Solaris Cluster and VMware Disk and SCSI Sharing Questions

Hello folks,
Does Solaris Clustering support the following?
Oracle Solaris 11 Cluster support shared disk using VMware 5.1 RDM?
Oracle Solaris 11 Cluster using VMware SCSI Bus Sharing? (although VMware doesn’t support this)
Best,
Dave

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In our RAC env.
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Hi there,
I am trying to setup Solaris Cluster 3.3 on Vmware ESX 4.1
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I am new to Solaris and I am having the errors below. If someone would like to help me it will be much appreciated!
Please explain me in more details i am new bee in solaris :) Thanks!
I need help especially on error: /proc fails to mount periodically during reboots.
Here is the error messages. Is there any one out there setted up Solaris Cluster on ESX 4.1 ?
* cluster check (ver 1.0)
Report Date: 2011.02.28 at 16.04.46 EET
2011.02.28 at 14.04.46 GMT
Command run on host:
39bc6e2d- sun1
Checks run on nodes:
sun1
Unique Checks: 5
===========================================================================
* Summary of Single Node Check Results for sun1
===========================================================================
Checks Considered: 5
Results by Status
Violated : 0
Insufficient Data : 0
Execution Error : 0
Unknown Status : 0
Information Only : 0
Not Applicable : 2
Passed : 3
Violations by Severity
Critical : 0
High : 0
Moderate : 0
Low : 0
* Details for 2 Not Applicable Checks on sun1
* Check ID: S6708606 ***
* Severity: Moderate
* Problem Statement: Multiple network interfaces on a single subnet have the same MAC address.
* Applicability: Scan output of '/usr/sbin/ifconfig -a' for more than one interface with an 'ether' line. Check does not apply if zero or only one ether line.
* Check ID: S6708496 ***
* Severity: Moderate
* Problem Statement: Cluster node (3.1 or later) OpenBoot Prom (OBP) has local-mac-address? variable set to 'false'.
* Applicability: Applicable to SPARC architecture only.
* Details for 3 Passed Checks on sun1
* Check ID: S6708605 ***
* Severity: Critical
* Problem Statement: The /dev/rmt directory is missing.
* Check ID: S6708638 ***
* Severity: Moderate
* Problem Statement: Node has insufficient physical memory.
* Check ID: S6708642 ***
* Severity: Critical
* Problem Statement: /proc fails to mount periodically during reboots.
===========================================================================
* End of Report 2011.02.28 at 16.04.46 EET
===========================================================================
Edited by: user13603929 on 28-Feb-2011 22:22
Edited by: user13603929 on 28-Feb-2011 22:24
Note: Please ignore memory error I have installed 5GB memory and it says it requires min 1 GB! i think it is a bug!
Edited by: user13603929 on 28-Feb-2011 22:25

@TimRead
Hi, thanks for reply,
I have already followed the steps also on your links but no joy on this.
What i noticed here is cluster seems to be buggy. Because i have tried to install cluster 3.3 on physical hardware and it gave me excat same error messages! interesting isnt it?
Please see errors below that I got from on top of VMware and also on Solaris Physical hardware installation:
ERROR1:
Comment: I have installed different memories all the time. It keeps sayying that silly error.
problem_statement : *Node has insufficient physical memory.
<analysis>5120 MB of memory is installed on this node.The current release of Solaris Cluster requires a minimum of 1024 MB of physical memory in each node. Additional memory required for various Data Services.</analysis>
<recommendations>Add enough memory to this node to bring its physical memory up to the minimum required level.
ERROR2
Comment: Despite rmt directory is there I gor error below on cluster check
<problem_statement>The /dev/rmt directory is missing.
<analysis>The /dev/rmt directory is missing on this Solaris Cluster node. The current implementation of scdidadm(1M) relies on the existence of /dev/rmt to successfully execute 'scdidadm -r'. The /dev/rmt directory is created by Solaris regardless of the existence of the actual nderlying devices. The expectation is that the user will never delete this directory. During a reconfiguration reboot to add new disk devices, if /dev/rmt is missing scdidadm will not create the new devices and will exit with the following error: 'ERR in discover_paths : Cannot walk /dev/rmt' The absence of /dev/rmt might prevent a failover to this node and result in a cluster outage. See BugIDs 4368956 and 4783135 for more details.</analysis>
ERROR3
Comment: All Nics have different MAC address though, also I have done what it suggests me. No joy here as well!
<problem_statement>Cluster node (3.1 or later) OpenBoot Prom (OBP) has local-mac-address? variable set to 'false'.
<analysis>The local-mac-address? variable must be set to 'true.' Proper operation of the public networks depends on each interface having a different MAC address.</analysis>
<recommendations>Change the local-mac-address? variable to true: 1) From the OBP (ok> prompt): ok> setenv local-mac-address? true ok> reset 2) Or as root: # /usr/sbin/eeprom local-mac-address?=true # init 0 ok> reset</recommendations>
ERROR4
Comment: No comment on this, i have done what it says no joy...
<problem_statement>/proc fails to mount periodically during reboots.
<analysis>Something is trying to access /proc before it is normally mounted during the boot process. This can cause /proc not to mount. If /proc isn't mounted, some Solaris Cluster daemons might fail on startup, which can cause the node to panic. The following lines were found:</analysis>
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I did this on VirtualBox 4.1 on Windows 7 and VirtualBox 4.2 on Linux.X64. Basic pre-requisites are : 40GB disk space, 8GB RAM, 64-bit guest capable VirtualBox.
Please read all the descriptive messages/prompts shown by 'scinstall' and 'clsetup' before answering.
0) Download from OTN
- Solaris 11.1 Live Media for x86(~966 MB)
- Complete Solaris 11.1 IPS Repository Image (total 7GB)
- Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.1 IPS Repository image (~73MB)
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3) Start VM1, point the "Select start-up disk" to the Solaris 11.1 Live Media ISO.
4) Select "Oracle Solaris 11.1" in the GRUB menu. Select Keyboard layout and Language.
VM1 will boot and the Solaris 11.1 Live Desktop screen will appear.
5) Click <Install Oracle Solaris> from the desktop, supply necessary inputs.
Default Disk Discovery (iSCSI not needed) and Disk Selection are fine.
Disable the "Support Registration" connection info
6) The alternate user created during the install has root privileges (sudo). Set appropriate VM1 name
7) When the VM has to be rebooted after the installation is complete, make sure the Solaris 11.1 Live ISO is ejected or else the VM will again boot from the Live CD.
8) Repeat steps 1-6, create VM2 and install Solaris.
9) FTP(secure) the Solaris 11.1 Repository IPS and Solaris Cluster 4.1 IPS onto both the VMs e.g under /home/user1/
10) We need to setup both the packages: Solaris 11.1 Repository and Solaris Cluster 4.1
11) All commands now to be run as root
12) By default the 'solaris' repository is of type online (pkg.oracle.com), that needs to be updated to the local ISO we downloaded :-
+$ sudo sh+
+# lofiadm -a /home/user1/sol-11_1-repo-full.iso+
+//output : /dev/lofi/N+
+# mount -F hsfs /dev/lofi/N /mnt+
+# pkg set-publisher -G '*' -M '*' -g /mnt/repo solaris+
13) Setup the ha-cluster package :-
+# lofiadm -a /home/user1/osc-4_1-ga-repo-full.iso+
+//output : /dev/lofi/N+
+# mkdir /mnt2+
+# mount -f hsfs /dev/lofi/N /mnt2+
+# pkg set-publisher -g file:///mnt2/repo ha-cluster+
14) Verify both packages are fine :-
+# pkg publisher+
PUBLISHER                   TYPE     STATUS P LOCATION
solaris                     origin   online F file:///mnt/repo/
ha-cluster                  origin   online F file:///mnt2/repo/
15) Install the complete SC4.1 package by installing 'ha-cluster-full'
+# pkg install ha-cluster-full+
14) Repeat steps 12-15 on VM2.
15) Now both VMs have the OS and SC4.1 installed.
16) By default the 3 NICs are in the "Automatic" profile and have DHCP configured. We need to activate the Fixed profile and put the 3 NICs into it. Only 1 interface, the public interface, needs to be
configured. The other 2 are for the cluster interconnect and will be automatically configured by scinstall. Execute the following commands :-
+# netadm enable -p ncp defaultfixed+
+//verify+
+# netadm list -p ncp defaultfixed+
+#Configure the public-interface+
+#Verify none of the interfaces are listed, add all the 3+
+# ipadm show-if+
+# run dladm show-phys or dladm show-link to check interface names : must be net0/net1/net2+
+# ipadm create-ip net0+
+# ipadm create-ip net1+
+# ipadm create-ip net2+
+# ipadm show-if+
+//select proper IP and configure the public interface. I have used 192.168.56.171 & 172+
+# ipadm create-addr -T static -a 192.168.56.171/24 net0/publicip+
+#IP plumbed, restart+
+# ipadm down-addr -t net0/publicip+
+# ipadm up-addr -t net0/publicip+
+//Verify publicip is fine by pinging the host+
+# ping 192.168.56.1+
+//Verify, net0 should be up, net1/net2 should be down+
+# ipadm+
17) Repeat step 16 on VM2
18) Verify both VMs can ping each other using the public IP. Add entries to each other's /etc/hosts
Now we are ready to run scinstall and create/configure the 2-node cluster
19)
+# cd /usr/cluster/bin+
+# ./scinstall+
select 1) Create a new cluster ...
select 1) Create a new cluster
select 2) Custom in "Typical or Custom Mode"
Enter cluster name : mycluster1 (e.g)
Add the 2 nodes : solvm1 & solvm2 and press <ctrl-d>
Accept default "No" for <Do you need to use DES authentication>"
Accept default "Yes" for <Should this cluster use at least two private networks>
Enter "No" for <Does this two-node cluster use switches>
Select "1)net1" for "Select the first cluster transport adapter"
If there is warning of unexpected traffic on "net"1, ignore it
Enter "net1" when it asks corresponding adapter on "solvm2"
Select "2)net2" for "Select the second cluster transport adapter"
Enter "net2" when it asks corresponding adapter on "solvm2"
Select "Yes" for "Is it okay to accept the default network address"
Select "Yes" for "Is it okay to accept the default network netmask"Now the IP addresses 172.16.0.0 will be plumbed in the 2 private interfaces
Select "yes" for "Do you want to turn off global fencing"
(These are SATA serial disks, so no fencing)
Enter "Yes" for "Do you want to disable automatic quorum device selection"
(we will add quorum disks later)
Enter "Yes" for "Proceed with cluster creation"
Select "No" for "Interrupt cluster creation for cluster check errors"
The second node will be configured and 2nd node rebooted
The first node will be configured and rebootedAfter both nodes have rebooted, verify the cluster has been created and both nodes joined.
On both nodes :-
+# cd /usr/cluster/bin+
+# ./clnode status+
+//should show both nodes Online.+
At this point there are no quorum disks, so 1 of the node's will be designated quorum vote. That node VM has to be up for the other node to come up and cluster to be formed.
To check the current quorum status, run :-
+# ./clquorum show+
+//one of the nodes will have 1 vote and other 0(zero).+
20)
Now the cluster is in 'Installation Mode' and we need to add a quorum disk.
Shutdown both the nodes as we will be adding shared disks to both of them
21)
Create 2 VirtualBox HDDs (VDI Files) on the host, 1 for quorum and 1 for shared filesystem. I have used a size of 1 GB for each :-
*$ vboxmanage createhd --filename /scratch/myimages/sc41cluster/sdisk1.vdi --size 1024 --format VDI --variant Fixed*
*0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100%*
*Disk image created. UUID: 899147b9-d21f-4495-ad55-f9cf1ae46cc3*
*$ vboxmanage createhd --filename /scratch/myimages/sc41cluster/sdisk2.vdi --size 1024 --format VDI --variant Fixed*
*0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100%*
*Disk image created. UUID: 899147b9-d22f-4495-ad55-f9cf15346caf*
22)
Attach these disks to both the VMs as shared type
*$ vboxmanage storageattach solvm1 --storagectl "SATA" --port 1 --device 0 --type hdd --medium /scratch/myimages/sc41cluster/sdisk1.vdi --mtype shareable*
*$ vboxmanage storageattach solvm1 --storagectl "SATA" --port 2 --device 0 --type hdd --medium /scratch/myimages/sc41cluster/sdisk2.vdi --mtype shareable*
*$ vboxmanage storageattach solvm2 --storagectl "SATA" --port 1 --device 0 --type hdd --medium /scratch/myimages/sc41cluster/sdisk1.vdi --mtype shareable*
*$ vboxmanage storageattach solvm2 --storagectl "SATA" --port 2 --device 0 --type hdd --medium /scratch/myimages/sc41cluster/sdisk2.vdi --mtype shareable*
The disks are attached to SATA ports 1 & 2 of each VM. On my VirtualBox on Linux, the controller type is "SATA", whereas on Windows it is "SATA Controller".
The "--mtype shareable' parameter is important
23)
Mark both disks as shared :-
*$ vboxmanage modifyhd /scratch/myimages/sc41cluster/sdisk1.vdi --type shareable*
*$ vboxmanage modifyhd /scratch/myimages/sc41cluster/sdisk2.vdi --type shareable*
24) Start both VMs. We need to format the 2 shared disks
25) From VM1, run format. In my case, the 2 new shared disks show up as 'c7t1d0' and 'c7t2d0'.
+# format+
select disk 1 (c7t1d0)
[disk formated]
FORMAT MENU
fdisk
Type 'y' to accept default partition
partition
0
<enter>
<enter>
1
995mb
print
label
<yes>
quit
quit26) Repeat step 25) for the 2nd disk (c7t2d0)
27) Make sure the shared disks can be used for quorum :-
On VM1
+# ./cldevice refresh+
+# ./cldevice show+
On VM2
+# ./cldevice refresh+
+# ./cldevice show+
The shared disks should have the same DID (d2,d3,d4 etc). Note down the DID that you are going to use for quorum (e.g d2)
By default, global fencing is enabled for these disks. We need to turn it off for all disks as these are SATA disks :-
+# cldevice set -p default_fencing=nofencing-noscrub d1+
+# cldevice set -p default_fencing=nofencing-noscrub d2+
+# cldevice set -p default_fencing=nofencing-noscrub d3+
+# cldevice set -p default_fencing=nofencing-noscrub d4+
28) It is better to do one more reboot of both VMs, otherwise I got a error when adding the quorum disk
29) Run clsetup to add quorum disk and to complete cluster configuration :-
+# ./clsetup+
=== Initial Cluster Setup ===
Enter 'Yes' for "Do you want to continue"
Enter 'Yes' for "Do you want add any quorum devices"
Select '1) Directly Attached Shared Disk' for the type of device
Enter 'Yes' for "Is it okay to continue"
Enter 'd2' (or 'd3') for 'Which global device do you want to use'
Enter 'Yes' for "Is it okay to proceed with the update"
The command 'clquorum add d2' is run
Enter 'No' for "Do you want to add another quorum device"
Enter 'Yes' for "Is it okay to reset "installmode"?"Cluster initialization is complete.!!!
30) Run 'clquorum status' to confirm both nodes and the quorum disk have 1 vote each
31) Run other cluster commands to explore!
I will cover Data services and shared file system in another post. Basically the other shared disk
can be used to create a UFS filesystem and mount it on all nodes.

The Solaris Cluster 4.1 Installation and Concepts Guide are available at :-
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E29086_01/index.html
Thanks.

Hardware recommendations for learning Solaris Cluster on Sparc (at home)

On a low budget, I'd like to put together a Solaris Cluster on Sparc (at home). At "work" in the next year we will be implementing a Solaris Cluster to run Tomcat and a custom CORBA server. (These apps will be migrated from very old hardware and VCS) The CORBA server is a Sparc binary, hence the need for Sparc. I'd like my home-office cluster to be similar in function to what I have at work. At work we have (2) T5120 Servers and a 2540 (2500-M2) Array waiting. From looking at the Solaris Cluster docs, it looks like you use a 2540 in a Direct-Connect configuration. We will be going to Solaris Cluster training eventually, but not soon. In the meantime, I'd like to keep/gain some skills/experience.
Potential (cheap) Home Cluster:
(2) SunFire V245 or (2) T1000 or (2) something_cheap
connected to
(1) Storedge D2 or (1) Storedge S1
My main desire, is for the interconnects and failover on this Home Cluster to behave the same way as the T5120s with the 2540 Array. Example, if I yank a HD (or replace) then I'd like it to give very similar messages to what I will face at work in the future. I'd like the creation of ZFS pools etc to work similarly. I'd like SCSI cards (HBAs or whatever) and cabling to be cheap.
Any recommendations on hardware> Servers? Arrays? SCSI Cards/cabling?
Thanks,
Scott

I settled on:
(2) Sunfire V210
Storedge 3120
Connected by VHDCI
All used equipment at a cheap price. Should be a great little testbed.

Configure Solaris cluster to failover guest domain when NICs were down

Hi,
I am running Solaris 11 as the control domains on 2 clustered nodes running on Solaris Cluster 4. There is a Solaris 10 guest domain which is managed via the Solaris cluster in failover mode.
2 virtual switches connected to 2 different network switches are presented to the guest domain. I would like to use link based IPMP to facilitate HA for the network connections. I understand that in this case the IPMP can only be configured within the guest domain. Now the question is how do I configure it in such a way that the guest domain fails over to the second cluster node (standby control domain) if both network interfaces are down? Thanks.
Edited by: user12925046 on Dec 25, 2012 9:48 PM
Edited by: user12925046 on Dec 25, 2012 9:49 PM

The Solaris Cluster 4.1 Installation and Concepts Guide are available at :-
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E29086_01/index.html
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