Netra™ High Availability Suite 3.0 1/08 Foundation Services Manual Installation Guide for the Solaris OS

Netra™ High Availability Suite 3.0 1/08 Foundation Services Manual Installation Guide for the Solaris OS

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Contents

Preface

Preparing to Install Manually

Overview of the Manual Installation Process

Choosing a Cluster Network

Installing the Software on the Master-Eligible Nodes

Defining Disk Partitions on the Master-Eligible Nodes

Installing the Solaris Operating System on the Master-Eligible Nodes

To Install the Solaris Operating System on the Master-Eligible Nodes

Setting Up the Master-Eligible Nodes

To Configure the Master-Eligible Nodes

To Mount an Installation Server Directory on the Master-Eligible Nodes

To Install Solaris Patches

Installing the Man Pages on the Master-Eligible Nodes

To Install the Man Pages on the Master-Eligible Nodes

Installing the Netra HA Suite on the Master-Eligible Nodes

To Install the Cluster Membership Manager

To Install the nhadm Tool

To Install the Carrier Grade Transport Protocol

To Install the Node State Manager

To Install the External Address Manager

To Install the Reliable NFS When Using IP-Based Replication

To Install the Reliable NFS When Using Shared Disk

To Install the Node Management Agent

To Install the Process Monitor Daemon

Configuring the Master-Eligible Node Addresses

To Create the IP Addresses for the Network Interfaces

To Update the Network Files

To Configure External IP Addresses

To Configure an External Floating Address Using a Single Link

To Configure an External Floating Address Using Redundant Links Managed by IPMP

Configuring the Netra HA Suite on the Master-Eligible Nodes

Configuring the nhfs.conf File

To Configure the nhfs.conf File Properties

To Create the Floating Address Triplet Assigned to the Master Role

To Configure a Direct Link Between the Master-Eligible Nodes

Creating the cluster_nodes_table File

To Create the cluster_nodes_table File

Configuring Solaris Volume Manager With Reliable NFS and Shared Disk

To Configure Solaris Volume Manager for Use with Reliable NFS and a Shared Disk

To Partition a Shared Disk for Diskless Support

Setting Up File Systems on the Master-Eligible Nodes

To Set Up File Systems on the Master-Eligible Nodes

To Verify File Systems Managed by Reliable NFS

Starting the Master-Eligible Nodes

To Delete the not_configured File

To Boot the Master-Eligible Nodes

To Verify the Cluster Configuration

Installing the Software for Diskless Nodes

Preparing to Install a Diskless Node

To Connect a Diskless Node to the Cluster

To Check Disk Space on the Master Node

Installing the Solaris Operating System for Diskless Nodes on the Master Node

To Install the Common Solaris Services for Diskless Nodes on the Master Node

To Install OS-Specific Packages

To Create a Root File System for a Diskless Node on the Master Node

To Install the Solaris-Specific Packages for Diskless Nodes (SPARC only)

To Configure the Trivial File Transfer Protocol on the Master-Eligible Nodes

To Install Solaris Patches

Installing the DHCP and the Reliable Boot Service

To Install the DHCP and the Reliable Boot Service

Configuring the DHCP for a Diskless Node

To Configure the DHCP for a Diskless Node

Configuring the DHCP Boot Policy for Diskless Nodes

To Configure the DHCP Static Boot Policy

To Configure the DHCP Client ID Boot Policy

Installing the Netra HA Suite Software on a Diskless Node

To Install the Netra HA Suite Packages

Configuring the Netra HA Suite for a Diskless Node

To Update the Network Files for the Diskless Node

To Configure External IP Addresses

To Disable the Router Feature

To Set Up File Systems for a Diskless Node

To Create the nhfs.conf File for a Diskless Node

Integrating a Diskless Node Into the Cluster

To Update the /etc/hosts File on Each Peer Node

To Add the Diskless Node to the cluster_nodes_table File

To Update the Shared Directory Configuration

Starting the Cluster

To Delete the not_configured File

To Boot a Diskless Node

To Verify the Cluster Configuration

Installing the Software on the Dataless Nodes

Preparing to Install a Dataless Node

To Connect a Dataless Node to the Cluster

To Define Disk Partitions on a Dataless Node

Installing the Solaris Operating System on a Dataless Node

To Install the Solaris Operating System on a Dataless Node

To Install Solaris Patches

Installing the Netra HA Suite on a Dataless Node

To Install the Netra HA Suite

Configuring the Netra HA Suite on a Dataless Node

To Configure a Dataless Node

To Configure an External IP Address

To Update the Network Files on a Dataless Node

To Create the nhfs.conf File for a Dataless Node

To Set Up File Systems for a Dataless Node

Integrating a Dataless Node Into the Cluster

To Update the /etc/hosts Files on Each Peer Node

To Update the Cluster Node Table

Starting the Cluster

To Delete the not_configured File

To Start the Cluster

To Verify the Cluster Configuration

Adding a Diskless or Dataless Node to a Cluster

Process for Adding Nodes to a Cluster

To Add a Diskless or Dataless Node

Installation Directory Structure

Netra™ High Availability Suite 3.0 1/08 Foundation Services Manual Installation Guide for the Solaris OS

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