Sun Cluster System Administration Guide for Solaris OS

Preface

The Sun Cluster System Administration Guide for Solaris OS provides procedures for administering a Sun^TM Cluster configuration on both SPARC® and x86 based systems.

Note –

This Sun Cluster release supports systems that use the SPARC and x86 families of processor architectures: UltraSPARC, SPARC64, AMD64, and Intel 64. In this document, x86 refers to the larger family of 64-bit x86 compatible products. Information in this document pertains to all platforms unless otherwise specified.

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 pre-sales guide.

The instructions in this book assume knowledge of the Solaris^TM Operating System and expertise with the volume manager software used with Sun Cluster.

Using UNIX Commands

This document contains information about commands specific to administering a Sun Cluster configuration. This document might not contain complete information about basic UNIX® commands and procedures.

See one or more of the following for this information:

Online documentation for the Solaris software
Other software documentation that you received with your system
Solaris operating system (Solaris OS) man pages

Typographic Conventions

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.

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

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 exmaples 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#`
`#`

Related Documentation

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
Overview	Sun Cluster Overview for Solaris OS
Concepts	Sun Cluster Concepts Guide for Solaris OS
Hardware installation and administration	Sun Cluster 3.1 - 3.2 Hardware Administration Manual for Solaris OS Individual hardware administration guides
Software installation	Sun Cluster Software Installation Guide for Solaris OS
Data service installation and administration	Sun Cluster Data Services Planning and Administration Guide for Solaris OS Individual data service guides
Data service development	Sun Cluster Data Services Developer’s Guide for Solaris OS
System administration	Sun Cluster System Administration Guide for Solaris OS
Error messages	Sun Cluster Error Messages Guide for Solaris OS
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 software at http://docs.sun.com.

Documentation, Support, and Training

The Sun web site provides information about the following additional resources:

Sun Welcomes Your Comments

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.

Getting Help

Contact your service provider if you have problems installing or using Sun Cluster. Provide the following information to your service provider.

Your name and email address
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 Sun Cluster, for example, Sun Cluster 3.2

Use the following commands to gather information about 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
SPARC: `prtdiag -v`	Displays system diagnostic information
`/usr/cluster/bin/clnode show-rev`	Displays Sun Cluster release and package version information

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