Hi Jatin, thanks for answering my question again.
One last simple question: Are the binaries that Sun provides any different to what comes out of compiling the Colorado sources following these instructions? http://wiki.genunix.org/wiki/index.php/Compiling_OHAC Thanks and regards, Rodger On Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 08:52:40AM -0700, Jatin Jhala wrote: > Hi Rodger, > > I stand corrected: Open HA Cluster 2009.06 is not a source, but a binary > release from Sun. > > The source for the HA Cluster remains open at opensolaris.org and > binaries built from it > remain redistributable under the license(s) found at opensolaris.org. > > Regards, > Jatin > > > Rodger Etz-Brown wrote: >> Hi Jatin, >> >> if the binaries cannot be freely redistributed you can not talk about >> Open Source. You can find a good definition here: >> >> http://www.opensource.org/docs/osd >> >> As I am not familiar with the details of bulding OHAC, I am wondering >> if some build dependencies and their licenses prevent redistribution >> of binaries. >> >> Is that the case? If yes, which dependencies are they? >> >> Thanks and regards, >> Rodger >> >> On Thu, Jun 04, 2009 at 09:04:25AM -0700, Jatin Jhala wrote: >> >>> Hi Rodger, >>> >>> This release is open source, the binaries can be downloaded and >>> deployed, but the binaries are >>> not freely redistributable. The registration step was also part of >>> the earlier binary distributions >>> of Solaris Cluster Express which aligned with Solaris Express. The >>> specific terms are included >>> in the license that you will see when you register and download. >>> >>> The Open HA Cluster 2009.06 aligns with OpenSolaris 2009.06. The Open >>> HA Cluster 2009.06 >>> distribution will work only with OpenSolaris 2009.06 and any >>> subsequent SRUs. A lot of >>> effort was put into making sure that there is high level of >>> integration with OpenSolaris 2009.06, >>> so I would like to congratulate everyone who helped make this release >>> successful and in time >>> to coincide with OpenSolaris 2009.06 release. >>> >>> Download it today and try it out for yourself! >>> >>> Thanks and regards, >>> >>> Jatin Jhala >>> HA Clusters Community Manager >>> >>> >>> >>> Rodger Etz-Brown wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> sorry to bother you again, but I am wondering why I have to register >>>> in order to download Open Source software binaries. Especially when >>>> the sources can be obtained without. >>>> >>>> Or is this release not 100% Open Source and therefore cannot be >>>> redistributed by third parties? >>>> >>>> Thanks and regards, >>>> Rodger >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 08:44:18AM -0600, Nicholas Solter wrote: >>>> >>>>> We are pleased to announce the release of High Availability >>>>> Cluster software for OpenSolaris 2009.06! If you've been >>>>> following along, this release is the fruit of project Colorado. >>>>> Open HA Cluster 2009.06 is based on Solaris Cluster 3.2, >>>>> including many of the features from the most recent update. >>>>> Additionally, Open HA Cluster 2009.06 contains the following new >>>>> features: >>>>> >>>>> * The ability to use Crossbow VNICs as endpoints for the cluster >>>>> private interconnects. You can even send the cluster traffic >>>>> over the public network and secure it with IPsec. >>>>> >>>>> * Support for exporting locally attached storage as iSCSI targets >>>>> with COMSTAR iSCSI. You can obtain redundant ?shared storage? >>>>> without true shared storage by creating a mirrored zpool out of >>>>> iSCSI-accessible local disks on two different nodes of the >>>>> cluster. >>>>> >>>>> Taken together, these features contribute to ?hardware >>>>> minimization,? allowing you to form a cluster with fewer >>>>> physical hardware requirements. >>>>> >>>>> This release runs on both SPARC and x86/x64 systems and includes >>>>> the following agents: Apache Webserver, Apache Tomcat, MySQL, >>>>> GlassFish, NFS, DHCP, NFS, Kerberos, Samba, and Solaris >>>>> Containers (for ipkg Zones). >>>>> >>>>> Open HA Cluster 2009.06 is distributed as IPS packages from the >>>>> https://pkg.sun.com/opensolaris/ha-cluster repository. In order >>>>> to obtain access, accept the license agreement at >>>>> https://pkg.sun.com to obtain a certificate and key. Follow the >>>>> instructions given at registration to configure your system's >>>>> access to the ha-cluster publisher. >>>>> >>>>> To install the complete cluster, including agents, install the >>>>> ?ha-cluster-full? package. To install a minimal cluster, without >>>>> agents and other optional components, install the >>>>> ?ha-cluster-minimal? package instead. You can then install the >>>>> individual agents and other optional components. >>>>> >>>>> Open HA Cluster 2009.06 is free to use, with production level >>>>> support offerings available for two-node clusters. This release >>>>> runs on OpenSolaris 2009.06 only. >>>>> >>>>> For more information, see: >>>>> >>>>> http://opensolaris.org/os/community/ha-clusters/ohac/Documentation/OHACdocs/ >>>>> http://www.opensolaris.com/learn/features/availability/ >>>>> >>>>> If you don't have physical hardware available to create a >>>>> cluster, check out the following paper on running in with >>>>> VirtualBox: >>>>> http://opensolaris.org/os/project/colorado/files/Whitepaper-OpenHAClusterOnOpenSolaris-external.pdf >>>>> >>>>> Please direct your questions and comments to >>>>> ha-clusters-discuss at opensolaris.org . >>>>> >>>>> The Colorado Team >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> ha-clusters-discuss mailing list >>>>> ha-clusters-discuss at opensolaris.org >>>>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/ha-clusters-discuss >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> ha-clusters-discuss mailing list >>>> ha-clusters-discuss at opensolaris.org >>>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/ha-clusters-discuss >>>>
