Using Serviceguard Extension for RAC, 10th Edition, April 2013
Quorum Server Status..................................................................................................121
CVM Package Status...................................................................................................121
Status After Moving the Package to Another Node...........................................................122
Status After Package Switching is Enabled......................................................................123
Status After Halting a Node.........................................................................................123
Viewing Data on Unowned Packages.............................................................................123
Checking the Cluster Configuration and Components................................................................124
Checking Cluster Components...........................................................................................125
Setting up Periodic Cluster Verification................................................................................127
Example....................................................................................................................127
Limitations.......................................................................................................................128
Online Reconfiguration..........................................................................................................128
Online Node Addition and Deletion...................................................................................128
Managing the Shared Storage...............................................................................................129
Making LVM Volume Groups Shareable..............................................................................129
Making a Volume Group Unshareable ..........................................................................130
Activating an LVM Volume Group in Shared Mode...............................................................130
Deactivating a Shared Volume Group ...........................................................................130
Making Offline Changes to Shared Volume Groups.............................................................130
Adding Additional Shared LVM Volume Groups ..................................................................132
Changing the CVM Storage Configuration .........................................................................132
Removing Serviceguard Extension for RAC from a System..........................................................132
Monitoring Hardware ...........................................................................................................133
Using Event Monitoring Service..........................................................................................133
Using EMS Hardware Monitors..........................................................................................133
Adding Disk Hardware .........................................................................................................133
Replacing Disks....................................................................................................................134
Replacing a Mechanism in a Disk Array Configured with LVM...............................................134
Replacing a Mechanism in an HA Enclosure Configured with Exclusive LVM............................134
Online Replacement of a Mechanism in an HA Enclosure Configured with Shared LVM (SLVM)...135
Offline Replacement of a Mechanism in an HA Enclosure Configured with Shared LVM (SLVM)...136
Replacing a Lock Disk.......................................................................................................136
Online Hardware Maintenance with Inline SCSI Terminator ..................................................136
Replacement of I/O Cards.....................................................................................................138
Replacement of LAN Cards....................................................................................................138
Offline Replacement.........................................................................................................138
Online Replacement.........................................................................................................138
After Replacing the Card..................................................................................................138
Monitoring RAC Instances......................................................................................................139
6 Troubleshooting......................................................................................140
A Software Upgrades ...............................................................................141
Rolling Software Upgrades....................................................................................................142
Upgrading Serviceguard to SGeRAC cluster........................................................................142
Upgrading from an existing SGeRAC A.11.19 cluster to HP-UX 11i v3 1109
HA-OE/DC-OE...........................................................................................................142
Upgrading from an existing Serviceguard A.11.19 cluster to HP-UX 11i v3 1109 HA-OE/DC-OE
along with SGeRAC....................................................................................................142
Upgrading from an existing Serviceguard A.11.19 cluster to HP-UX 11i v3 1109
HA-OE/DC-OE along with SGeRAC (Alternative approach).........................................143
Upgrading from Serviceguard A.11.18 cluster to HP-UX 11i v3 1109 HA-OE/DC-OE along
with SGeRAC.............................................................................................................144
Upgrading from Serviceguard A.11.20 cluster to HP-UX 11i v3 1109 HA-OE/DC-OE along
with SGeRAC.............................................................................................................144
Steps for Rolling Upgrades ...............................................................................................144
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