Using Serviceguard Extension for RAC, 5th Edition, June 2007
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Preface
This fifth printing of the manual has been updated for Serviceguard
Extension for RAC (Oracle Real Application Cluster) Version A.11.18 on
HP-UX 11i v2 and 11i v3, Veritas Cluster File System (CFS)/Cluster
Volume Manager (CVM) from Symantec version 5.0, Cluster
Interconnect Subnet Monitoring feature, and the SGeRAC Toolkit.
This guide covers describes how to use the Serviceguard Extension for
RAC (Oracle Real Application Cluster) to configure Serviceguard
clusters for use with Oracle Real Application Cluster software on HP
High Availability clusters running the HP-UX operating system. The
contents are as follows:
• Chapter 1, “Introduction,” describes a Serviceguard cluster and
provides a roadmap for using this guide. This chapter should be used
as a supplement to Chapters 1–3 of the Managing Serviceguard
user’s guide.
• Chapter 2, “Serviceguard Configuration for Oracle 10g RAC,”
describes the additional steps you need to take to use Serviceguard
with Real Application Clusters when configuring Oracle 10g RAC.
This chapter should be used as a supplement to Chapters 4–6 of the
Managing Serviceguard user’s guide.
• Chapter 3, “Serviceguard Configuration for Oracle 9i RAC,”
describes the additional steps you need to take to use Serviceguard
with Real Application Clusters when configuring Oracle 9i RAC.
This chapter should be used as a supplement to Chapters 4–6 of the
Managing Serviceguard user’s guide.
• Chapter 4, “Maintenance and Troubleshooting,” describes tools and
techniques necessary for ongoing cluster operation. This chapter
should be used as a supplement to Chapters 7–8 of the Managing
Serviceguard user’s guide.
• Appendix A, “Software Upgrades,” describes rolling, non-rolling and
migration with cold install upgrade procedures for SGeRAC clusters.
• Appendix B, “Blank Planning Worksheets,” contains planning
worksheets for LVM, VxVM, and Oracle Logical Volume.