Installation Overview

This chapter includes the procedures used to install and configure Sun Cluster 2.2.

Before beginning the install procedures, complete the planning exercises described in Chapter 2, Planning the Configuration. These exercises include planning your network connections, logical hosts, disk configuration, and file system layouts. Complete the installation worksheets in Appendix A, Configuration Worksheets and Examples. You will be prompted for information from the worksheets during the Sun Cluster 2.2 installation process. Then use the procedures in this chapter to install and configure the cluster.

The steps to configure and install Sun Cluster are grouped into three procedures:

1. Preparing the administrative workstation and installing the client software.

   This entails installing the Solaris operating environment and Sun Cluster 2.2 client software on the administrative workstation.

2. Installing the server software.

   This includes: using the Cluster Console to install the Solaris operating environment and Sun Cluster 2.2 software on all cluster nodes; using scinstall(1M) to set up network interfaces, logical hosts, and quorum devices; and selecting data services and volume manager support packages.

3. Configuring and bringing up the cluster.

   This includes: setting up paths; installing patches; installing and configuring your volume manager, SCI, PNM backup groups, logical hosts, and data services; and bringing up the cluster.

If your installation is interrupted or if you make mistakes during any part of the install process, see "Troubleshooting the Installation", for instructions on troubleshooting and restarting the install.