Solaris[TM] and Minimum O.S. distribution requirements for Sun[TM] Cluster 3.x

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Solution 1004838.1 : Solaris[TM] and Minimum O.S. distribution requirements for Sun[TM] Cluster 3.x

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Description
Before patching your OS and/or cluster, use patchpro to define your system characteristics and discover which patches are necessary. Patchpro will find the patches needed based on your checklist, show the order installation, and allow for easy downloading of all patches.
Use http://patchpro.sun.com to determine which patches to install for Sun Cluster.

The O.S. requirements for Sun[TM] Cluster 3.x nodes are listed below.

The minimum O.S. distribution for Sun Cluster 3.x is the "End User" (SUNWCuser) distribution.

For Sun Fire[TM] 12K/15K and Sun Enterprise[TM] 10000, the minimum O.S. distribution for Sun[TM] Cluster 3.x is the "Full Distribution + OEM Support" (SUNWCXall) distribution.

Steps to Follow
Other useful information :
The following versions of Solaris[TM] are supported in Sun[TM] Cluster 3.0:

Solaris 8 FCS
Solaris 8 6/00 (Update1)
Solaris 8 10/00 (Update2)
Solaris 8 1/01 (Update3)
Solaris 8 4/01 (Update4)
Solaris 8 7/01 (Update5)
Solaris 8 10/01 (Update6)
Solaris 8 02/02 (Update7)
Solaris 8 12/02 (PSR 1)
Solaris 8 5/03 (PSR 2)
Solaris 8 7/03 (PSR 3)
Solaris 8 2/04 (PSR 4)
Solaris 9 FCS
Solaris 9 10/02 (Update 1)
Solaris 9 1/03 (Update 2)
Solaris 9 8/03 (Update 4)
Solaris 9 12/03 (Update 5)
Solaris 9 4/04 (Update 6)
Solaris 9 9/04 (Update 7)

The following versions of Solaris are supported in Sun Cluster 3.1:

Solaris 8 02/02 (Update7)
Solaris 8 12/02 (PSR 1)
Solaris 8 5/03 (PSR 2)
Solaris 8 7/03 (PSR 3)
Solaris 8 2/04 (PSR 4)
Solaris 9 FCS
Solaris 9 10/02 (Update 1)
Solaris 9 1/03 (Update 2)
Solaris 9 4/03 (Update 3)
Solaris 9 8/03 (Update 4)
Solaris 9 12/03 (Update 5)
Solaris 9 4/04 (Update 6)
Solaris 9 9/04 (Update 7)

How to determine the O.S. version installed on the Sun Cluster 3.x node?

# egrep Solaris /etc/release

For example
# egrep Solaris /etc/release
Solaris 8 7/01 s28s_u5wos_08 SPARC

If using explorer output,

# cd explorer.<hostid>.<hostname>-<date><time>
# cat etc/release  | egrep Solaris

How to determine the O.S. distribution initially installed on the Sun Cluster 3.x node?

# cat /var/sadm/system/admin/CLUSTER

For example:

# cat /var/sadm/system/admin/CLUSTER
CLUSTER=SUNWCXall

If using explorer output,

# cd explorer.<hostid>.<hostname>-<date><time>
# cat var/CLUSTER

Following are the various Solaris[TM] O.S. distributions:

SUNWCXall - Full Distribution + OEM Support
SUNWCall - Full Distribution
SUNWCprog - Developer
SUNWCuser - End User
SUNWCreq - Core

Product
Sun Cluster 3.0

Internal Comments
The following is strictly for the use of Sun employees:

This document replaced the documents:

Infodoc 49704: Sun [TM] Cluster 3.0 Info Doc for Solaris[TM] 9 Users

Infodoc 49705: Sun [TM] Cluster 3.0 Info Doc for Solaris [TM] 8 releases

Infodoc 54960: Sun [TM] Cluster 3.1 Patch Info Doc for Solaris[TM] 9 users

Infodoc 54961: Sun [TM] Cluster 3.1 Patch Info Doc for Solaris [TM] 8 users

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Change History
Date: 2005-04-06
User Name: 97961
Action: Approved
Comment: Publishing. No further edits required.
Version: 6
Date: 2005-04-06

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