Preface

Sun Cluster Geographic Edition System Administration Guide provides procedures for administering Sun^TM Cluster Geographic Edition software. 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 Solaris^TM Operating System (Solaris OS) and expertise with the volume manager software that is used with Sun Cluster software.

Related Documentation

Information about related Sun Cluster Geographic Edition topics is available in the documentation that is listed in the following table. All Sun Cluster Geographic Edition documentation is available at http://docs.sun.com.

Topic	Documentation
Overview	Sun Cluster Geographic Edition Overview
Glossary	Sun Java Enterprise System Glossary
Hardware administration	Individual hardware administration guides
Software installation	Sun Cluster Geographic Edition Installation Guide
System administration	Sun Cluster Geographic Edition System Administration Guide
Command and function references	Sun Cluster Geographic Edition Reference Manual

For a complete list of Sun Cluster documentation, see the release notes for your Sun Cluster software at http://docs.sun.com.

Using UNIX Commands

This document contains information about commands that are used to install, configure, or administer a Sun Cluster Geographic Edition configuration. This document might not contain complete information on basic UNIX® commands and procedures such as shutting down the system, booting the system, and configuring devices.

See one or more of the following sources for this information:

• Online documentation for the Solaris software system

• Other software documentation that you received with your system

• Solaris OS man pages

Documentation, Support, and Training

Sun Function	URL	Description
Documentation	http://www.sun.com/documentation/	Download PDF and HTML documents, and order printed documents
Support and Training	http://www.sun.com/supportraining/	Obtain technical support, download patches, and learn about Sun courses

Obtaining Help

If you have problems installing or using Sun Cluster Geographic Edition software, contact your service provider and provide the following information:

• Your name and email address (if available)

• Your company name, address, and phone number

• The model and serial numbers of your systems

• The release number of the operating system (for example, Solaris 9)

• The release number of the Sun Cluster Geographic Edition software (for example, 3.1 8/05)

• The contents of the /var/opt/SUNWcacao/logs/cacao.0/1/2 file

Use the following commands to gather information about each node on your system for your service provider.

Command	Function
prtconf -v	Displays the size of the system memory and reports information about peripheral devices
psrinfo -v	Displays information about processors
showrev –p	Reports which patches are installed
prtdiag -v	Displays system diagnostic information
geoadm -V	Displays the Sun Cluster Geographic Edition software release and package version information
scstat	Provides a snapshot of the cluster status
scconf –p	Lists cluster configuration information
geoadm status	Prints the Sun Cluster Geographic Edition runtime status of the local cluster

Also have available the contents of the /var/adm/messages file.

Typographic Conventions

The following table describes the typographic changes that are used in this book.

Table P–1 Typographic Conventions

Typeface or Symbol	Meaning	Example
AaBbCc123	The names of commands, files, and directories, and onscreen computer output	Edit your .login file. Use ls -a to list all files. machine_name% you have mail.
AaBbCc123	What you type, contrasted with onscreen computer output	machine_name% su Password:
aabbcc123	Placeholder: replace with a real name or value	The command to remove a file is rm filename.
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new terms, and terms to be emphasized	Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide. Perform a patch analysis. Do not save the file. [Note that some emphasized items appear bold online.]

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

The following table shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.

Table P–2 Shell Prompts

Shell	Prompt
C shell prompt	machine_name%
C shell superuser prompt	machine_name#
Bourne shell and Korn shell prompt	$
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser prompt	#