Using Serviceguard Extension for RAC, 8th Edition, March 2009

Creating a Storage Infrastructure with CVM.......................................................................................59
Initializing the Veritas Volume Manager.........................................................................................59
Using CVM 4.x or later....................................................................................................................59
Preparing the Cluster and the System Multi-node Package for use with CVM 4.x or later......59
Mirror Detachment Policies with CVM................................................................................61
Using CVM 3.x.................................................................................................................................61
Preparing the Cluster for Use with CVM 3.x.............................................................................61
Starting the Cluster and Identifying the Master Node.........................................................62
Converting Disks from LVM to CVM...................................................................................62
Initializing Disks for CVM....................................................................................................62
Creating Disk Groups for RAC.............................................................................................63
Creating Volumes..................................................................................................................................63
Mirror Detachment Policies with CVM...........................................................................................63
Oracle Demo Database Files ................................................................................................................63
Adding Disk Groups to the Cluster Configuration..............................................................................65
Prerequisites for Oracle 10g or 11gR1 (Sample Installation)................................................................65
Installing Oracle 10g or 11gR1 Cluster Software..................................................................................68
Installing on Local File System........................................................................................................68
Installing Oracle 10g/11gR1 RAC Binaries...........................................................................................68
Installing RAC Binaries on a Local File System..............................................................................68
Installing RAC Binaries on Cluster File System..............................................................................69
Creating a RAC Demo Database...........................................................................................................69
Creating a RAC Demo Database on SLVM or CVM.......................................................................69
Creating a RAC Demo Database on CFS.........................................................................................69
Verifying Oracle Disk Manager is Configured.....................................................................................70
Configuring Oracle to Use Oracle Disk Manager Library....................................................................71
Verify that Oracle Disk Manager is Running........................................................................................71
Configuring Oracle to Stop Using Oracle Disk Manager Library........................................................72
Using Serviceguard Packages to Synchronize with Oracle 10g/11gR1 RAC.......................................72
Preparing Oracle Cluster Software for Serviceguard Packages......................................................73
Configure Serviceguard Packages...................................................................................................73
3 Serviceguard Configuration for Oracle 9i RAC.......................................................75
Planning Database Storage...................................................................................................................75
Volume Planning with SLVM..........................................................................................................75
Storage Planning with CFS..............................................................................................................76
Configuration Combinations with Oracle 9i RAC.....................................................................76
Using Single CFS Home or Local Home....................................................................................76
Considerations on using CFS for RAC datafiles and Server Management Storage (SRVM).....77
Considerations on using Raw Volumes for RAC datafiles and Server Management storage
(SRVM).......................................................................................................................................77
Volume Planning with CVM...........................................................................................................77
Installing Serviceguard Extension for RAC .........................................................................................78
Veritas Cluster Volume Manager (CVM) and Cluster File System (CFS)............................................78
Veritas Storage Management Products.................................................................................................79
About Multipathing.........................................................................................................................79
About Device Special Files....................................................................................................................79
Operating System Parameters..............................................................................................................79
Creating a Storage Infrastructure with LVM........................................................................................80
Building Volume Groups for RAC on Mirrored Disks...................................................................80
Creating Volume Groups and Logical Volumes .......................................................................81
Selecting Disks for the Volume Group.................................................................................81
Creating Physical Volumes...................................................................................................81
Creating a Volume Group with PVG-Strict Mirroring.........................................................81
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