Preface

The Sun Cluster 3.1 Data Services Developer's Guide contains information about using the Resource Management API to develop Sun Cluster data services.

Who Should Use This Book

This document is intended for experienced developers with extensive knowledge of Sun software and hardware. The information in this book assumes knowledge of the Solaris^TM operating environment.

How This Guide Is Organized

The Sun Cluster 3.1 Data Services Developer's Guide contains the following chapters and appendixes:

• Chapter 1, Resource Management Overview provides an overview of the concepts needed to develop a data service.

• Chapter 2, Developing a Data Service provides detailed information on developing a data service.

• Chapter 4, Resource Management API Reference provides a reference to the access functions and callback methods that make up the Resource Management API (RMAPI).

• Chapter 5, Sample Data Service provides a sample Sun Cluster data service for the in.named() application.

• Chapter 6, Data Service Development Library (DSDL) provides an overview of the application programming interfaces constituting the Data Services Development Library (DSDL)

• Chapter 7, Designing Resource Types explains the typical usage of the DSDL in designing and implementing resource types.

• Chapter 8, Sample DSDL Resource Type Implementation describes a sample resource type implemented with DSDL.

• Chapter 9, SunPlex Agent Builder describes SunPlex Agent Builder.

• Chapter 10, Generic Data Services describes how to create a generic data service.

• Chapter 11, DSDL Reference describes the DSDL API functions.

• Appendix A, Standard Properties describes the standard resource type, resource group, and resource properties.

• Appendix B, Sample Data Service Code Listings provides the complete code for each method in the sample data service.

• Appendix C, DSDL Sample Resource Type Code Listing lists the complete code for each method in the SUNW.xfnts() resource type.

• Appendix D, Legal RGM Names and Values lists the requirements for legal characters for Resource Group Manager (RGM) names and values.

• Appendix E, Requirements for Non-Cluster Aware Applications list the requirements for ordinary non-cluster aware applications to be candidates for high availability.

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Getting Help

If you have problems installing or using Sun Cluster, 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 number and serial number of your systems

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

• The release number of Sun Cluster (for example, Sun Cluster 3.1)

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

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