Using Serviceguard Extension for RAC, 6th Edition, April 2008

Creating a SGeRAC Cluster with CFS for Oracle 9i....................................................111
Initializing the Veritas Volume Manager....................................................................112
Deleting CFS from the Cluster....................................................................................116
Creating a Storage Infrastructure with CVM...................................................................117
Initializing the Veritas Volume Manager....................................................................117
Using CVM 4.x or later................................................................................................117
Preparing the Cluster and the System Multi-node Package for use with CVM 4.x
or later....................................................................................................................117
Mirror Detachment Policies with CVM............................................................120
Using CVM 3.x.............................................................................................................120
Preparing the Cluster for Use with CVM 3.x.........................................................120
Starting the Cluster and Identifying the Master Node.....................................121
Converting Disks from LVM to CVM...............................................................121
Initializing Disks for CVM................................................................................121
Creating Disk Groups for RAC.........................................................................122
Creating Volumes.............................................................................................................122
Mirror Detachment Policies with CVM.......................................................................123
Oracle Demo Database Files ............................................................................................123
Adding Disk Groups to the Cluster Configuration..........................................................125
Installing Oracle 9i RAC...................................................................................................125
Install Oracle Software into CFS Home.......................................................................125
Create Database with Oracle Tools..............................................................................126
Verify that Oracle Disk Manager is Configured...............................................................127
Configure Oracle to use Oracle Disk Manager Library....................................................128
Verify Oracle Disk Manager is Running...........................................................................128
Configuring Oracle to Stop using Oracle Disk Manager Library.....................................129
Using Packages to Configure Startup and Shutdown of RAC Instances.........................130
Starting Oracle Instances.............................................................................................130
Starting Up and Shutting Down Manually............................................................130
Creating Packages to Launch Oracle RAC Instances..................................................131
Configuring Packages that Access the Oracle RAC Database....................................131
Adding or Removing Packages on a Running Cluster...............................................132
Writing the Package Control Script.............................................................................132
Using Serviceguard Manager to Write the Package Control Script.......................132
Using Commands to Write the Package Control Script.........................................132
Customizing the Package Control Script...............................................................133
Optimizing for Large Numbers of Storage Units..................................................134
Customizing the Control Script for RAC Instances...............................................134
Using the Command Line to Configure an Oracle RAC Instance Package...........135
Information for Creating the Oracle RAC Instance Package on a SGeRAC
Node..................................................................................................................135
Using Serviceguard Manager to Configure Oracle RAC Instance Package..........137
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