How to Install Oracle Solaris Cluster on Solaris 11 ?

Cluster Nodes: UnixArena,UnixArena1
Cluster Software: Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.1.
Operating System:Solaris 11

1.Download the oracle Solaris cluster from oracle website.You may need oracle support login to download it.The file name will be “osc-4_1-ga-repo-full.iso” .

2. Copy the file to your cluster nodes using winscp.

3. Create a device file for ISO image to mount on both the nodes.

root@UnixArena:~#  lofiadm -a /osc-4_1-ga-repo-full.iso
/dev/lofi/1

4.Create the mount point and mount it on both the cluster nodes.

root@UnixArena:~# mkdir -p /testrepo/hasol1
root@UnixArena:~#  mount -F hsfs /dev/lofi/1 /testrepo/hasol1
root@UnixArena:~#

5.Set the package publisher on both cluster nodes.

root@UnixArena:~# pkg set-publisher -g file:///testrepo/hasol1 ha-cluster
pkg set-publisher: The origin URIs for 'ha-cluster' do not appear to point to a valid pkg repository.
Please verify the repository's location and the client's network configuration.
Additional details:

Unable to contact valid package repository
Encountered the following error(s):
Transport errors encountered when trying to contact repository.
Reported the following errors:
file protocol error: code: 22 reason: The path '/testrepo/hasol1' does not contain a valid package repository.
Repository URL: 'file:///testrepo/hasol1'.
root@UnixArena:~# 

oops…We are not pointing the correct repo file.

6.set the correct the repo file and rebuild the index using pkg command.

root@UnixArena:~# pkg set-publisher -g file:///testrepo/hasol1/repo ha-cluster
root@UnixArena:~# pkg rebuild-index
PHASE                                          ITEMS
Building new search index                    884/884
root@UnixArena:~#

7.List the available publisher. You can see the newly configured  cluster repo here.

root@UnixArena:~# pkg publisher
PUBLISHER                   TYPE     STATUS P LOCATION
solaris                     origin   online F file:///testrepo/
ha-cluster                  origin   online F file:///testrepo/hasol1/repo/
root@UnixArena:~#

8.Install the oracle solaris cluster using pkg command on both the commands.

root@UnixArena:~#  pkg install ha-cluster-full
Creating Plan (Solver setup): |

Creating Plan (Evaluating mediators): |


           Packages to install:  68
       Create boot environment:  No
Create backup boot environment: Yes
            Services to change:   7

DOWNLOAD                                PKGS         FILES    XFER (MB)   SPEED
...r/data-service/oracle-database       8/68      203/7059     1.0/52.4   cache

DOWNLOAD                                PKGS         FILES    XFER (MB)   SPEED
ha-cluster/system/cfgchk               48/68     1198/7059    10.8/52.4   cache

DOWNLOAD                                PKGS         FILES    XFER (MB)   SPEED
ha-cluster/system/core                 49/68     1803/7059    23.7/52.4   cache

9.Here is the final result of the installation.

root@UnixArena:~#  pkg install ha-cluster-full
           Packages to install:  68
       Create boot environment:  No
Create backup boot environment: Yes
            Services to change:   7

DOWNLOAD                                PKGS         FILES    XFER (MB)   SPEED
Completed                              68/68     7059/7059    52.4/52.4    0B/s

PHASE                                          ITEMS
Installing new actions                     9506/9506
Updating package state database                 Done
Updating image state                            Done
Creating fast lookup database                   Done
Reading search index                            Done
Building new search index                    952/952
root@UnixArena:~#

10.Install quorum server package  on both the nodes.

root@UnixArena:/# pkg install ha-cluster-quorum-server-full
           Packages to install:  6
       Create boot environment: No
Create backup boot environment: No
            Services to change:  3

DOWNLOAD                                PKGS         FILES    XFER (MB)   SPEED
Completed                                6/6         69/69      0.1/0.1    0B/s

PHASE                                          ITEMS
Installing new actions                       223/223
Updating package state database                 Done
Updating image state                            Done
Creating fast lookup database                   Done
Reading search index                            Done
Updating search index                            6/6
root@UnixArena:/#

10.Add the below path in root’s profile to access the cluster commands.

root@UnixArena:~#  export PATH=$PATH:/usr/cluster/bin

We have successfully installed the oracle cluster 4.1 on both cluster nodes.The installation  is so simple like veritas cluster. Very soon we will see the configuration part.

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