Recommendations for Multipathing software in Sun Cluster 3.2 + Solaris 10

Hi all, I'm in the process of building a 2-node cluster with the following specs:
2 x X4600
Solaris 10 x86
Sun Cluster 3.2
Shared storage provided by a EMC CX380 SAN
My question is this: what multipathing software should I use? The in-built Solaris 10 multipathing software or EMC's powerpath?
Thanks in advance,
Stewart

Hi,
according to http://www.sun.com/software/cluster/osp/emc_clarion_interop.xml you can use both.
So at the end it all boils down to
- cost: Solaris multipathing is free, as it is bundled
- support: Sun can offer better support for the Sun software
You can try to browse this forum to see what others have experienced with Powerpath. From a pure "use as much integrated software as possible" I would go with the Solaris drivers.
Hartmut

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i'm installing a two nodes cluster (SUN Cluster 3.2 / Solaris 10 / SPARC), for a HA SAP 7.0 / Oracle 10g DataBase
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Sun Microsystems Inc. SunOS 5.10 Generic January 2005
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stty: : No such device or address
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Jun 4 12:26:22 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-scs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:26:25 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-Ascs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:26:25 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-scs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:26:28 eccprd01 last message repeated 1 time
Jun 4 12:26:28 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-Ascs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:26:31 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-scs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:26:31 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-Ascs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:26:34 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-scs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
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Jun 4 12:26:37 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-scs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:26:37 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-Ascs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:26:40 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-scs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:26:40 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-Ascs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:26:43 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-scs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:26:43 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-Ascs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
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Jun 4 12:26:49 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-Ascs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
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Jun 4 12:26:52 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-scs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:26:55 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-Ascs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:26:55 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-scs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:26:58 eccprd01 last message repeated 1 time
Jun 4 12:26:58 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-Ascs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:27:01 eccprd01 last message repeated 1 time
Jun 4 12:27:01 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-scs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:27:04 eccprd01 last message repeated 1 time
Jun 4 12:27:04 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-Ascs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:27:07 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-scs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:27:07 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-Ascs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:27:10 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-scs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:27:10 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-Ascs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
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Jun 4 12:27:19 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-scs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:27:19 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-Ascs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
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Jun 4 12:27:28 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-scs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:27:28 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-Ascs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:27:31 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-scs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:27:31 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-Ascs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:27:34 eccprd01 last message repeated 1 time
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Jun 4 12:27:37 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-Ascs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:27:40 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-scs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:27:40 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-Ascs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:27:43 eccprd01 last message repeated 1 time
Jun 4 12:27:43 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-scs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dispatcher to come up.
Jun 4 12:27:46 eccprd01 last message repeated 1 time
Jun 4 12:27:46 eccprd01 SC[SUNW.sap_ci_v2,sap-ci-res-grp,sap-ci-Ascs-res,sap_ci_svc_start]: [ID 183934 daemon.notice] Waiting for SAP Central Instance main dis
can anyone one help me if there is any error on configurations or what is the cause of this problem.....thanks in advance
ARSSES

Hi all.
I am having a similar issue with a Sun Cluster 3.2 and SAP 7.0
Scenrio:
Central Instance (not incluster) : Started on one node
Dialog Instance (not in cluster): Started on the other node
When I create the resource for SUNW.sap_as like
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in the /var/adm/messages I got lots of WAITING FOR DISPACHER TO COME UP....
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Any clue? What does is try to connect or waiting for? I hve notest that it's something before the startup script....
TIA

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Hi,
We are planning a 2 node Oracle 9i RAC cluster on Sun Cluster 3.
Can you please explain these 2 questions?
1)
If we have a hardware disk array RAID controller with LUNs etc, then why do we need to have Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) if all the LUNS are configured at a hardware level?
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> We are planning a 2 node Oracle 9i RAC cluster on Sun
Cluster 3.Good. This is a popular configuration.
Can you please explain these 2 questions?
1)
If we have a hardware disk array RAID controller with
LUNs etc, then why do we need to have Veritas Volume
Manager (VxVM) if all the LUNS are configured at a
hardware level?VxVM is not required to run RAC. VxVM has an option (separately
licensable) which is specifically designed for OPS/RAC. But if
you have a highly reliable, multi-pathed, hardware RAID platform,
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2)
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files will be on raw partitions.No.
IMHO, simplify is a good philosophy. Adding more software
and layers into a highly available design will tend to reduce
the availability. So, if you are going for maximum availabiliity,
you will want to avoid over-complicating the design. KISS.
In the case of RAC, or Oracle in general, many people do use
raw and Oracle has the ability to manage data in raw devices
pretty well. Oracle 10g further improves along these lines.
A tenet in the design of highly available systems is to keep
the data management as close to the application as possible.
Oracle, and especially 10g, are following this tenet. The only
danger here is that they could try to get too clever, and end up
following policies which are suboptimal as the underlying
technologies change. But even in this case, the policy is
coming from the application rather than the supporting platform.
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seems to be less desirable than
serverA, serverB, serverC, etc concurrently providing access to the application so that failover only happens when we get down to a handful of nodes
Either one is probably more desirable than having an application outage(?)

Bizzare Disk reservation probelm with sun cluster 3.2 - solaris 10 X 4600

We have a 4 node X4600 sun cluster with shared AMS500 storage. There over 30 LUN's presented to the cluster.
When any of the two higher nodes ( ie node id 2 and node is 3 ) are booted, their keys are not added to 4 out of 30 LUNS. These 4 LUNs show up as drive type unknown in format. I've noticed that the only thing common with these LUN's is that their size is bigger than 1TB
To resolve this I simply scrub the keys, run sgdevs than they showup as normal in format and all nodes keys are present on the LUNS.
Has anybody come across this behaviour.
Commands used to resolve problem
1. check keys #/usr/cluster/lib/sc/scsi -c inkeys -d devicename
2. scrub keys #/usr/cluster/lib/sc/scsi -c scrub -d devicename
3. #sgdevs
4. check keys #/usr/cluster/lib/sc/scsi -c inkeys -d devicename
all node's keys are now present on the lun

Hi,
according to http://www.sun.com/software/cluster/osp/emc_clarion_interop.xml you can use both.
So at the end it all boils down to
- cost: Solaris multipathing is free, as it is bundled
- support: Sun can offer better support for the Sun software
You can try to browse this forum to see what others have experienced with Powerpath. From a pure "use as much integrated software as possible" I would go with the Solaris drivers.
Hartmut

Sun Cluster 3.2/Solaris 10 Excessive ICMP traffic

Hi all,
I have inherited a 2 node cluster with a 3510 san which I have upgraded to Cluster 3.2/Solaris 10. Apparently this was happening on Cluster 3.0/Solaris 8 as well.
The real interfaces on the two nodes seem to be sending excessive pings to the default gateway it is connected to. The configuration of the network adapters are the same - 2 NIC's on each are grouped for multi-home and 2 NIC's configured as private for cluster heartbeats.
The 2 NIC's that are grouped together on each of the servers are the cards generating the traffic.
23:27:52.402377 192.168.200.216 > 192.168.200.1: icmp: echo request [ttl 1]
23:27:52.402392 192.168.200.1 > 192.168.200.216: icmp: echo reply
23:27:52.588793 192.168.200.217 > 192.168.200.1: icmp: echo request [ttl 1]
23:27:52.588806 192.168.200.1 > 192.168.200.217: icmp: echo reply
23:27:52.818690 192.168.200.215 > 192.168.200.1: icmp: echo request [ttl 1]
23:27:52.818714 192.168.200.1 > 192.168.200.215: icmp: echo reply
23:27:53.072442 192.168.200.214 > 192.168.200.1: icmp: echo request [ttl 1]
23:27:53.072479 192.168.200.1 > 192.168.200.214: icmp: echo reply
Here is the setup to one of the servers:
lo0: flags=2001000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,VIRTUAL> mtu 8232 index 1
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000
ce0: flags=9040843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,DEPRECATED,IPv4,NOFAILOVER> mtu 1500 index 2
inet 192.168.200.214 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192.168.200.255
groupname prod
ether 0:3:ba:43:f4:f4
ce0:1: flags=1000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 2
inet 192.168.200.212 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192.168.200.255
ce1: flags=1008843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,PRIVATE,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 5
inet 172.16.0.129 netmask ffffff80 broadcast 172.16.0.255
ether 0:3:ba:43:f4:f3
qfe0: flags=9040843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,DEPRECATED,IPv4,NOFAILOVER> mtu 1500 index 3
inet 192.168.200.216 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192.168.200.255
groupname prod
ether 0:3:ba:34:95:4
qfe1: flags=1008843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,PRIVATE,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 4
inet 172.16.1.1 netmask ffffff80 broadcast 172.16.1.127
ether 0:3:ba:34:95:5
clprivnet0: flags=1009843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,MULTI_BCAST,PRIVATE,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 6
inet 172.16.193.1 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 172.16.193.255
ether 0:0:0:0:0:1
Any suggestions on why the excessive traffic?

I would guess these are the ipmp probes (man in.mpathd).
You can start in.mpathd in debug mode to find out.
HTH,
jono

Any recommendations for editing software

Can anyone recommend a good editing software, Uk or Australian English, for use with a 200 page document in Pages?

Pages supposedly has an Australian dictionary but it is just the British dictionary.
Not sure what you are asking for as Pages generally does not allow plug-ins other then EndNotes.
There are plenty of alternative text editors out there, depends what you need.
Is this an academic submission? Do you need line numbers/ Any other special requirements?
Or are you simply asking how to use the Australian Dictionary to spellcheck?
Peter

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I just read in the latest MacWorld that you can run Quicken for Windows in its own containor (no need to get Windows Operating System) with the help of CodeWeavers' $40 CrossOver Impersonator. It's a product that enables your Mac to run certain Windows applications like Quicken.
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Recommendations for Encryption Software

I am planning on going paperless with employee documents. For me to keep this on my computer I need a program which can safely protect this data and keep it private. I want to setup a standard hierarchy with a "Employee Folder" folder, and a folder inside that folder for each employee. I want this stuff password protected and encrypted so no one can easily get into it. Any suggestions on software that can allow me to create encrypted folders easily, put folders inside folders, and easily put documents inside those folders?
Quite a mouthful huh?

I don't know about third-party software (which you must hope continues to be supported), but you can create encrypted disk images in the OS:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1578
When chooseing the image format, I would suggest Sparse Bundle Disk Image as that can be efficiently backed up by Time Machine.
Take note of step 10. You probably do not want to store the password in the keychain.
A disk Image mounts just like a hard drive. When you eject it, the file is encrypted again.

Recommendations for blogging software

I want to start a few blogs. I was thinking about using WordPress with a full range of the features(not the free one).
BlueHost is the most popular host for WP, but turns out it doesn't support Mac.
Are there other webhosts that do support Mac ?
What are the alternatives for blogging, both free and not free ?

Is it worth it? Good question. If you use iWeb for blogging and want comments integrated .Mac is the easiest solution. At the end, you need to decide, if you want that kind of money, if cheaper options are available. .Mac is nice and fancy, but also has some restrictions.
Wordpress on the other hand is for free, installation on a server very easy or even preinstalled. Wordpress is the tool of choice for a lot of professional bloggers and it has a great reputation. If you are serious about blogging, this might be a very good option, or going with Rapidweaver as you can also blog to a 3rd part webserver.
I run my main [blog|http://blog.jurgen-photo.com] currently on Wordpress and experiment with iWeb on my [customer website|http://www.jurgen-photo.com].

Any recommendations for encryption software for iPhone?

Hi,
I want to store some work data on my new iPhone. A mixture of file types - documents, pictures, Powerpoint, applications.
I also want to keep some of my home information - such as documents, pictures, apps.
Where can I put them on the iPhone, and can I encrypt them in a few folders to keep the data secure?
Thanks
Pete

Actually there are a few apps that do just that. I personally use MobileFinder, but there is also datacase and others I can't remember.
However these are not password protected they simply allow you to transfer documents onto the iphone and view them. MobileFinder has limited text editing facilities.
Theres an application called PicVault which allows the encrypted storage of pictures, using a password.

SUN Cluster 3.2, Solaris 10, Corrupted IPMP group on one node.

Hello folks,
I recently made a network change on nodename2 to add some resilience to IPMP (adding a second interface but still using a single IP address).
After a reboot, I cannot keep this host from rebooting. For the one minute that it stays up, I do get the following result from scstat that seems to suggest a problem with the IPMP configuration. I rolled back my IPMP change, but it still doesn't seem to register the IPMP group in scstat.
nodename2|/#scstat
-- Cluster Nodes --
Node name Status
Cluster node: nodename1 Online
Cluster node: nodename2 Online
-- Cluster Transport Paths --
Endpoint Endpoint Status
Transport path: nodename1:bge3 nodename2:bge3 Path online
-- Quorum Summary from latest node reconfiguration --
Quorum votes possible: 3
Quorum votes needed: 2
Quorum votes present: 3
-- Quorum Votes by Node (current status) --
Node Name Present Possible Status
Node votes: nodename1 1 1 Online
Node votes: nodename2 1 1 Online
-- Quorum Votes by Device (current status) --
Device Name Present Possible Status
Device votes: /dev/did/rdsk/d3s2 0 1 Offline
-- Device Group Servers --
Device Group Primary Secondary
Device group servers: jms-ds nodename1 nodename2
-- Device Group Status --
Device Group Status
Device group status: jms-ds Online
-- Multi-owner Device Groups --
Device Group Online Status
-- IPMP Groups --
Node Name Group Status Adapter Status
scstat: unexpected error.
I did manage to run scstat on nodename1 while nodename2 was still up between reboots, here is that result (it does not show any IPMP group(s) on nodename2)
nodename1|/#scstat
-- Cluster Nodes --
Node name Status
Cluster node: nodename1 Online
Cluster node: nodename2 Online
-- Cluster Transport Paths --
Endpoint Endpoint Status
Transport path: nodename1:bge3 nodename2:bge3 faulted
-- Quorum Summary from latest node reconfiguration --
Quorum votes possible: 3
Quorum votes needed: 2
Quorum votes present: 3
-- Quorum Votes by Node (current status) --
Node Name Present Possible Status
Node votes: nodename1 1 1 Online
Node votes: nodename2 1 1 Online
-- Quorum Votes by Device (current status) --
Device Name Present Possible Status
Device votes: /dev/did/rdsk/d3s2 1 1 Online
-- Device Group Servers --
Device Group Primary Secondary
Device group servers: jms-ds nodename1 -
-- Device Group Status --
Device Group Status
Device group status: jms-ds Degraded
-- Multi-owner Device Groups --
Device Group Online Status
-- IPMP Groups --
Node Name Group Status Adapter Status
IPMP Group: nodename1 sc_ipmp1 Online bge2 Online
IPMP Group: nodename1 sc_ipmp0 Online bge0 Online
-- IPMP Groups in Zones --
Zone Name Group Status Adapter Status
I believe that I should be able to delete the IPMP group for the second node from the cluster and re-add it, but I'm sure about how to go about doing this. I welcome your comments or thoughts on what I can try before rebuilding this node from scratch.
-AG

I was able to restart both sides of the cluster. Now both sides are online, but neither side can access the shared disk.
Lots of warnings. I will keep poking....
Rebooting with command: boot
Boot device: /pci@1e,600000/pci@0/pci@a/pci@0/pci@8/scsi@1/disk@0,0:a File and args:
SunOS Release 5.10 Version Generic_141444-09 64-bit
Copyright 1983-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
Use is subject to license terms.
Hardware watchdog enabled
Hostname: nodename2
Jul 21 10:00:16 in.mpathd[221]: No test address configured on interface ce3; disabling probe-based failure detection on it
Jul 21 10:00:16 in.mpathd[221]: No test address configured on interface bge0; disabling probe-based failure detection on it
/usr/cluster/bin/scdidadm: Could not stat "../../devices/iscsi/[email protected],0:c,raw" - No such file or directory.
Warning: Path node loaded - "../../devices/iscsi/[email protected],0:c,raw".
/usr/cluster/bin/scdidadm: Could not stat "../../devices/iscsi/[email protected],1:c,raw" - No such file or directory.
Warning: Path node loaded - "../../devices/iscsi/[email protected],1:c,raw".
Booting as part of a cluster
NOTICE: CMM: Node nodename1 (nodeid = 1) with votecount = 1 added.
NOTICE: CMM: Node nodename2 (nodeid = 2) with votecount = 1 added.
WARNING: CMM: Open failed for quorum device /dev/did/rdsk/d3s2 with error 2.
NOTICE: clcomm: Adapter bge3 constructed
NOTICE: CMM: Node nodename2: attempting to join cluster.
NOTICE: CMM: Node nodename1 (nodeid: 1, incarnation #: 1279727883) has become reachable.
NOTICE: clcomm: Path nodename2:bge3 - nodename1:bge3 online
WARNING: CMM: Open failed for quorum device /dev/did/rdsk/d3s2 with error 2.
NOTICE: CMM: Cluster has reached quorum.
NOTICE: CMM: Node nodename1 (nodeid = 1) is up; new incarnation number = 1279727883.
NOTICE: CMM: Node nodename2 (nodeid = 2) is up; new incarnation number = 1279728026.
NOTICE: CMM: Cluster members: nodename1 nodename2.
NOTICE: CMM: node reconfiguration #3 completed.
NOTICE: CMM: Node nodename2: joined cluster.
NOTICE: CCR: Waiting for repository synchronization to finish.
WARNING: CCR: Invalid CCR table : dcs_service_9 cluster global.
WARNING: CMM: Open failed for quorum device /dev/did/rdsk/d3s2 with error 2.
ip: joining multicasts failed (18) on clprivnet0 - will use link layer broadcasts for multicast
==> WARNING: DCS: Error looking up services table
==> WARNING: DCS: Error initializing service 9 from file
/usr/cluster/bin/scdidadm: Could not stat "../../devices/iscsi/[email protected],0:c,raw" - No such file or directory.
Warning: Path node loaded - "../../devices/iscsi/[email protected],0:c,raw".
/usr/cluster/bin/scdidadm: Could not stat "../../devices/iscsi/[email protected],1:c,raw" - No such file or directory.
Warning: Path node loaded - "../../devices/iscsi/[email protected],1:c,raw".
/dev/md/rdsk/d22 is clean
Reading ZFS config: done.
NOTICE: iscsi session(6) iqn.1994-12.com.promise.iscsiarray2 online
nodename2 console login: obtaining access to all attached disks
starting NetWorker daemons:
Rebooting with command: boot
Boot device: /pci@1e,600000/pci@0/pci@a/pci@0/pci@8/scsi@1/disk@0,0:a File and args:
SunOS Release 5.10 Version Generic_141444-09 64-bit
Copyright 1983-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
Use is subject to license terms.
Hardware watchdog enabled
Hostname: nodename1
/usr/cluster/bin/scdidadm: Could not stat "../../devices/iscsi/[email protected],0:c,raw" - No such file or directory.
Warning: Path node loaded - "../../devices/iscsi/[email protected],0:c,raw".
/usr/cluster/bin/scdidadm: Could not stat "../../devices/iscsi/[email protected],1:c,raw" - No such file or directory.
Warning: Path node loaded - "../../devices/iscsi/[email protected],1:c,raw".
Booting as part of a cluster
NOTICE: CMM: Node nodename1 (nodeid = 1) with votecount = 1 added.
NOTICE: CMM: Node nodename2 (nodeid = 2) with votecount = 1 added.
WARNING: CMM: Open failed for quorum device /dev/did/rdsk/d3s2 with error 2.
NOTICE: clcomm: Adapter bge3 constructed
NOTICE: CMM: Node nodename1: attempting to join cluster.
NOTICE: bge3: link up 1000Mbps Full-Duplex
NOTICE: clcomm: Path nodename1:bge3 - nodename2:bge3 errors during initiation
WARNING: Path nodename1:bge3 - nodename2:bge3 initiation encountered errors, errno = 62. Remote node may be down or unreachable through this path.
WARNING: CMM: Open failed for quorum device /dev/did/rdsk/d3s2 with error 2.
NOTICE: CMM: Cluster doesn't have operational quorum yet; waiting for quorum.
NOTICE: bge3: link down
NOTICE: bge3: link up 1000Mbps Full-Duplex
NOTICE: CMM: Node nodename2 (nodeid: 2, incarnation #: 1279728026) has become reachable.
NOTICE: clcomm: Path nodename1:bge3 - nodename2:bge3 online
WARNING: CMM: Open failed for quorum device /dev/did/rdsk/d3s2 with error 2.
NOTICE: CMM: Cluster has reached quorum.
NOTICE: CMM: Node nodename1 (nodeid = 1) is up; new incarnation number = 1279727883.
NOTICE: CMM: Node nodename2 (nodeid = 2) is up; new incarnation number = 1279728026.
NOTICE: CMM: Cluster members: nodename1 nodename2.
NOTICE: CMM: node reconfiguration #3 completed.
NOTICE: CMM: Node nodename1: joined cluster.
WARNING: CMM: Open failed for quorum device /dev/did/rdsk/d3s2 with error 2.
ip: joining multicasts failed (18) on clprivnet0 - will use link layer broadcasts for multicast
/usr/cluster/bin/scdidadm: Could not stat "../../devices/iscsi/[email protected],0:c,raw" - No such file or directory.
Warning: Path node loaded - "../../devices/iscsi/[email protected],0:c,raw".
/usr/cluster/bin/scdidadm: Could not stat "../../devices/iscsi/[email protected],1:c,raw" - No such file or directory.
Warning: Path node loaded - "../../devices/iscsi/[email protected],1:c,raw".
/dev/md/rdsk/d26 is clean
Reading ZFS config: done.
NOTICE: iscsi session(6) iqn.1994-12.com.promise.iscsiarray2 online
nodename1 console login: obtaining access to all attached disks
starting NetWorker daemons:
nsrexecd
mount: /dev/md/jms-ds/dsk/d100 is already mounted or /opt/esbshares is busy

Failover Zones / Containers with Sun Cluster Geographic Edition and AVS

Hi everyone,
Is the following solution supported/certified by Oracle/Sun? I did find some docs saying it is but cannot find concrete technical information yet...
* Two sites with a 2-node cluster in each site
* 2x Failover containers/zones that are part of the two protection groups (1x group for SAP, other group for 3rd party application)
* Sun Cluster 3.2 and Geographic Edition 3.2 with Availability Suite for SYNC/ASYNC replication over TCP/IP between the two sites
The Zones and their application need to be able to failover between the two sites.
Thanks!
Wim Olivier

Fritz,
Obviously, my colleagues and I, in the Geo Cluster group build and test Geo clusters all the time :-)
We have certainly built and tested Oracle (non-RAC) configurations on AVS. One issue you do have, unfortunately, is that of zones plus AVS (see my Blueprint for more details http://wikis.sun.com/display/BluePrints/Using+Solaris+Cluster+and+Sun+Cluster+Geographic+Edition). Consequently, you can't built the configuration you described. The alternative is to sacrifice zones for now and wait for the fixes to RG affinities (no idea on the schedule for this feature) or find another way to do this - probably hand crafted.
If you follow the OHAC pages (http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/ha-clusters/) and look at the endorsed projects you'll see that there is a Script Based Plug-in on the way (for OHACGE) that I'm writing. So, if you are interested in playing with OHACGE source or the SCXGE binaries, you might see that appear at some point. Of course, these aren't supported solutions though.
Regards,
Tim
---

Sun cluster, 6140 and 'cross-connections'

This was brought up in the storage forum by somebody else, but the responses never answered the original question:
In the 6140 setup document located at http://docs.sun.com/source/819-7497-11/chapter3.html#50589714_93886 it shows two different ways to cable a host to a 6140 via a SAN switch. figure 3-3 and 3-4
It states that the setup in 3-4 is not supported in a sun cluster environment.
The problem is that given the acive/passive nature of the 6140, the setup shown in 3-4 is the obvious one to use since it prevents one from having to force all of the luns over in the event of an hba port or switch failure.
To make life more interesting, the 6140 setup doc does not make not of what version of sun cluster it is not supported on. Or what the bugid is, or any informationto know if the restriction is still valid.
So, does this restriction still exist? If so, for what version of sun cluster? What version of solaris?

Thanks for the clarification.
As an aside, it would be nice if in the future, the documentation could contain a bit more information than just a simple note saying 'this is not supported'. A reference to a bugid or info doc would go a long way in helping folks determine if the restriction is still valid.
--john

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