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
Serviceguard Configuration for Oracle RAC
Planning Database Storage
Chapter 234
Volume Planning with CVM
Storage capacity for the Oracle database must be provided in the form of
volumes located in shared disk groups. The Oracle software requires at
least two log files (an one undo tablespace for Oracle9) for each Oracle
instance, several Oracle control files and data files for the database itself.
For all these files, Serviceguard Extension for RAC uses HP-UX raw
volumes, which are located in disk groups that are shared between the
nodes in the cluster. High availability is achieved by using high
availability disk arrays in RAID nodes. The logical units of storage on
the arrays are accessed from each node through multiple physical
volume links via DMP (Dynamic Multi-pathing), which provides
redundant paths to each unit of storage.
Fill out the VERITAS Volume worksheet to provide volume names for
volumes that you will create using the VERITAS utilities. The Oracle
DBA and the HP-UX system administrator should prepare this
worksheet together. Create entries for shared volumes only. For each
volume, enter the full pathname of the raw volume device file. Be sure to
include the desired size in MB. Following is a sample worksheet filled
out. Refer to Appendix A, “Blank Planning Worksheets,” for samples of
blank worksheets. Make as many copies as you need. Fill out the
worksheet and keep it for future reference.