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November 20, 2018
Oracle Solaris Cluster Centralized Installation
Oracle Solaris Cluster Centralized Installation is available with Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.4. The tool is called "Centralized installer" which provides complete cluster software package installation from one of the cluster nodes. Centralized installation offers a wizard-style installer “clinstall” in both text-based and GUI mode to improve the ease of use.
Centralized Installer can be used during new cluster installs, when adding new nodes to an existing cluster or to install additional cluster software to an existing cluster.
How to install Oracle solaris cluster packages using clinstall
- Refer https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E69294_01/html/E69313/gsrid.html#scrolltoc for pre-requisites before you begin the installation.
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Restore external access to remote procedure call (RPC) communication on all cluster nodes.
phys-schost# svccfg -s svc:/network/rpc/bind setprop config/local_only = false phys-schost# svcadm refresh network/rpc/bind:default
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Set the location of the Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.4 package repository on all nodes.
phys-schost# pkg set-publisher -p file:///mnt/repo
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Install package “ha-cluster/system/preinstall” on all nodes
phys-schost# pkg install --accept ha-cluster/system/preinstall
- Determine a cluster node which is used as control node to issue installation commands. Verify that the control node can reach each of the other cluster nodes to install
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Authorize acceptance of cluster installation commands by the control node. Perform this step on all the nodes
phys-schost# clauth enable -n phys-control
- From the control node, launch the clinstall installer
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To launch the graphical user interface (GUI), use the -g option.
phys-control# clinstall –g
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To launch the interactive text-based utility, use the -t option.
phys-control# clinstall -t
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Example 1: Cluster initial installation from IPS repository using interactive text-based utility with clinstall -t.
- Select initial installation
phys-control# clinstall -t *** Main Menu *** 1) Initial Installation 2) Additional Cluster Package Installation ?) Help with menu options q) Quit Option: 1 -
Specify nodes on which software package needs to be installed
>>> Enter nodes to install Oracle Solaris Cluster package <<< This Oracle Solaris Cluster release supports up to 16 nodes. Type the names of the nodes you want to install with Oracle Solaris Cluster software packages. Enter one node name per line. When finished, type Control-D: Node name: phys-control Node name (Control-D to finish): phys-schost Node name (Control-D to finish): ^D This is the complete list of nodes: phys-control phys-schost Is it correct (y/n) ? y Checking all nodes... Checking "phys-control"...NAME (PUBLISHER) VERSION IFO ha-cluster/system/preinstall (ha-cluster) 4.4-0.21.0 i-- Solaris 11.4.0.15.0 i386...ready Checking "phys-schost"...Solaris 11.4.0.15.0 i386...ready All nodes are ready for the cluster installation. Press Enter to continue... -
Select the installation from either an IPS repository or an ISO file that is usually downloaded from Oracle support website.
Select the source of Oracle Solaris Cluster software 1) Install from IPS Repository 2) Install from ISO Image File Option: 1 Enter the IPS repository URI [https://pkg.oracle.com/ha-cluster/release]: Accessing the repository for the cluster components ... [|] -
Select the cluster component which you want to install.
Select an Oracle Solaris Cluster component that you want to install: Package Description 1) ha-cluster-framework-minimal OSC Framework minimal group package 2) ha-cluster-framework-full OSC Framework full group package 3) ha-cluster-full OSC full installation group package 4) ha-cluster/system/manager OSC Manager q) Done Option: 1 The package, "ha-cluster-framework-minimal" is selected to install on the following nodes. phys-control,phys-schost Do you want to continue with the installation (y/n) ? yUpon completion, cluster packages in ha-cluster-framework-minimal group package are installed on phys-control and phys-schost. Administrator can now proceed to do initial cluster configuration.
Example 2: Additional cluster package installation from IPS repository using text based utility
phys-control# clinstall -t
*** Main Menu ***
1) Initial Installation
2) Additional Cluster Package Installation
?) Help with menu options
q) Quit
Option: 2
>>> Enter nodes to install Oracle Solaris Cluster package <<<
This Oracle Solaris Cluster release supports up to 16 nodes.
Type the names of the nodes you want to install with Oracle Solaris
Cluster software packages. Enter one node name per line. When
finished, type Control-D:
Node name: phys-control
Node name (Control-D to finish): phys-schost
Node name (Control-D to finish): ^D
This is the complete list of nodes:
phys-control
phys-schost
Is it correct (y/n) ? y
Checking all nodes...
Checking "phys-control"...NAME (PUBLISHER) VERSION IFO
ha-cluster/system/preinstall (ha-cluster) 4.4-0.21.0 i--
Solaris 11.4.0.15.0 i386...ready
Checking "phys-schost"...Solaris 11.4.0.15.0 i386...ready
All nodes are ready for the cluster installation.
Press Enter to continue...
Select the source of Oracle Solaris Cluster software
1) Install from IPS Repository
2) Install from ISO Image File
Option: 1
Enter the IPS repository URI [https://pkg.oracle.com/ha-cluster/release]:
Accessing the repository for the cluster components ... [|]
Select an Oracle Solaris Cluster component that you want to install
Package Description
1) *data-service Select an Oracle Solaris Cluster data-service to i
2) ha-cluster-data-services-full OSC Data Services full group package
3) ha-cluster-framework-full OSC Framework full group package
4) ha-cluster/system/manager OSC Manager
5) ha-cluster-geo-full OSC Disaster Recovery Framework full group package
6) ha-cluster-full OSC full installation group package
q) Done
Option: 5
The package, "ha-cluster-geo-full" is selected to install on the
following nodes.
phys-control, phys-schost
Do you want to continue with the installation (y/n) ? y
Upon completion, the Solaris Cluster Disaster Recovery Framework software is installed on phys-control and phys-schost. Administrator can now proceed to configure the disaster recovery framework on the cluster.
Example 3: Cluster initial installation from ISO image using the graphical user interface (GUI), clinstall with -g option
phys-control# clinstall –g
Upon completion, cluster packages in ha-cluster-full package are installed on phys-control and phys-schost. Administrator can now proceed to do initial cluster configuration.