Preface

The Netra High Availability Suite Foundation Services 2.1 7/05 Custom Installation Guide explains how to install the Netratrademark High Availability (HA) Suite Foundation Services 2.1 7/05 on the nodes of a cluster. Nodes of a cluster can be master-eligible nodes, diskless nodes, or dataless nodes.

You can install the Netra High Availability Suite Foundation Services 2.1 7/05 using the nhinstall tool or by manually installing the software. This book describes both installation methods.


Who Should Use This Book

This book is for system integrators and operators who install the Foundation Services. To install the Foundation Services, you should be familiar with the process of installing the Solaris Operating System.


Before You Read This Book

Read the Netra High Availability Suite Foundation Services 2.1 7/05 Overview for an overview of the product.


How This Book Is Organized

This book contains the following chapters and appendixes:

Chapter 1 lists the installation methods available and the software you must install.

Chapter 2 explains how to install and configure the nhinstall tool. It also describes the main tasks involved in installaing the software using the nhinstall tool.

Chapter 3 explains how to use the nhinstall tool to install the Solaris Operating System and the Foundation Services on the nodes of the cluster.

Chapter 4 describes the preparation and main tasks that are involved in manually installing the software on the cluster.

Chapter 5 explains how to install and configure the Solaris Operating System and the Foundation Services manually on the master-eligible nodes.

Chapter 6 explains how to install and configure the Solaris Operating System and the Foundation Services manually for the diskless nodes.

Chapter 7 explains how to install and configure the Solaris Operating System and the Foundation Services manually on the dataless nodes.

Chapter 8 describes how to add a node to a cluster, whether that cluster was originally created using the nhinstall tool or created manually.

Chapter 9 explains how to prepare the installation server and the cluster nodes for an upgrade, and how to perform a rolling upgrade on diskless, dataless, and master-eligible nodes.

Appendix A provides the directory structure that is created on the master-eligible nodes during installation.


Using UNIX Commands

This document might not contain information on basic UNIX® commands and procedures such as shutting down the system, booting the system, and configuring devices. Refer to the following documentation for this information:


Shell Prompts


Shell

Prompt

C shell

machine-name%

C shell superuser

machine-name#

Bourne shell and Korn shell

$

Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser

#



Typographic Conventions


Typeface[1]

Meaning

Examples

AaBbCc123

The names of commands, files, and directories; onscreen computer output

Edit your .login file.

Use ls -a to list all files.

% You have mail.

AaBbCc123

What you type, when contrasted with onscreen computer output

% su

Password:

AaBbCc123

Book titles, new words or terms, and words to be emphasized. Replace command-line variables with real names or values.

Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide.

These are called class options.

To delete a file, type rm filename.



Related Documentation

The Foundation Services documentation set is available in both HTML and PDF.


Application

Title

Part Number

Introduction to concepts

Netra High Availability Suite Foundation Services 2.1 7/05 Overview

819-0977-11

Basic setup and installation

Netra High Availability Suite Foundation Services 2.1 7/05 Quick Start Guide

819-0978-11

Supported hardware and configurations

Netra High Availability Suite Foundation Services 2.1 7/05 Hardware Guide

819-0975-11

Detailed installation methods

Netra High Availability Suite Foundation Services 2.1 7/05 Custom Installation Guide

819-0973-11

Cluster administration

Netra High Availability Suite Foundation Services 2.1 7/05 Cluster Administration Guide

819-0972-11

Using the Cluster Membership Manager

Netra High Availability Suite Foundation Services 2.1 7/05 CMM Programming Guide

819-0971-11

Using the SAF CMM API

Netra High Availability Suite Foundation Services 2.1 7/05 SAF Programming Guide

819-0984-11

Using the Node Management Agent

Netra High Availability Suite Foundation Services 2.1 7/05 NMA Programming Guide

819-0976-11

Using SMCT (deprecated feature)

Netra High Availability Suite Foundation Services 2.1 7/05 SMCT Installation Guide

819-0980-11

Configuring outside the cluster using CGTP

Netra High Availability Suite Foundation Services 2.1 7/05 Standalone CGTP Guide

819-0981-11

Man pages for Foundation Services features and APIs

Netra High Availability Suite Foundation Services 2.1 7/05 Reference Manual

819-0979-11

Definitions and acronyms

Netra High Availability Suite Foundation Services 2.1 7/05 Glossary

819-0974-11

Common problems

Netra High Availability Suite Foundation Services 2.1 7/05 Troubleshooting Guide

819-0982-11

Late-breaking news

Netra High Availability Suite Foundation Services 2.1 7/05 Release Notes

819-2333-10

README

Netra High Availability Suite Foundation Services 2.1 7/05 README

819-2334-10



Documentation, Support, and Training


Sun Function

URL

Description

Documentation

http://www.sun.com/documentation/

Download PDF and HTML documents, and order printed documents

Support and Training

http://www.sun.com/supportraining/

Obtain technical support, download patches, and learn about Sun courses



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