Sun Cluster Geographic Edition System Administration Guide

Sun Cluster Geographic Edition Administration Tasks

After you have completed the prerequisite administration tasks, you can install, configure, and administer the Sun Cluster Geographic Edition software as described in the following table.

Table 2–3 Sun Cluster Geographic Edition Administration Tasks

Task 

Description and Documentation 

Install Sun Cluster Geographic Edition software. 

See the Sun Cluster Geographic Edition Installation Guide.

Set up security between the candidate partner clusters. 

Enable the Sun Cluster Geographic Edition software. 

Use the geoadm start command.

For more information, see Enabling the Sun Cluster Geographic Edition Software.

Create partnerships. 

See How to Create a Partnership. This procedure includes the following:

Configure data replication. 

For information about replicating data using Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3.2.1, see Chapter 6, Replicating Data With Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3.2.1 Software

For information about replicating data using Hitachi TrueCopy, see Chapter 9, Replicating Data With Hitachi TrueCopy Software.

Create protection groups. 

Bring the protection groups online. 

See How to Activate a Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3.2.1 Protection Group or How to Activate a Hitachi TrueCopy Protection Group.

Test the configured partnership and protection groups to validate the setup.  

Perform a trial a switchover or takeover and test some simple failure scenarios. See Chapter 8, Migrating Services That Use Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3.2.1 Data Replication or Chapter 11, Migrating Services That Use Hitachi TrueCopy Data Replication.

Migrate services to the partner cluster. 

See How to Switch Over a Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3.2.1 Protection Group From Primary to Secondary or How to Switch Over a Hitachi TrueCopy Protection Group From Primary to Secondary.

Take over services from primary to secondary during a disaster. 

See How to Force Immediate Takeover of Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3.2.1 Services by a Secondary Cluster orHow to Force Immediate Takeover of Hitachi TrueCopy Services by a Secondary Cluster.

Recover from a takeover 

Take a protection group offline. 

See How to Deactivate a Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3.2.1 Protection Group or How to Deactivate a Hitachi TrueCopy Protection Group.

Delete a protection group. 

See How to Delete a Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3.2.1 Protection Group or How to Delete a Hitachi TrueCopy Protection Group.

Delete a partnership. 

See Leaving or Deleting a Partnership.

Disable the Sun Cluster Geographic Edition software. 

See How to Disable the Sun Cluster Geographic Edition Software.

Uninstall the Sun Cluster Geographic Edition software. 

See the Sun Cluster Geographic Edition Installation Guide.