To Set Up the OTP High Availability Framework

The OTP high availability framework must be set up on the standalone OTP host.

Before You Begin

• The external OTP installation server must be set up and verified as described in To Install the OTP Services, Agent, and Plug-ins on the External OTP Installation Server.

• The Solaris OS and the remote agent must be installed on all of the clustered OTP system hosts as described in Installing Solaris 10 Update 2 and the Remote Agent on the OTP Hosts.

• The standalone OTP host must be added to the external OTP installation server as described in To Add Hosts to the External OTP Installation Server.

1. Open a Web browser and log in to the external OTP installation server service provisioning service.

   Go to URL http://install server:9090 where install server is either the IP address or the fully qualified name of the external OTP installation server.

2. Click OEM OTP to display the Open Telecommunications Platform home page.

3. Click Step 1. OTP High Availability Framework: Install and Configure

   The edit availability plan page appears.

   Figure 5–5 Edit Availability Plan Page

   
   

4. Click run.

   The Availability Plan Variables page appears.

   Figure 5–6 Availability Plan Variables Page

   
   

   Scroll the page down to view the variables:

   Figure 5–7 Availability Plan Variables Page: Variables

   
   

   Type the host name on which you want to install Sun OTP in the target host field. Do not modify the target host set.

   Type the information in the plan variables fields according to your Standalone OTP Host Plan Worksheet. Refer to the OTP System Plan Settings Descriptions for information about each variable.

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   Caution –

   Set limit overall running time of plan and limit running time of native calls to 2 hours each.

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5. Click run plan (includes preflight).

   The page refreshes, and a progress bar is displayed during the provisioning process.

   The provisioning process:

   • Installs required Solaris OS patches

   • Installs the OTP high availability framework

   • Configures the standalone OTP host

   • Reboots the standalone OTP host

   • Verifies the OTP high availability framework configuration

Next Steps

Set up the system management and provisioning services on the standalone OTP host as described in the following procedure.