Sample Configurations with SGeRAC and Oracle RAC 10gR2, March 2009

8. Provide passwords for user accounts.

9. Select Listeners to register database.

a. In this sample, the listeners used are “LISTENER_MO” and “LISTENER_MINIE”.

10. Select Storage Options.

a. In this sample, Select the storage option for Cluster File System.

11. Provide Database File Locations.

a. In this sample, choose “Use Common Location for all Database Files” and enter

/cfs/mnt2/oradata as the common directory.

12. Choose Recovery Configuration.

a. In this sample, use default parameters (Flash Recovery Area configured) and select

Enable Archiving.

b. If Flash Recovery Area is configured, archive logs default to the Flash Recovery area.

c. With CFS, the archives can be on a file system that is accessed by any node that would

be performing a database recovery.

13. Select Database Content

14. Configure Database Services.

15. Configure Initialization Parameters.

16. Configure Database Storage.

17. Create Database.

Configuring Serviceguard packages with Serviceguard Extension for RAC

It is recommended to start and stop Oracle Cluster Software in a Serviceguard package, as that will

ensure that Oracle Cluster Software will start after SGeRAC is started and will stop before SGeRAC is

halted. Serviceguard packages should also be used to synchronize storage activation and

deactivation with Oracle Cluster Software and RAC instances. Additionally, the Serviceguard

package also checks CSS in case CSS is halted outside the package. If CSS is halted outside the

package, the package halts.

For SGeRAC A.11.17, there is the Use of Serviceguard Extension For RAC Toolkit with Oracle RAC

10g Release 2 or Later White Paper (http://docs.hp.com/en/ha.html) to configure packages with

multi-node packages and simple dependency features. The SGeRAC Toolkit can be downloaded from

the HP Software Depot (http://software.hp.com/ à High availability à Serviceguard Extension for

RAC Toolkit).

SGeRAC A.11.18 and later includes the SGeRAC Toolkit along with a README document describing

the use of SGeRAC Toolkit.

Prepare Oracle Cluster Software for Serviceguard packages

# export ORA_CRS_HOME=/mnt/app/crs/oracle/product/10.2.0/crs

# export PATH=$PATH:$ORA_CRS_HOME/bin

Stop Oracle Clusterware on each node

For 10g 10.2.0.1 or later:

# crsctl stop crs

Wait until Oracle Cluster Software completely stops. (Check CRS logs or check for Oracle processes,

for example ps –ef | grep ocssd.bin)

Change Oracle Cluster Software from starting at boot time on each node

For 10g 10.2.0.1 or later: