Using Serviceguard Extension for RAC, 7th Edition, September 2008

Using CVM 4.x or later....................................................................................................................57
Preparing the Cluster and the System Multi-node Package for use with CVM 4.x or later......58
Mirror Detachment Policies with CVM................................................................................59
Using CVM 3.x.................................................................................................................................60
Preparing the Cluster for Use with CVM 3.x.............................................................................60
Starting the Cluster and Identifying the Master Node.........................................................60
Converting Disks from LVM to CVM...................................................................................60
Initializing Disks for CVM....................................................................................................61
Creating Disk Groups for RAC.............................................................................................61
Creating Volumes..................................................................................................................................61
Mirror Detachment Policies with CVM...........................................................................................61
Oracle Demo Database Files ................................................................................................................62
Adding Disk Groups to the Cluster Configuration..............................................................................63
Prerequisites for Oracle 10g (Sample Installation)...............................................................................63
Installing Oracle 10g Cluster Software.................................................................................................66
Installing on Local File System........................................................................................................66
Installing Oracle 10g RAC Binaries......................................................................................................67
Installing RAC Binaries on a Local File System..............................................................................67
Installing RAC Binaries on Cluster File System..............................................................................67
Creating a RAC Demo Database...........................................................................................................67
Creating a RAC Demo Database on SLVM or CVM.......................................................................67
Creating a RAC Demo Database on CFS.........................................................................................68
Verifying Oracle Disk Manager is Configured.....................................................................................68
Configuring Oracle to Use Oracle Disk Manager Library....................................................................69
Verify that Oracle Disk Manager is Running........................................................................................69
Configuring Oracle to Stop Using Oracle Disk Manager Library........................................................70
Using Serviceguard Packages to Synchronize with Oracle 10g RAC...................................................70
Preparing Oracle Cluster Software for Serviceguard Packages......................................................71
Configure Serviceguard Packages...................................................................................................71
3 Serviceguard Configuration for Oracle 9i RAC.......................................................73
Planning Database Storage...................................................................................................................73
Volume Planning with SLVM..........................................................................................................73
Storage Planning with CFS..............................................................................................................74
Configuration Combinations with Oracle 9i RAC.....................................................................74
Using Single CFS Home or Local Home....................................................................................74
Considerations on using CFS for RAC datafiles and Server Management Storage (SRVM).....75
Considerations on using Raw Volumes for RAC datafiles and Server Management storage
(SRVM).......................................................................................................................................75
Volume Planning with CVM...........................................................................................................75
Installing Serviceguard Extension for RAC .........................................................................................76
Veritas Cluster Volume Manager (CVM) and Cluster File System (CFS)............................................76
Veritas Storage Management Products.................................................................................................77
About Multipathing.........................................................................................................................77
About Device Special Files....................................................................................................................77
Operating System Parameters..............................................................................................................77
Creating a Storage Infrastructure with LVM........................................................................................78
Building Volume Groups for RAC on Mirrored Disks...................................................................78
Creating Volume Groups and Logical Volumes .......................................................................79
Selecting Disks for the Volume Group.................................................................................79
Creating Physical Volumes...................................................................................................79
Creating a Volume Group with PVG-Strict Mirroring.........................................................79
Building Mirrored Logical Volumes for RAC with LVM Commands............................................80
Creating Mirrored Logical Volumes for RAC Redo Logs and Control Files.............................80
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