Preface

The Sun Management Center 3.5 Service Availability Manager User's Guide provides instructions on how to use the modules in Service Availability Manager.

Audience

This document is intended for users familiar with the Sun Management Center product. Therefore, many terms and concepts specific to the Sun Management Center are not explained here. For more information about the Sun Management Center, refer to the Sun Management Center 3.5 User's Guide.

Contents of this Manual

This document describes all services offered by Service Availability Manager. It includes the following chapters:

• Chapter 1, Introduction to Service Availability Manager provides an introduction to Service Availability Manager.

• Chapter 2, Service Availability Manager Installation and Setup includes installation and setup instructions.

• Chapter 3, Synthetic Transaction Modules includes information regarding Synthetic Transaction Modules.

• Chapter 4, Service Element Modules includes information regarding Service Element Modules.

• Chapter 5, Service Availability Manager GUI includes information regarding using the Service Availability Manager graphical user interface.

• Appendix A, Configuration and Module Parameters Reference provides reference information for Service Availability Manager.

• Appendix B, Installing Using the Command Line includes installation and setup instructions using the command line.

To view license terms, attribution, and copyright statements for open source software included in this release, the default path is /cdrom/sunmc_3_5_sparc/image/Webserver/Solaris_9/SUNWtcatr/install/copyright. If you are using Solaris 8 software, substitute Solaris_8 for Solaris_9 in the path.

Access to Latest Information on Sun Management Center

For the latest information on the Sun Management Center 3.5 software and the Service Availability Manager add-on product, refer to http://www.sun.com/sunmanagementcenter.

Using UNIX Commands

This document does not contain 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 for this information:

• Solaris Handbook for Sun Peripherals

• Online documentation for the Solaris^TM operating environment

• Other software documentation that you received with your system

Table P–1 Shell Prompts

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

Accessing Sun Documentation Online

The docs.sun.com^SM Web site enables you to access Sun technical documentation online. You can browse the docs.sun.com archive or search for a specific book title or subject. The URL is http://docs.sun.com.

Ordering Sun Documentation

Sun Microsystems offers select product documentation in print. For a list of documents and how to order them, see “Buy printed documentation” at http://docs.sun.com.

Typographic Conventions

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

Table P–2 Typographic Conventions

Typeface or Symbol	Meaning	Example
AaBbCc123	The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output	Edit your .login file. Use ls -a to list all files. machine_name% you have mail.
AaBbCc123	What you type, contrasted with on-screen computer output	machine_name% su Password:
AaBbCc123	Command-line placeholder: replace with a real name or value	To delete a file, type rm filename.
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new words, or terms, or words to be emphasized.	Read Chapter 6 in User's Guide. These are called class options. You must be root to do this.

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–3 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	#