Using Serviceguard Extension for RAC, 4th Edition, February 2007

Serviceguard Configuration for Oracle 9i RAC
Creating a Storage Infrastructure with Veritas Cluster File System (CFS)
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Creating a Storage Infrastructure with
Veritas Cluster File System (CFS)
In addition to configuring the cluster, you create the appropriate logical
volume infrastructure to provide access to data from different nodes.
This is done with Logical Volume Manager (LVM), Veritas Volume
Manager (VxVM), or Veritas Cluster Volume Manager (CVM). You can
also use a mixture of volume types, depending on your needs. LVM and
VxVM configuration are done before cluster configuration, and CVM
configuration is done after cluster configuration.
This section has information about configuring a cluster that uses the
Veritas cluster file system (CFS) with Veritas Cluster Volume Manager
(CVM) 4.1 or later. The next section (“Creating a Storage Infrastructure
with CVM” on page 144) has information about configuring the Veritas
Cluster Volume Manager (CVM) with other filesystems, not CFS.
For more information refer the following documents at
http://docs.hp.com -> High Availability.
• Serviceguard Extension for RAC Version A.11.17 Release Notes
• HP Serviceguard Storage Management Suite Version A.02.00 Release
Notes.
Creating a SGeRAC Cluster with CFS for Oracle 9i
The following software needs to be pre-installed in order to use this
configuration:
• SGeRAC and CFS 4.1 are included with the HP Serviceguard
Storage Management Suite T2777BA or Mission Critical Operating
Environment (MCOE) T2797BA.
• SGeRAC and CFS 5.0 are included with the HP Serviceguard
Storage Management Suite T2777CA or Mission Critical Operating
Environment (MCOE) T2797CA.
With CFS, the database software and database files (control, redo, data
files), and archive logs may reside on a cluster file system, which is
visible by all nodes.