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Oracle Solaris Cluster Concepts Guide     Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.1
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Preface

1.  Introduction and Overview

Introduction to the Oracle Solaris Cluster Environment

Three Views of the Oracle Solaris Cluster Software

Hardware Installation and Service View

Key Concepts - Hardware

More Hardware Conceptual Information

Oracle Solaris Cluster Documentation for Hardware Professionals

System Administrator View

Key Concepts - System Administration

More System Administrator Conceptual Information

Oracle Solaris Cluster Documentation for System Administrators

Application Developer View

Key Concepts - Application Development

More Application Developer Conceptual Information

Oracle Solaris Cluster Documentation for Application Developers

Oracle Solaris Cluster Software Tasks

2.  Key Concepts for Hardware Service Providers

3.  Key Concepts for System Administrators and Application Developers

Index

Three Views of the Oracle Solaris Cluster Software

This section describes three different views of the Oracle Solaris Cluster software and the key concepts and documentation relevant to each view.

These views are typical for the following professionals:

Hardware Installation and Service View

To hardware service professionals, the Oracle Solaris Cluster software looks like a collection of off-the-shelf hardware that includes servers, network devices/equipment, and storage. These components are all cabled together so that every component has a backup and no single point of failure exists.

Key Concepts – Hardware

Hardware service professionals need to understand the following cluster concepts.

More Hardware Conceptual Information

The following sections contain material relevant to the preceding key concepts:

Oracle Solaris Cluster Documentation for Hardware Professionals

The Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.1 Hardware Administration Manual includes procedures and information that are associated with hardware service concepts.

System Administrator View

To the system administrator, the Oracle Solaris Cluster product is a set of cluster nodes that share storage devices.

The system administrator sees software that performs specific tasks:

Key Concepts System Administration

System administrators need to understand the following concepts and processes:

More System Administrator Conceptual Information

The following sections contain material relevant to the preceding key concepts:

Oracle Solaris Cluster Documentation for System Administrators

The following Oracle Solaris Cluster documents include procedures and information associated with the system administration concepts:

Application Developer View

The Oracle Solaris Cluster software provides data services for web and database applications. Data services are created by configuring off-the-shelf applications to run under control of the Oracle Solaris Cluster software. The Oracle Solaris Cluster software provides configuration files and management methods that start, stop, and monitor the applications. The Oracle Solaris Cluster software provides two kinds of highly available services for applications: failover services and scalable services. For more information, see Key Concepts - Application Development.

If you need to create a new failover or scalable service, you can use the Oracle Solaris Cluster Application Programming Interface (API) and the Data Service Enabling Technologies API (DSET API) to develop the necessary configuration files and management methods that enable its application to run as a data service on the cluster. For more information on failover and scalable applications, see Oracle Solaris Cluster System Administration Guide.

Key Concepts Application Development

Application developers need to understand the following:

More Application Developer Conceptual Information

The following sections contain material relevant to the preceding key concepts:

Oracle Solaris Cluster Documentation for Application Developers

The following Oracle Solaris Cluster document includes procedures and information associated with the application developer concepts: