Use this procedure to prepare for the installation and configuration of liveCache.
Become superuser on all of the nodes.
Configure the /etc/nsswitch.conf file.
On each node or zone that can master the liveCache resource, include one of the following entries for group, project, an passwd database entries in the /etc/nsswitch.conf file.
database: database: files database: files [NOTFOUND=return] nis database: files [NOTFOUND=return] nisplus |
On each node or zone that can master the liveCache resource, ensure that files appears first for the protocols database entry in the /etc/nsswitch.conf file.
Example:
protocols: files nis |
Sun Cluster HA for SAP liveCache uses the su - user command and the dbmcli command to start and stop liveCache.
The network information name service might become unavailable when a cluster node's public network fails. Implementing the preceding changes to the /etc/nsswitch.conf file ensures that the su(1M) command and the dbmcli command do not refer to the NIS/NIS+ name services.
If you are using liveCache version earlier than 7.6.03.09, comment out /net in /etc/auto_master file and remove nis from the automount entry in /etc/nsswitch.conf file.