How to install Solaris Cluster 3.3 on Solaris 10 ?

Here we will see how to install oracle Solaris Cluster 3.3 u2 on Solaris 10 x86 system. I havent
showed any interest on Solaris cluster but getting many requests to write about it. So i took some
time and now i am back with Solaris Cluster series articles which will help you to setup the
cluster from scratch.Our goal will be making high availability zones using the cluster service.
Here we will just see the installation part.
I have used Solaris 10 update 11 for this setup.
UASOL1:#uname -a
SunOS UASOL1 5.10 Generic_147148-26 i86pc i386 i86pc
UASOL1:#cat /etc/release
Oracle Solaris 10 1/13 s10x_u11wos_24a X86
Copyright (c) 1983, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
Assembled 17 January 2013
UASOL1:#

1.Download the cluster package from oracle and copy to the Solaris nodes.
2.Unzip the cluster package.
UASOL1:#unzip solaris-cluster-3_3u2-ga-x86.zip >
UASOL1:#ls -lrt
drwxr-xr-x
2 root
root
4 Jan 12
drwxr-xr-x
3 root
root
5 Feb 28
drwxr-xr-x
2 root
root
3 Feb 28
-r--r--r-1 root
root
3322 Feb 28
-rwx-----1 root
root
79871062 Jun 24
ga-x86.zip
UASOL1:#

/dev/null
2013 License
2013 Solaris_x86
2013 README
2013 Copyright
10:52 solaris-cluster-3_3u2-

3.Navigate to Solaris_x86 directory and execute the installer script.

UASOL1:#cd Solaris_x86
UASOL1:#ls -lrt
total 27
-rw-r--r-1 root
root
89 Feb 28 2013 release_info
-rwxr-xr-x
1 root
root
10641 Feb 28 2013 installer
drwxr-xr-x
8 root
root
8 Feb 28 2013 Product
UASOL1:#./installer -nodisplay
Welcome to Oracle(R) Solaris Cluster; serious software made simple...
Before you begin, refer to the Release Notes and Installation Guide for the
products that you are installing. This documentation is available at http:
//www.oracle.com/technetwork/indexes/documentation/index.html.
You can install any or all of the Services provided by Oracle Solaris
Cluster.
Copyright (c) 2000, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights
reserved.

4.Just hit enter to continue. Here you will get the component selection.
Installation Type
----------------Do you want to install the full set of Oracle Solaris Cluster Products and
Services? (Yes/No) [Yes] {"<" goes back, "!" exits} No
Choose Software Components - Main Menu
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Oracle Solaris Cluster Geographic Edition 3.3u2

Quorum Server
High Availability Session Store 4.4.3
Oracle Solaris Cluster 3.3u2
Java DB 10.2.2.1
Oracle Solaris Cluster Agents 3.3u2

Enter a comma separated list of products to install, or press R to refresh

the list [] {"<" goes back, "!" exits}: 4,5,6

5.Just press enter to continue with current component selection.

Choose Software Components - Confirm Choices
-------------------------------------------Based on product dependencies for your selections, the installer will install:
[X] 4. Oracle Solaris Cluster 3.3u2
* * Java DB 10.2.2.1
[X] 6. Oracle Solaris Cluster Agents 3.3u2
Press "Enter" to Continue or Enter a comma separated list of products to
deselect. Enter "-" with product number to deselect a product (for eg. -5
will deselect product number 5). To return to the component selection list,
press "r". [1] {"<" goes back, "!" exits}
Component Selection - Selected Product "Oracle Solaris Cluster 3.3u2"
--------------------------------------------------------------------** * Oracle Solaris Cluster Core
*[X] 2. Oracle Solaris Cluster Manager
Enter a comma separated list of components to install (or A to install
all )
[A] {"<" goes back, "!" exits}
** * Oracle Solaris Cluster Core
*[X] 2. Oracle Solaris Cluster Manager
Press "Enter" to Continue or Enter a comma separated list of products to
deselect. Enter "-" with product number to deselect a product (for eg. -5
will deselect product number 5). To return to the component selection list,
press "r". [1] {"<" goes back, "!" exits}

Component Selection - Selected Product "Java DB 10.2.2.1"

--------------------------------------------------------** * Java DB Client
** * Java DB Server
Enter a comma separated list of components to install (or A to install
all )
[A] {"<" goes back, "!" exits}
** * Java DB Client
** * Java DB Server
Press "Enter" to Continue or Enter a comma separated list of products to
deselect. Enter "-" with product number to deselect a product (for eg. -5
will deselect product number 5). To return to the component selection list,
press "r". [1] {"<" goes back, "!" exits}

6.Here is the agent list which is going to be install .

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1. Oracle Solaris Cluster HA for Java System Application Server

2. Oracle Solaris Cluster HA for Java System Message Queue
3. Oracle Solaris Cluster HA for Java System Directory Server
4. Oracle Solaris Cluster HA for Java System Messaging Server
5. Oracle Solaris Cluster HA for Application Server EE (HADB)
6. Oracle Solaris Cluster HA/Scalable for Java System Web Server
7. Oracle Solaris Cluster HA for Instant Messaging
8. Oracle Solaris Cluster HA for Java System Calendar Server
9. Oracle Solaris Cluster HA for Apache Tomcat
10. Oracle Solaris Cluster HA for DHCP
11. Oracle Solaris Cluster HA for DNS
12. Oracle Solaris Cluster HA for MySQL
13. Oracle Solaris Cluster HA for Sun N1 Service Provisioning System
14. Oracle Solaris Cluster HA for NFS
15. Oracle Solaris Cluster HA for Oracle
16. Oracle Solaris Cluster HA for Samba
17. Oracle Solaris Cluster HA for Sun N1 Grid Engine
18. Oracle Solaris Cluster HA for Solaris Containers
19. Oracle Solaris Cluster Support for Oracle RAC
20. Oracle Solaris Cluster HA for Apache
21. Oracle Solaris Cluster HA for SAP liveCache
22. Oracle Solaris Cluster HA for WebSphere Message Broker
23. Oracle Solaris Cluster HA for WebSphere MQ
24. Oracle Solaris Cluster HA for SAPDB
25. Oracle Solaris Cluster HA for SAP Web Application Server
26. Oracle Solaris Cluster HA for SAP
27. Oracle Solaris Cluster HA for Kerberos
28. Oracle Solaris Cluster HA for BEA WebLogic Server
29. Oracle Solaris Cluster HA for PostgreSQL
30. Oracle Solaris Cluster HA for Oracle 9iAS
31. Oracle Solaris Cluster HA for Sybase ASE
32. Oracle Solaris Cluster HA for Informix
33. Oracle Solaris Cluster HA for TimesTen
34. Oracle Solaris Cluster HA for Oracle External Proxy
35. Oracle Solaris Cluster HA for Oracle Web Tier Agent

*[X] 36. Oracle Solaris Cluster HA for SAP NetWeaver

Press "Enter" to Continue or Enter a comma separated list of products to
deselect. Enter "-" with product number to deselect a product (for eg. -5
will deselect product number 5). To return to the component selection list,
press "r". [1] {"<" goes back, "!" exits}

7.I havent select the multilingual package and support.

Install multilingual package(s) for all selected components [Yes] {"<" goes
back, "!" exits}: No
You have chosen not to install multilanguage support.
If you do not add this support now,
you will not be able to install it later.
Do you want to add multilanguage support now?
1. Yes
2. No
Enter your choice [1] {"<" goes back, "!" exits} 2

8.Installer will check the system now.

Checking System Status
Available disk space...
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Memory installed...
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Swap space installed...
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Operating system patches...
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Operating system resources... :
System ready for installation
Enter 1 to continue [1] {"<" goes

Checking
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back, "!" exits} 1

9.Do not configure the cluster now. Just proceed with the Solaris cluster installation.
Screen for selecting Type of Configuration
1. Configure Now - Selectively override defaults or express through
2. Configure Later - Manually configure following installation
Select Type of Configuration [1] {"<" goes back, "!" exits} 2
Ready to Install
---------------The following components will be installed.
Product: Oracle Solaris Cluster
Uninstall Location: /var/sadm/prod/SUNWentsyssc33u2
Space Required: 140.48 MB
--------------------------------------------------Java DB
Java DB Server
Java DB Client
Oracle Solaris Cluster 3.3u2

Oracle Solaris Cluster Core

Oracle Solaris Cluster Manager
Oracle Solaris Cluster Agents 3.3u2
Oracle Solaris Cluster HA for Java(TM) System
Oracle Solaris Cluster HA for Java(TM) System
Oracle Solaris Cluster HA for Sybase ASE
Oracle Solaris Cluster HA for Java(TM) System
Oracle Solaris Cluster HA for Java(TM) System
Oracle Solaris Cluster HA for Java(TM) System
Oracle Solaris Cluster HA for Java(TM) System
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Message Queue
Messaging Server
Calendar Server
Directory Server
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HA for Instant Messaging

HA/Scalable for Java(TM) System Web Server
HA for Apache Tomcat
HA for DHCP
HA for DNS
HA for MySQL
HA for Sun N1 Service Provisioning System
HA for NFS
HA for Oracle
HA for Samba
HA for Sun N1 Grid Engine
HA for Solaris Containers
Support for Oracle RAC
HA for Apache
HA for SAP liveCache
HA for WebSphere Message Broker
HA for WebSphere MQ
HA for Oracle 9iAS
HA for SAPDB
HA for SAP Web Application Server
HA for SAP
HA for Kerberos
HA for BEA WebLogic Server
HA for PostgreSQL
HA for Informix
HA for TimesTen
HA for Oracle External Proxy
HA for Oracle Web Tier Agent
HA for SAP NetWeaver

1. Install
2. Start Over
3. Exit Installation
What would you like to do [1] {"<" goes back, "!" exits}? 1

10.Once the installation is completed,you can see the Solaris cluster install summary.
Oracle Solaris Cluster
|-1%--------------25%-----------------50%-----------------75%-------------100%|
Installation Complete
Software installation has completed successfully. You can view the
installation

summary and log by using the choices below. Summary and log files are
available
in /var/sadm/install/logs/.
Your next step is to perform the postinstallation configuration and
verification tasks documented in the Postinstallation Configuration and
Startup
Chapter of the Java(TM) Enterprise System Installation Guide. See: http:
//download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E19528-01/820-2827.
Enter 1 to view installation summary and Enter 2 to view installation logs
[1] {"!" exits} 1
Installation Summary Report
Install Summary
Oracle Solaris Cluster : Installed
Java DB : Installed, Configure After Install
Oracle Solaris Cluster 3.3u2 : Installed, Configure After Install
Oracle Solaris Cluster Agents 3.3u2 : Installed, Configure After Install
Configuration Data
The configuration log is saved in :
/var/sadm/install/logs/JavaES_Install_log.
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Enter 1 to view installation summary and Enter 2 to view installation logs
[1] {"!" exits} !
In order to notify you of potential updates, we need to confirm an internet
connection. Do you want to proceed [Y/N] : N
UASOL1:#

We have successfully installed Solaris cluster 3.3 u2 on Solaris 10 x86 systems.