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Chapter 5Preparing to Install ManuallyAfter you have installed and connected the cluster hardware and the installation server, you are ready to install the Foundation Services manually on the cluster. For more information, see the following sections: Overview of the Manual Installation ProcessTable 5-1 Tasks for Installing and Configuring the Software Manually
Connecting the Installation ServerThe installation server must be connected to the cluster through a switch.
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# touch /etc/hostname.hme0 |
Edit the /etc/hostname.hme0 file to add the host name of the installation server, for example, installation-server-cluster.
Choose an IP address for the network interface that is connected to the cluster, for example, 10.250.1.100.
Edit the /etc/hosts file on the installation server to add the IP address that you chose in Step 5.
Set the netmask of the cluster network in the /etc/netmasks file:
10.250.1.0 255.255.255.0 |
Add the public host name and IP address of the installation server to the /etc/hosts file on your NIS server:
192.168.12.253 installation-server-public |
Note - Do not add the IP address of the network interface that is connected to the cluster to the NIS server.
Before you install the software manually on the cluster, you must create the Solaris distribution on the installation server and prepare the installation server for manual installation.
To install the Solaris operating system on the cluster, create a Solaris distribution on the installation server. The Solaris distribution is used to install the Solaris operating system on the cluster nodes. If you are installing more than one Solaris distribution on the cluster, perform the steps in the procedure for each Solaris distribution.
Make sure that you have at least 1.5 Gbytes of free disk space on the installation server.
Log in as superuser on the installation server.
Create a directory for the Solaris distribution:
# mkdir Solaris-distribution-dir |
where Solaris-distribution-dir is the directory where the distribution is to be stored on the installation server.
Change to the directory where the setup_install_server command is located:
# cd Solaris-dir/Solaris_x/Tools |
Solaris-dir is the directory that contains the Solaris installation software. This directory could be on a CD-ROM or in an NFS-shared directory.
x is 8 or 9 depending on the Solaris version you want to install.
Run the setup_install_server command:
# ./setup_install_server Solaris-distribution-dir |
For more information about the setup_install_server command, see the appropriate documentation:
Solaris 8 Advanced Installation Guide and the setup_install_server(1M) man page
Solaris 9 Installation Guide and the setup_install_server(1M) man page
Before you begin the installation process, make sure that the installation server is configured correctly.
Configure the installation server as described in the Netra High Availability Suite Foundation Services 2.1 6/03 Hardware Guide.
If you are planning to install remotely from another system, open a shell window to connect to the installation server.
Confirm that the Solaris software packages that contain Perl 5.0 are installed on the installation server.
Use the pkginfo command to check for the SUNWpl5u, SUNWpl5p, and SUNWpl5m Perl packages.
Delete any entries for your cluster nodes in the following files:
/etc/hosts
/etc/ethers, if the file exists
/etc/bootparams, if the file exists
Disable the installation server as a router by creating an /etc/notrouter file:
# touch /etc/notrouter |
If a system running the Solaris operating system has two network interfaces, the system is configured as a router by default. However, for security reasons, a Foundation Services cluster network must not be routed.
Modify the /etc/nsswitch.conf file on the installation server so that files is positioned before nis in the hosts, ethers, and bootparams entries:
hosts: files nis ethers: files nis bootparams: files nis |
From the installation server, open a terminal window to connect to the console of each cluster node.
You can also connect to the consoles from the system that you use to connect to the installation server.
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