This Solaris How-to Guide is designed to teach both new and experienced Solaris users how to quickly and easily install and configure Solaris Cluster software for two nodes that are LDom guest domains.

The configuration of the cluster addressed in this How-to Guide uses two servers with one guest domain on each server. The cluster is created with the two guest domains as cluster members. The configuration has two private network adapters between the two servers and a public network adapter on each server.

To take full advantage of this tutorial, the authors assume readers have these minimum requirements:

• Basic administration skills.
• Solaris 10 5/08 OS with minimum patch versions 137042-01, 137111-01, 138042-02, and 138056-01, in both the LDoms I/O domain as well as the guest domains.
• Solaris Cluster 3.2 1/09 software with minimum patch version 126106-15.
• Cluster hardware is a supported configuration for Solaris Cluster 3.2 1/09 software. Unsure about configuration? Visit: sun.com/software/solaris/cluster/specs.xml.
• Cluster software is not installed in the LDoms control domain, only in the guest domain.
• Each server has two spare network interfaces to be used as private interconnects by the cluster software running in guest domains.
• SCSI shared storage is connected to the two nodes.
• All of the SCSI devices are supported by Solaris Cluster software as potential quorum devices.

Additionally, readers need to have the following minimum prerequisites on both systems:

• Solaris 10 5/08 OS or later is installed with required patches.
• The LDoms manager software is version 1.0.3 or later on both systems.
• The Solaris software group is End User.
• The latest patches are installed on systems using Sun Connection.

The guide also notes that if Solaris software is preinstalled on the servers planned as cluster nodes, users need to ensure that the Solaris OS meets the above criteria. If the Solaris OS does not meet the requirements, the configuration needs to be modified or the Solaris software reinstalled on each server.

The 14-page guide presents examples and screenshots throughout to ease understanding. The writers do note that this document does not cover the configuration of highly available services.

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