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

Building Mirrored Logical Volumes for RAC with LVM Commands............................................82
Creating Mirrored Logical Volumes for RAC Redo Logs and Control Files.............................82
Creating Mirrored Logical Volumes for RAC Data Files...........................................................82
Creating RAC Volume Groups on Disk Arrays .............................................................................83
Creating Logical Volumes for RAC on Disk Arrays.......................................................................84
Oracle Demo Database Files ...........................................................................................................84
Displaying the Logical Volume Infrastructure ....................................................................................85
Exporting the Logical Volume Infrastructure ................................................................................85
Exporting with LVM Commands ..............................................................................................86
Installing Oracle Real Application Clusters.........................................................................................86
Cluster Configuration ASCII File.........................................................................................................87
Creating a Storage Infrastructure with CFS..........................................................................................93
Creating a SGeRAC Cluster with CFS for Oracle 9i........................................................................93
Initializing the Veritas Volume Manager.........................................................................................93
Deleting CFS from the Cluster.........................................................................................................96
Creating a Storage Infrastructure with CVM.......................................................................................97
Initializing the Veritas Volume Manager.........................................................................................97
Using CVM 4.x or later....................................................................................................................97
Preparing the Cluster and the System Multi-node Package for use with CVM 4.x or later......98
Mirror Detachment Policies with CVM................................................................................99
Using CVM 3.x...............................................................................................................................100
Preparing the Cluster for Use with CVM 3.x...........................................................................100
Starting the Cluster and Identifying the Master Node.......................................................100
Converting Disks from LVM to CVM.................................................................................100
Initializing Disks for CVM..................................................................................................101
Creating Disk Groups for RAC...........................................................................................101
Creating Volumes................................................................................................................................101
Mirror Detachment Policies with CVM.........................................................................................101
Oracle Demo Database Files ..............................................................................................................102
Adding Disk Groups to the Cluster Configuration............................................................................103
Installing Oracle 9i RAC.....................................................................................................................103
Install Oracle Software into CFS Home.........................................................................................103
Create Database with Oracle Tools................................................................................................104
Verify that Oracle Disk Manager is Configured.................................................................................105
Configure Oracle to use Oracle Disk Manager Library......................................................................105
Verify Oracle Disk Manager is Running.............................................................................................105
Configuring Oracle to Stop using Oracle Disk Manager Library.......................................................106
Using Packages to Configure Startup and Shutdown of RAC Instances...........................................107
Starting Oracle Instances...............................................................................................................107
Starting Up and Shutting Down Manually..............................................................................107
Creating Packages to Launch Oracle RAC Instances....................................................................107
Configuring Packages that Access the Oracle RAC Database.......................................................108
Adding or Removing Packages on a Running Cluster..................................................................108
Writing the Package Control Script...............................................................................................108
Using Serviceguard Manager to Write the Package Control Script.........................................109
Using Commands to Write the Package Control Script...........................................................109
Customizing the Package Control Script.................................................................................109
Optimizing for Large Numbers of Storage Units.....................................................................110
Customizing the Control Script for RAC Instances.................................................................110
Using the Command Line to Configure an Oracle RAC Instance Package.............................111
Information for Creating the Oracle RAC Instance Package on a SGeRAC Node.............111
Using Serviceguard Manager to Configure Oracle RAC Instance Package............................112
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