Sun Cluster Geographic Edition System Administration Guide provides procedures for administering SunTM 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 SolarisTM Operating System (Solaris OS), of Sun Cluster, and expertise with the volume manager software that is used with Sun Cluster software.
This release of Sun Cluster Geographic Edition supports the following releases of Sun's availability suite software:
Sun StorageTek Availability Suite 4
Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3.2.1
In this manual, references to Sun StorageTekTM Availability Suite software also apply to Sun StorEdgeTM Availability Suite software unless specifically stated otherwise.
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.
Information about related Sun Cluster topics is available in the documentation that is listed in the following table. All Sun Cluster documentation is available at http://docs.sun.com.
Topic |
Documentation |
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Overview | |
Concepts | |
Hardware installation and administration |
Sun Cluster 3.1 - 3.2 Hardware Administration Manual for Solaris OS Individual hardware administration guides |
Software installation | |
Data service installation and administration |
Sun Cluster Data Services Planning and Administration Guide for Solaris OS Individual data service guides |
Data service development | |
System administration | |
Software upgrade | |
Error messages | |
Command and function references |
Sun Cluster Reference Manual for Solaris OS |
For a complete list of Sun Cluster documentation, see the release notes for your release of Sun Cluster Geographic Edition software at http://wikis.sun.com/display/SunCluster/Home/.
Sun is not responsible for the availability of third-party web sites mentioned in this document. Sun does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products, or other materials that are available on or through such sites or resources. Sun will not be responsible or liable for any actual or alleged damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such content, goods, or services that are available on or through such sites or resources.
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
The Sun web site provides information about the following additional resources:
Sun is interested in improving its documentation and welcomes your comments and suggestions. To share your comments, go to http://docs.sun.com and click Feedback.
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, 3.2 11/09)
The contents of the /var/cacao/instances/default/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 information |
cluster status |
Provides a snapshot of the cluster status |
cluster show |
Lists cluster configuration information |
geoadm status |
Displays the Sun Cluster Geographic Edition runtime status of the local cluster |
Also have available the contents of the /var/adm/messages file.
The following table describes the typographic conventions that are used in this book.
Table P–1 Typographic Conventions
Typeface |
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. A cache is a copy that is stored locally. Do not save the file. Note: Some emphasized items appear bold online. |
The following table shows the default UNIX system prompt and superuser prompt for shells that are included in the Solaris OS. Note that the default system prompt that is displayed in command examples varies, depending on the Solaris release.
Table P–2 Shell Prompts
Shell |
Prompt |
---|---|
Bash shell, Korn shell, and Bourne shell |
$ |
Bash shell, Korn shell, and Bourne shell for superuser |
# |
C shell |
machine_name% |
C shell for superuser |
machine_name# |