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

Creating Mirrored Logical Volumes for RAC Data Files...........................................................80
Creating RAC Volume Groups on Disk Arrays .............................................................................81
Creating Logical Volumes for RAC on Disk Arrays.......................................................................82
Oracle Demo Database Files ...........................................................................................................82
Displaying the Logical Volume Infrastructure ....................................................................................83
Exporting the Logical Volume Infrastructure ................................................................................83
Exporting with LVM Commands ..............................................................................................84
Installing Oracle Real Application Clusters.........................................................................................84
Cluster Configuration ASCII File.........................................................................................................85
Creating a Storage Infrastructure with CFS..........................................................................................87
Creating a SGeRAC Cluster with CFS for Oracle 9i........................................................................87
Initializing the Veritas Volume Manager.........................................................................................88
Deleting CFS from the Cluster.........................................................................................................91
Creating a Storage Infrastructure with CVM.......................................................................................92
Initializing the Veritas Volume Manager.........................................................................................92
Using CVM 4.x or later....................................................................................................................92
Preparing the Cluster and the System Multi-node Package for use with CVM 4.x or later......92
Mirror Detachment Policies with CVM................................................................................94
Using CVM 3.x.................................................................................................................................94
Preparing the Cluster for Use with CVM 3.x.............................................................................94
Starting the Cluster and Identifying the Master Node.........................................................95
Converting Disks from LVM to CVM...................................................................................95
Initializing Disks for CVM....................................................................................................95
Creating Disk Groups for RAC.............................................................................................96
Creating Volumes..................................................................................................................................96
Mirror Detachment Policies with CVM...........................................................................................96
Oracle Demo Database Files ................................................................................................................96
Adding Disk Groups to the Cluster Configuration..............................................................................98
Installing Oracle 9i RAC.......................................................................................................................98
Install Oracle Software into CFS Home...........................................................................................98
Create Database with Oracle Tools..................................................................................................99
Verify that Oracle Disk Manager is Configured...................................................................................99
Configure Oracle to use Oracle Disk Manager Library......................................................................100
Verify Oracle Disk Manager is Running.............................................................................................100
Configuring Oracle to Stop using Oracle Disk Manager Library.......................................................101
Using Packages to Configure Startup and Shutdown of RAC Instances...........................................101
Starting Oracle Instances...............................................................................................................101
Starting Up and Shutting Down Manually..............................................................................102
Creating Packages to Launch Oracle RAC Instances....................................................................102
Configuring Packages that Access the Oracle RAC Database.......................................................103
Adding or Removing Packages on a Running Cluster..................................................................103
Writing the Package Control Script...............................................................................................103
Using Serviceguard Manager to Write the Package Control Script.........................................103
Using Commands to Write the Package Control Script...........................................................103
Customizing the Package Control Script.................................................................................104
Optimizing for Large Numbers of Storage Units.....................................................................105
Customizing the Control Script for RAC Instances.................................................................105
Using the Command Line to Configure an Oracle RAC Instance Package.............................105
Information for Creating the Oracle RAC Instance Package on a SGeRAC Node.............106
Using Serviceguard Manager to Configure Oracle RAC Instance Package............................106
4 Maintenance and Troubleshooting..........................................................................107
Reviewing Cluster and Package States with the cmviewcl Command............................................107
Types of Cluster and Package States..............................................................................................107
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