Installing the Software

You must install the Sun Cluster Geographic Edition software CD on every node of each cluster in your geographically separated cluster by using the installer utility.

How to Install the Sun Cluster Geographic Edition Software by Using the Graphical User Interface

Before You Begin

Before you begin to install software, make the following preparations:

• Read Chapter 1, Planning the Sun Cluster Geographic Edition Installation.

• Read the following manuals which contain information that can help you plan your configuration and prepare your installation strategy:

  • Sun Cluster Geographic Edition 3.1 8/05 Release Notes – Restrictions, bug workarounds, and other late-breaking information

  • Sun Cluster Geographic Edition Overview

  • Documentation for all third-party software products

Steps

1. To use the installer program with a GUI, ensure that the display environment of the cluster node to install is set to display the GUI.

   % xhost + % setenv DISPLAY nodename:0.0

2. Become superuser on the cluster where you intend to install the Sun Cluster Geographic Edition software.

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   Note –

   The Sun Cluster Geographic Edition software must be installed on all nodes of a cluster.

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   % su

3. Insert the Sun Cluster Geographic Edition CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive.

4. Change to the root directory of the CD-ROM, where the installer utility resides.

   # cd cd-root/Solaris_sparc/Product/sun_cluster_geo

5. Start the installer utility.

   # ./installer

6. Follow the instructions on the screen to install Sun Cluster Geographic Edition framework software on the cluster.

   The installer starts and displays the Welcome page.

   After the installation is finished, you can view any available installation log.

   To exit the installer at any time, click Cancel.

7. Choose Typical or Custom installation.

   The Typical installation installs the Sun Cluster Geographic Edition data replication as well as the core components of the Sun Cluster Geographic Edition software.

   The Custom installation installs the core components of the Sun Cluster Geographic Edition software.

8. Choose the locale for the software.

   The languages you choose will be installed for all the components you select. Each language causes additional packages to be installed, which adds to the disk space that is required for installation. English is always installed.

9. If you chose the Custom installation, select the Sun Cluster Geographic Edition data replication you want to install.

10. Confirm that you have selected all the software components you want to install, and click Install Now.

11. Change to a directory that does not reside on the CD-ROM and eject the CD-ROM.

    # eject cdrom

How to Install the Sun Cluster Geographic Edition Software by Using the Text-Based Interface

Before You Begin

Before you begin to install software, make the following preparations:

• Ensure that you have installed all the required patches for your cluster configuration on each node of every cluster.

  See Patches and Required Firmware Levels in Sun Cluster Geographic Edition 3.1 8/05 Release Notes for the location of patches and installation instructions.

• Read Chapter 1, Planning the Sun Cluster Geographic Edition Installation.

• Read the following manuals which contain information that can help you plan your configuration and prepare your installation strategy:

  • Sun Cluster Geographic Edition 3.1 8/05 Release Notes – Restrictions, bug workarounds, and other late-breaking information

  • Sun Cluster Geographic Edition Overview

  • Documentation for all third-party software products

Follow these guidelines to use the interactive installer utility in this procedure:

• Interactive installer enables you to type ahead. Therefore, do not press the Enter key more than once if the next menu screen does not appear immediately.

• Unless otherwise noted, you can press Control-D to return to either the beginning of a series of related questions or to the Main Menu.

• Default answers or answers to previous sessions are displayed in brackets ([ ]) at the end of a question. Press Enter to enter the response that is in brackets without typing it.

Steps

1. To use the installer utility with a text-based interface, become superuser on the cluster where you intend to install the Sun Cluster Geographic Edition software.

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   Note –

   The Sun Cluster Geographic Edition software must be installed on all nodes of a cluster.

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   % su

2. Insert the Sun Cluster Geographic Edition CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive.

3. Change to the root directory of the CD-ROM, where the installer utility resides.

   # cd cd-root/Solaris_sparc/Product/sun_cluster_geo

4. Start the installer utility by using the -nodisplay option to indicate that you want to use the text-based interface.

   # ./installer -nodisplay

5. Follow the instructions on the installer pages to install the Sun Cluster Geographic Edition framework software on the cluster.

   After the installation is finished, you can view any available installation log.

   To exit the installer at any time, type the ! character.

6. Choose Typical or Custom installation.

   The Typical installation installs the Sun Cluster Geographic Edition data replication as well as the core components of the Sun Cluster Geographic Edition software.

   The Custom installation installs the core components of the Sun Cluster Geographic Edition software.

7. Choose the locale for the software.

   The languages you choose will be installed for all the components you select. Each language causes additional packages to be installed, which adds to the disk space that is required for installation. English is always installed.

8. If you chose the Custom installation, select the Sun Cluster Geographic Edition data replication you want to install.

9. Confirm that you have selected all the software components you want to install.

10. Change to a directory that does not reside on the CD-ROM and eject the CD-ROM.

    # eject cdrom