Chapter 6 Building Cluster Applications

The procedure for building a cluster application is shown below.

Table 6.1 Application building procedure and manual reference locations
Work item		Execution Nodes	Required/ optional	Manual reference location*
(1)	6.1 Initial RMS Setup	All nodes	Required	RMS "7.1.2 Starting RMS automatically at boot time"
(2)	6.2 Initial GLS Setup	All nodes	Optional (required when GLS is used)	GLSR GLSM
(3)	6.3.1 Automatic Configuration of Shared Disks	All nodes	Optional	CF "4.4.3 Automatic resource registration"
(3)	6.3.2 GDS Configuration Setup	All nodes	Optional	GDSG "Chapter 5 Operations"
(4)	6.4 Initial File System Setup	All nodes	Optional (required when ZFS is used)
(5)	6.5 Setting Up the Application Environment	All nodes	Required	Manuals for each application
(6)	6.6 Setting Up Online/Offline Scripts	All nodes	Optional	RMS "2.9 Environment variables", "12 Appendix -Environment variables"
(7)	6.7 Setting Up Cluster Applications	All nodes	Required	"Solaris X Reference Manual Collection," "Solaris Answer Book"
	6.7.1 Setting Up Resources
	6.7.2 Creating Cluster Applications
	6.7.3 Setting Up Dependency Relationships Between Cluster Applications
(8)	6.8 Setting Up the RMS Environment	All nodes	Required	RMS "2.9 Environment variables", "12 Appendix -Environment variables"
(9)	6.9 Setting Up Patrol Diagnosis	All nodes	Required
(10)	6.10 Checking the Cluster Environment	All nodes	Required

* The names of the reference PRIMECLUSTER manuals are abbreviated as follows:

RMS: PRIMECLUSTER Reliant Monitor Services (RMS) with Wizard Tools Configuration and Administration Guide
CF: PRIMECLUSTER Cluster Foundation (CF) Configuration and Administration Guide
GDSG: PRIMECLUSTER Global Disk Services Configuration and Administration Guide
GLSR: PRIMECLUSTER Global Link Services Configuration and Administration Guide: Redundant Line Control Function
GLSM: PRIMECLUSTER Global Link Services Configuration and Administration Guide: Multipath Function