Disaster recovery rehearsal in Continentalclusters

In this section, the Continentalclusters configuration is updated with 1) rehearsal package names used

for rehearsing the recovery groups and 2) Continentalclusters state directory name.

Complete the following procedure to update the configuration with the rehearsal packages and the

Continentalclusters shared directory name.

1. In the Cluster section of the /etc/cmcluster/cmconcl.config file, uncomment the

CONTINENTAL_CLUSTER_STATE_DIR field, and against it enter the string

“/opt/cmconcl/statedir” as show below. It is assumed that the file,

/etc/cmcluster/cmconcl.config, is the Continentalclusters configuration ASCII file that is applied

for the Continentalclusters.

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CONTINENTAL_CLUSTER_NAME cc-cluster

CONTINENTAL_CLUSTER_STATE_DIR /opt/cmconcl/statedir

CLUSTER_NAME Atlanta

CLUSTER_DOMAIN atlanta.hp.com

NODE_NAME ATLnode1

NODE_NAME ATLnode2

MONITOR_PACKAGE_NAME ccmonpkg

MONITOR_INTERVAL 60 SECONDS

CLUSTER_NAME Houston

CLUSTER_DOMAIN houston.hp.com

NODE_NAME HOUnode1

NODE_NAME HOUnode2

MONITOR_PACKAGE_NAME ccmonpkg

MONITOR_INTERVAL 60 SECONDS

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2. Under the recovery group section, configure the REHEARSAL_PACKAGE field for recovery groups,

inv_rac10g_recgp, sales_rac9i_recgp_1, sales_rac9i_recgp_2 and billing_recgp with the

rehearsal package names inv_rac10g_rhpkg, sales_rac9i_rhpkg_1, sales_rac9i_rhpkg_2 and

billing_rhpkg respectively. A snippet of the Continentalclusters configuration with recovery groups

configuration changes is shown below.

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Recovery group: inv_rac10g_recgp

Primary package : Atlanta/inv_rac10g_primpkg

Recovery package : Houston/inv_rac10g_recpkg

Rehearsal package : Houston/inv_rac10g_rhpkg

Recovery group: sales_rac9i_recgp_1

Primary package : Atlanta/sales_rac9i_primpkg_1

Recovery package : Houston/sales_rac9i_recpkg_1

Rehearsal package : Houston/sales_rac9i_rhpkg_1

Recovery group: sales_rac9i_recgp_2

Primary package : Atlanta/sales_rac9i_primpkg_2

Recovery package : Houston/sales_rac9i_recpkg_2

Rehearsal package : Houston/sales_rac9i_rhpkg_2