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) and expertise with the volume manager software that is used with Sun Cluster software.
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 |
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Overview | |
Glossary | |
Hardware administration |
Individual hardware administration guides |
Software installation | |
System administration |
Sun Cluster Geographic Edition System Administration Guide Sun Cluster Geographic Edition Data Replication Guide for Sun StorEdge Availability Suite Sun Cluster Geographic Edition Data Replication Guide for Hitachi TrueCopy Sun Cluster Geographic Edition Data Replication Guide for EMC Symmetrix Remote Data Facility |
Command and function references |
For a complete list of Sun Cluster documentation, see the release notes for your Sun Cluster software at http://docs.sun.com.
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:
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 2006 Q4)
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 information |
scstat |
Provides a snapshot of the cluster status |
scconf –p |
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 the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.
Table P–2 Shell Prompts
Shell |
Prompt |
---|---|
C shell |
machine_name% |
C shell for superuser |
machine_name# |
Bourne shell and Korn shell |
$ |
Bourne shell and Korn shell for superuser |
# |