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Sun QFS and Sun Storage Archive Manager 5.3 Installation Guide Sun QFS and Sun Storage Archive Manager 5.3 Information Library |
1. About Sun QFS and Sun Storage Archive Manager
What Is Sun Storage Archive Manager (SAM-QFS)?
High Availability Archiving Configuration Using Oracle Solaris Cluster (HA-SAM)
About Shared File Systems and the Linux Client
4. Release Package Contents, Directories, and Files
5. Installing Sun QFS and SAM-QFS
6. Installing and Configuring SAM-QFS Manager
7. Configuring the File System Environment
8. Setting Up Mount Parameters and Initializing the File System Environment
9. Backing Up SAM-QFS Data and Files
10. Upgrading Sun QFS and SAM-QFS
11. Uninstalling the SAM-QFS Manager Software
12. Installing Sun QFS and Sun Storage Archive Manager -- Quick Start
You can install a Sun QFS file system in an Oracle Solaris Cluster environment and configure the file system for high availability. The following configuration methods are available, depending on whether your file system is shared or unshared:
In a shared file system, when the Oracle Solaris Cluster software fails over, it moves the Sun QFS file system operations from the failing server to a different server. The Oracle Solaris Cluster software then moves the metadata server's operations from a failing node to another node without requiring you to issue further commands.
You can also have shared clients outside of the cluster in an Oracle Solaris Cluster environment.
An unshared Sun QFS file system configured in an Oracle Solaris Cluster environment is a highly available file system. This type of file system is configured on one node but is enabled as a highly available resource within the cluster. When the node hosting the file system fails, the Oracle Solaris Cluster software moves the file system to another node.
For more information about these configurations, see Using Sun QFS and Sun Storage Archive Manager with Oracle Solaris Cluster.
Note - Although installing a Sun QFS file system in an Oracle Solaris Cluster environment improves reliability and decreases or eliminates unplanned downtime, it does not eliminate planned downtime. In order to maintain the reliability of the file system, you might need to occasionally bring down the Sun QFS software to run the samfsck process. You must also shut down the Sun QFS software to apply software patches or updates.