installing and Configuring Sun Cluster HA for Oracle” in Sun Cluster 3.1 Data Service for Oracle. Chapter 2, Administering Data Service Resources also contains information on how to use the scrgadm command to administer data service resources. Finally, see the scrgadm(1M) man page for additional information.

Data Service Resource Administration Tasks

The following table lists which tool you can use in addition to the command line for different data service resource administration tasks. See Chapter 2, Administering Data Service Resources for more information about these tasks and for details on how to use the command line to complete related procedures.

Table 1–2 Tools You Can Use for Data Service Resource Administration Tasks

Task 

SunPlex Manager 

Sun Management Center 

The scsetup Utility

Register a resource type 

Yes 

No 

Yes 

Create a resource group 

Yes 

No 

Yes 

Add a resource to a resource group 

Yes 

No 

Yes 

Bring a resource group online 

Yes 

Yes 

No 

Remove a resource group 

Yes 

Yes 

No 

Remove a resource 

Yes 

Yes 

No 

Switch the current primary of a resource group 

Yes 

No 

No 

Disable a resource 

Yes 

Yes 

No 

Move the resource group of a disabled resource into the unmanaged state 

Yes 

No 

No 

Display resource type, resource group, and resource configuration information 

Yes 

Yes 

No 

Change resource properties 

Yes 

No 

No 

Clear the STOP_FAILED error flag on resources

Yes 

No 

No 

Add a node to a resource group 

Yes 

No 

No