This section contains the procedures you need to install and configure MySQL.
References will be made to certain directories for MySQL. The following list shows common path names for these references. For more information, refer to the Configuration Restrictions section.
MySQL installed from http://www.mysql.com on a cluster file system, with a MySQL instance on a cluster file system (Example 1, MySQL Instances with Cluster File Systems):
MySQL Base directory – /global/mysql
MySQL Database directory – /global/mysqldata
MySQL installed on a local file system, with mysql instances on a highly available local file system (Example 2, MySQL Instances with Highly Available Local File Systems):
MySQL Base directory – /usr/local/mysql
MySQL Database directory – /local/mysqldata
Determine how MySQL will be deployed in an Oracle Solaris Cluster configuration.
Determine how many MySQL instances will be deployed.
Determine which cluster file system will be used by each MySQL instance.
Determine the type of the target zones where you will install MySQL. Valid zones types are the global zones or the HA Zone.
To install and configure MySQL in a global-zones configuration, complete the following tasks:
To install and configure MySQL in an HA Zone configuration, complete the following tasks:
You will find installation examples for each zones type in the following appendixes: