10.3 Overview of Procedures

Plan the SAP installation 

- Read through all guidelines and procedures 

"10.1 Sun Cluster HA for SAP Overview" and

"10.2 Configuration Guidelines for Sun Cluster HA for SAP"

- Complete the SAP installation worksheet 

"10.3.1 Installation Worksheet for Sun Cluster HA for SAP"

Prepare the environment for SAP 

- Perform all pre-requisite installation tasks 

- Set up Solaris 

- Set up the volume manager 

- Create disk groups or disksets 

- Create volumes and file systems 

- Install Sun Cluster 

- Set up PNM 

- Set up logical hosts and mount points 

- Set up HA-NFS, if necessary 

- Adjust kernel parameters 

- Create swap space 

- Create user and group accounts 

"10.4 Preparing the SAP Environment"

See also: Chapter 3, Installing and Configuring Sun Cluster Software,"

Appendix B, Configuring Solstice DiskSuite, and

Appendix C, Configuring Sun StorEdge Volume Manager and Cluster Volume Manager

Install and configure SAP and the database 

- Install the SAP central instance and database instance 

- Load the database 

- Load all reports 

- Install the GUI 

"10.5.1 How to Install SAP and the Database"

Enable SAP to run in the cluster 

- Set up the SAP central instance admin environment 

- Modify SAP profile files 

- Modify the database environment 

- Update /etc/services and create /usr/sap/tmp

- Test the SAP installation 

"10.5.2 How to Enable SAP to Run in the Cluster"

Configure the HA-DBMS 

- Shut down SAP and the database 

- Adjust Oracle alert files and listener files 

- Register and activate the database 

- Set up the database instance 

- Start fault monitoring for the database 

- Test switchover of the database 

"10.5.2 How to Enable SAP to Run in the Cluster"

Configure Sun Cluster HA for SAP 

- Install and register Sun Cluster HA for SAP 

"10.6.1 How to Configure Sun Cluster HA for SAP"

- Configure Sun Cluster HA for SAP 

"10.6.1 How to Configure Sun Cluster HA for SAP", and "10.6.2 Configuration Parameters for Sun Cluster HA for SAP"

- Set dependencies, if necessary 

"10.7 Setting Data Service Dependencies for SAP"

- Test switchover of Sun Cluster HA for SAP 

"10.6.1 How to Configure Sun Cluster HA for SAP"

- Customize and test start and stop scripts for the application servers and test/development systems 

"10.2.4 Configuration Options for Application Servers and Test/Development Systems"

Name of Cluster 

Number of logical hosts 

Name and IP address of all physical hosts that are potential masters of the CI logical host 

Name and IP address of CI logical host 

SAP system ID (<SAPSID>)

SAP system number 

Name and IP address of all physical hosts that are potential masters of the DB logical host 

Name and IP address of DB logical host 

(In asymmetric configurations, this is identical to the CI logical host) 

Name of NFS logical host (If all application servers are external to cluster, this name is the central instance logical host. If the application servers are inside the cluster, this name is the logical host that provides NFS service from the external NFS cluster.) See "10.2.5 Sun Cluster HA for NFS Considerations"."

SAP license for each potential master of the CI logical host