Using Serviceguard Extension for RAC, 10th Edition, April 2013

2 Serviceguard Configuration for Oracle 10gR2, 11gR1,
or 11gR2 RAC
This chapter shows the additional planning and configuration that is needed to use Oracle Real
Application Clusters 10gR2/11gR1/11gR2 with Serviceguard. The following topics are presented:
• “Interface Areas” (page 26)
• “Oracle Cluster Software” (page 27)
• “Planning Storage for Oracle Cluster Software” (page 31)
• “Planning Storage for Oracle 10gR2/11gR1/11gR2 RAC” (page 31)
• “Installing Serviceguard Extension for RAC ” (page 34)
• “Installing Oracle Real Application Clusters” (page 48)
• “Cluster Communication Network Monitoring” (page 36)
• “Creating a Storage Infrastructure with LVM” (page 42)
• “Creating a Storage Infrastructure with CFS” (page 49)
• “Creating a Storage Infrastructure with CVM” (page 53)
• “Installing Oracle 10gR2, 11gR1, or 11gR2 Cluster Software” (page 63)
Interface Areas
This section documents interface areas where there is expected interaction between SGeRAC,
Oracle 10gR2/11gR1/11gR2 Cluster Software, and RAC.
Group Membership API (NMAPI2)
The NMAPI2 client links with the SGeRAC provided NMAPI2 library for group membership service.
The group membership is layered on top of the SGeRAC cluster membership where all the primary
group members are processes within cluster nodes. Cluster membership has node names and group
membership has process names. Upon an SGeRAC group membership change, SGeRAC delivers
the new group membership to other members of the same group.
SGeRAC Detection
When Oracle 10gR2/11gR1/11gR2 Cluster Software is installed on an SGeRAC cluster, Oracle
Cluster Software detects the existence of SGeRAC, and CSS uses SGeRAC group membership.
Cluster Timeouts
SGeRAC periodically check heartbeat member timeouts to determine when any SGeRAC cluster
member has failed or when any cluster member is unable to communicate with the other cluster
members. CSS uses a similar mechanism for CSS memberships. Each RAC instance group
membership also has a member timeout mechanism, which triggers Instance Membership Recovery
(IMR).
NOTE: HP and Oracle support SGeRAC to provide group membership to CSS.
Serviceguard Cluster Timeout
The Serviceguard cluster heartbeat timeout is set according to user requirements for availability.
The Serviceguard cluster reconfiguration time is determined by the cluster timeout, configuration,
the reconfiguration algorithm, and activities during reconfiguration.
26 Serviceguard Configuration for Oracle 10gR2, 11gR1, or 11gR2 RAC