Netra High Availability Suite Foundation Services 2.1 7/05 Custom Installation Guide
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1. Making Choices When Installing a Cluster
Choosing an Installation Method
2. Installing and Configuring the nhinstall Tool
Overview of Installing With the nhinstall Tool
Preparing the Installation Environment
To Create a Solaris Distribution on the Installation Server
To Prepare the Installation Server
Configuring the nhinstall Tool
Configuring the Disk Partitions on Master-Eligible Nodes
Configuring Disk Partitions on Dataless Nodes
Configuring the Scoreboard Bitmaps
Configuring the NFS Option noac
Configuring a Direct Link Between the Master-Eligible Nodes
Configuring Automatic Reboot for the Master-Eligible Nodes
Configuring the Carrier Grade Transport Protocol
Configuring the Environment for Diskless Nodes
Configuring the Boot Policy for Diskless Nodes
Configuring DHCP Configuration Files Locally on Master-Eligible Nodes
Configuring the Watchdog Timer
Configuring the Default Router to the Public Network
Configuring the Cluster IP Addresses
Configuring the Floating External Address of the Master Node
Configuring External IP Addresses for Cluster Nodes
To Configure External IP Addresses for Cluster Nodes
Sharing Physical Interfaces Between CGTP and IPMP Using VLAN
To Configure Basic Volume Management for Netra 20 Servers With FC-AL Disks
To Configure Advanced Volume Management
Specifying the Version of the Operating System to be Installed on the Cluster
Selecting the Solaris Package Set to be Installed
Installing a Different Version of the Operating System on Diskless and Dataless Nodes
Configuring a Data Management Policy
Configuring a Masterless Cluster
Configuring Reduced Duration of Disk Synchronization
Configuring Sanity Check of Replicated Slices
Configuring Delayed Synchronization
Configuring Serialized Slice Synchronization
Installing the Node Management Agent (NMA)
Installing the Node State Manager (NSM)
Installing the SAF Cluster Membership API (SAF CLM)
3. Installing the Software by Using the nhinstall Tool
Stages of the Installation Process
To Boot the Master-Eligible Nodes and Dataless Nodes to Install the Solaris Operating System
Troubleshooting and Restarting the nhinstall Tool
Resetting the nhinstall Tool for a New Installation
To Remove the Progress Indicator and Reset the nhinstall Tool
To Clear the Installation Environment and Reset the nhinstall Tool
4. Preparing to Install Manually
Overview of the Manual Installation Process
Connecting the Installation Server
To Connect the Installation Server to the Cluster Network
To Connect the Installation Server to the Public Network
Preparing the Installation Environment
To Create a Solaris Distribution on the Installation Server
To Prepare the Installation Server
5. Installing the Software on the Master-Eligible Nodes
Defining Disk Partitions on the Master-Eligible Nodes
Installing the Solaris Operating System on the Master-Eligible Nodes
To Install the Solaris Operating System on the Master-Eligible Nodes
Setting Up the Master-Eligible Nodes
To Configure the Master-Eligible Nodes
To Mount an Installation Server Directory on the Master-Eligible Nodes
Installing the Man Pages on the Master-Eligible Nodes
To Install the Man Pages on the Master-Eligible Nodes
Installing the Foundation Services on the Master-Eligible Nodes
To Install the Carrier Grade Transport Protocol
To Install the Node State Manager
To Install the External Address Manager
To Install the Cluster Membership Manager
To Install the Reliable NFS When Using IP-Based Replication
To Install the Reliable NFS When Using Shared Disk
To Install the Node Management Agent
Configuring the Master-Eligible Node Addresses
To Create the IP Addresses for the Network Interfaces
To Configure External IP Addresses
To Configure an External Floating Adress Using a Single Link
To Configure an External Floating Address Using Redundant Links Managed by IPMP
Configuring the Foundation Services on the Master-Eligible Nodes
Configuring the nhfs.conf File
To Configure the nhfs.conf File Properties
To Create the Floating Address Triplet Assigned to the Master Role
To Configure a Direct Link Between the Master-Eligible Nodes
Creating the cluster_nodes_table File
To Create the cluster_nodes_table File
Configuring Solaris Volume Manager With Reliable NFS and Shared Disk
To Configure Solaris Volume Manager for Use with Reliable NFS and a Shared Disk
Setting Up File Systems on the Master-Eligible Nodes
To Set Up File Systems on the Master-Eligible Nodes
To Verify File Systems Managed by Reliable NFS
Starting the Master-Eligible Nodes
To Delete the not_configured File
To Boot the Master-Eligible Nodes
To Verify the Cluster Configuration
Configuring a Floating External Address
To Configure a Floating External Address
6. Installing the Software for Diskless Nodes
Preparing to Install a Diskless Node
To Connect a Diskless Node to the Cluster
To Check Disk Space on the Master Node
Installing the Solaris Operating System for Diskless Nodes on the Master Node
To Install the Common Solaris Services for Diskless Nodes on the Master Node
To Install the SUNWkvm.u and SMEvplu.u Solaris Packages
To Create a Root File System for a Diskless Node on the Master Node
To Install the SMEvplr.u and SUNWsiox.u Solaris Packages for Diskless Nodes
To Configure the Trivial File Transfer Protocol on the Master-Eligible Nodes
Installing the DHCP and the Reliable Boot Service
To Install the DHCP and the Reliable Boot Service
Configuring the DHCP for a Diskless Node
To Configure the DHCP for a Diskless Node
Configuring the DHCP Boot Policy for Diskless Nodes
To Configure the DHCP Dynamic Boot Policy
To Configure the DHCP Static Boot Policy
To Configure the DHCP Client ID Boot Policy
Installing the Foundation Services on a Diskless Node
To Install the Foundation Services Packages
Configuring the Foundation Services for a Diskless Node
To Update the Network Files for the Diskless Node
To Configure External IP Addresses
To Set Up File Systems for a Diskless Node
To Create the nhfs.conf File for a Diskless Node
Integrating a Diskless Node Into the Cluster
To Update the /etc/hosts File on Each Peer Node
To Add the Diskless Node to the cluster_nodes_table File
To Update the Shared Directory Configuration
To Delete the not_configured File
To Verify the Cluster Configuration
7. Installing the Software on the Dataless Nodes
Preparing to Install a Dataless Node
To Connect a Dataless Node to the Cluster
To Define Disk Partitions on a Dataless Node
Installing the Solaris Operating System on a Dataless Node
To Install the Solaris Operating System on a Dataless Node
Installing the Foundation Services on a Dataless Node
To Install the Foundation Services
Configuring the Foundation Services on a Dataless Node
To Configure an External IP Address
To Update the Network Files on a Dataless Node
To Create the nhfs.conf File for a Dataless Node
To Set Up File Systems for a Dataless Node
Integrating a Dataless Node Into the Cluster
To Update the /etc/hosts Files on Each Peer Node
To Update the Cluster Node Table
To Delete the not_configured File
To Verify the Cluster Configuration
8. Adding a Diskless or Dataless Node to a Cluster
Adding a Diskless or Dataless Node to a Cluster Originally Created Using the nhinstall Tool
Adding a Diskless Node or a Dataless Node By Using the nhinstall Tool
To Add a Predefined Diskless Node or Dataless Node to the Cluster
To Add a New Diskless Node or Dataless Node to the Cluster
Manually Adding a Diskless Node or a Dataless Node
Adding a Diskless or Dataless Node to a Manually Created Cluster
To Add a Diskless or Dataless Node
Preparing the Installation Server
To Prepare the Installation Server
Rolling Upgrade for a Cluster From Netra HA Suite 2.1 6/03 to 2.1 7/05
To Upgrade a Master-Eligible Node
To Upgrade the Node Management Agent
A. Installation Directory Structure
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