Oracle^® Solaris Cluster Geographic Edition Data Replication Guide for Oracle Solaris Availability Suite

Installing and Uninstalling Availability Suite Software

This section describes how to install and uninstall Availability Suite software from the Oracle Solaris distribution.

How to Install Availability Suite Software

Perform this task on all nodes of both partner clusters.

1. Assume the root role on the cluster node.
2. Ensure that the solaris publisher is valid.

   # pkg publisher
   PUBLISHER                           TYPE     STATUS   P  LOCATION
   solaris                             origin   online   F  solaris-repository
   …

   For information about setting the solaris publisher, see Adding, Modifying, or Removing Package Publishers in Adding and Updating Software in Oracle Solaris 11.2 .

3. Install the Availability Suite packages.

   # pkg install avs

4. Verify that the packages installed successfully.

   # pkg info group/features/storage-avs \
   storage/avs/avs-cache-management \
   storage/avs/avs-point-in-time-copy \
   storage/avs/avs-remote-mirror \
   driver/storage/sv

See Also

To uninstall the Availability Suite packages, go to How to Uninstall Availability Suite Software.

How to Uninstall Availability Suite Software

1. Assume the root role on the cluster node.
2. Ensure that Availability Suite is disabled.
   1. Determine whether Availability Suite is running.

      # /usr/bin/dscfgadm -i

   2. If Availability Suite is running, ensure that it is not being used, then disable it.

      # /usr/bin/dscfgadm -d

3. Uninstall the Availability Suite packages.

   # pkg uninstall group/feature/storage-avs \
   storage/avs/avs-cache-management \
   storage/avs/avs-point-in-time-copy \
   storage/avs/avs-remote-mirror \
   driver/storage/sv

   A new boot environment is created that does not contain the Availability Suite packages.

4. Boot into the new boot environment.