Sun Cluster 2.2 Software Installation Guide

B.1 Overview of Configuring Solstice DiskSuite for Sun Cluster

Table B-1 shows the high-level steps to configure Solstice DiskSuite to work with Sun Cluster. The tasks should be performed in the order shown.

Table B-1 High-Level Steps to Configure Solstice DiskSuite


Task	Go To ...
Planning your Solstice DiskSuite configuration	Chapter 2, Planning the Configuration
Calculating the quantity of metadevice names needed	"B.2.2 How to Calculate the Number of Metadevice Names"
Preparing the disk IDs by running the `scdidadm(1M)` command	"B.2.4 How to Prepare the Configuration to Use the DID Driver"
Creating metadevice state database replicas on the local (private) disks by running the `metadb(1M)` command	"B.2.9 How to Create Local Metadevice State Database Replicas"
(Optional) Mirroring the root (`/`) file system	"B.2.10 Mirroring the root (`/`) File System"
Creating the disksets by running the `metaset(1M)` command	"B.2.12 How to Create a Diskset"
Adding drives to the diskset by running the `metaset(1M)` command	"B.2.13 How to Add Drives to a Diskset"
(Optional) Repartitioning drives in a diskset	"B.2.15 How to Repartition Drives in a Diskset"
Setting up the `md.tab` file to create metadevices on disksets	"B.2.16 Using the `md.tab` File to Create Metadevices in Disksets"
"Running" the `md.tab` file by using the `metainit(1M)` command	"B.2.17 How to Initialize the `md.tab` File"
Configuring file systems for each logical host	"B.2.19 How to Create Multihost UFS File Systems"

The following sections describe all the procedures necessary to configure Solstice DiskSuite with Sun Cluster.

Note -

If your cluster has only two disk storage units ("two drive strings"), you must configure Solstice DiskSuite Mediators. Refer to the chapter on using dual-string mediators in the Sun Cluster 2.2 System Administration Guide for details on configuring and administering mediators.