Using Serviceguard Extension for RAC, 2nd Edition, February 2005 Update
Table Of Contents
- Using Serviceguard Extension for RAC
- 1 Introduction to Serviceguard Extension for RAC
- 2 Serviceguard Configuration for Oracle RAC
- Planning Database Storage
- Installing Serviceguard Extension for RAC
- Configuration File Parameters
- Creating a Storage Infrastructure with LVM
- Building Volume Groups for RAC on Mirrored Disks
- Building Mirrored Logical Volumes for RAC with LVM Commands
- Creating RAC Volume Groups on Disk Arrays
- Creating Logical Volumes for RAC on Disk Arrays
- Oracle Demo Database Files
- Displaying the Logical Volume Infrastructure
- Exporting the Logical Volume Infrastructure
- Installing Oracle Real Application Clusters
- Cluster Configuration ASCII File
- Creating a Storage Infrastructure with CVM
- Initializing the VERITAS Volume Manager
- Preparing the Cluster for Use with CVM
- Starting the Cluster and Identifying the Master Node
- Converting Disks from LVM to CVM
- Initializing Disks for CVM
- Creating Disk Groups for RAC
- Creating Volumes
- Oracle Demo Database Files
- Adding Disk Groups to the Cluster Configuration
- Using Packages to Configure Startup and Shutdown of RAC Instances
- Starting Oracle Instances
- Creating Packages to Launch Oracle RAC Instances
- Configuring Packages that Access the Oracle RAC Database
- running cluster:adding or removing packages
- Writing the Package Control Script
- Using Serviceguard Manager to Write the Package Control Script
- Using Commands to Write the Package Control Script
- Customizing the Package Control Script
- Optimizing for Large Numbers of Storage Units
- Customizing the Control Script for RAC Instances
- Configuring an Oracle RAC Instance Package
- Using Serviceguard Manager to a Configure Oracle RAC Instance Package
- Enabling DB Provider Monitoring
- 3 Maintenance and Troubleshooting
- Reviewing Cluster and Package States with the
- Managing the Shared Storage
- Removing ServiceGuard Extension for RAC from a System
- Monitoring Hardware
- Adding Disk Hardware
- Replacing Disks
- Replacement of I/O Cards
- Replacement of LAN Cards
- Monitoring RAC Instances
- A Blank Planning Worksheets
Introduction to Serviceguard Extension for RAC
Configuring Packages for Oracle RAC Instances
Chapter 122
Configuring Packages for Oracle RAC
Instances
Oracle instances can be configured as packages with a single node in
their node list. Package configuration is described in Chapter 2.
NOTE Packages that start and halt Oracle instances (called instance
packages) do not fail over from one node to another; they are
single-node packages. You should include only one node name in the
package ASCII configuration file. The AUTO_RUN setting will determine
whether the RAC instance will start up as the node joins the cluster.
Your cluster may include RAC and non-RAC packages in the same
configuration.
Configuring Packages for Oracle Listeners
Oracle listeners can be configured as packages within the cluster (called
listener packages). Each node with a RAC instance can be configured
with a listener package. Listener packages are configured to
automatically fail over from original node to an adoptive node. When the
original node is restored, the listener package automatically fails back to
the original node.
In the listener package ASCII configuration file, the
FAILBACK_POLICY is set to AUTOMATIC. The SUBNET is set of
monitored subnets. The package can be set to automatically startup
with the AUTO_RUN setting.
Each RAC instance can be configured to register with listeners assigned
to handle client connections. The listener package script is configured to
add the package IP address and start the listener on the original node.
Since each node can be configured with a listener package, when the
listener package runs on an adoptive node, the package script should be
configured to add the package IP address, but should not start the
listener. If the adoptive node also has a RAC instance, the adoptive node
should have its own listener package configured with its own package IP
address and listener.