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

Examples of Cluster and Package States..................................................................................107
Types of Cluster and Package States........................................................................................109
Cluster Status ...........................................................................................................................110
Node Status and State ..............................................................................................................110
Package Status and State .........................................................................................................110
Package Switching Attributes..................................................................................................110
Status of Group Membership...................................................................................................111
Service Status ...........................................................................................................................111
Network Status.........................................................................................................................111
Serial Line Status......................................................................................................................111
Failover and Failback Policies..................................................................................................112
Examples of Cluster and Package States ......................................................................................112
Normal Running Status............................................................................................................112
Quorum Server Status..............................................................................................................113
CVM Package Status.................................................................................................................113
Status After Moving the Package to Another Node.................................................................114
Status After Package Switching is Enabled..............................................................................115
Status After Halting a Node.....................................................................................................115
Viewing Data on Unowned Packages......................................................................................115
Online Reconfiguration.......................................................................................................................116
Online Node Addition and Deletion.............................................................................................116
Managing the Shared Storage.............................................................................................................116
Making LVM Volume Groups Shareable.......................................................................................117
Making a Volume Group Unshareable ....................................................................................117
Activating an LVM Volume Group in Shared Mode.....................................................................117
Deactivating a Shared Volume Group .....................................................................................118
Making Offline Changes to Shared Volume Groups.....................................................................118
Adding Additional Shared LVM Volume Groups ........................................................................119
Changing the VxVM or CVM Storage Configuration ..................................................................119
Removing Serviceguard Extension for RAC from a System..............................................................120
Monitoring Hardware ........................................................................................................................120
Using Event Monitoring Service....................................................................................................120
Using EMS Hardware Monitors....................................................................................................121
Adding Disk Hardware ......................................................................................................................121
Replacing Disks...................................................................................................................................121
Replacing a Mechanism in a Disk Array Configured with LVM..................................................121
Replacing a Mechanism in an HA Enclosure Configured with Exclusive LVM...........................122
Online Replacement of a Mechanism in an HA Enclosure Configured with Shared LVM
(SLVM)...........................................................................................................................................122
Offline Replacement of a Mechanism in an HA Enclosure Configured with Shared LVM
(SLVM)...........................................................................................................................................123
Replacing a Lock Disk...................................................................................................................124
On-line Hardware Maintenance with In-line SCSI Terminator ....................................................124
Replacement of I/O Cards...................................................................................................................125
Replacement of LAN Cards................................................................................................................126
Off-Line Replacement....................................................................................................................126
On-Line Replacement....................................................................................................................126
After Replacing the Card...............................................................................................................126
Monitoring RAC Instances..................................................................................................................127
A Software Upgrades ..................................................................................................129
Rolling Software Upgrades.................................................................................................................129
Steps for Rolling Upgrades ...........................................................................................................130
Keeping Kernels Consistent.....................................................................................................130
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