Using Serviceguard Extension for RAC, 9th Edition, September 2010

Initializing the Veritas Volume Manager.........................................................................................55
Using CVM 5.x or later....................................................................................................................55
Preparing the Cluster and the System Multi-node Package for use with CVM 5.x or later......55
Mirror Detachment Policies with CVM................................................................................57
Using CVM 5.x.................................................................................................................................57
Preparing the Cluster for Use with CVM 5.x.............................................................................57
Starting the Cluster and Identifying the Master Node.........................................................58
Converting Disks from LVM to CVM...................................................................................58
Initializing Disks for CVM....................................................................................................58
Creating Disk Groups for RAC.............................................................................................58
Creating Volumes..................................................................................................................................59
Mirror Detachment Policies with CVM...........................................................................................59
Oracle Demo Database Files ................................................................................................................59
Adding Disk Groups to the Cluster Configuration..............................................................................60
Prerequisites for Oracle 10g, 11gR1, or 11gR2 (Sample Installation)...................................................61
Installing Oracle 10g, 11gR1, or 11gR2 Cluster Software.....................................................................64
Installing on Local File System........................................................................................................64
Installing Oracle 10g/11gR1/11gR2 RAC Binaries................................................................................64
Installing RAC Binaries on a Local File System..............................................................................64
Installing RAC Binaries on Cluster File System..............................................................................65
Creating a RAC Demo Database...........................................................................................................65
Creating a RAC Demo Database on SLVM or CVM.......................................................................65
Creating a RAC Demo Database on CFS.........................................................................................66
Verifying Oracle Disk Manager is Configured.....................................................................................66
Configuring Oracle to Use Oracle Disk Manager Library....................................................................67
Verify that Oracle Disk Manager is Running........................................................................................67
Configuring Oracle to Stop Using Oracle Disk Manager Library........................................................68
Using Serviceguard Packages to Synchronize with Oracle 10g/11gR1/11gR2 RAC............................68
Preparing Oracle Cluster Software for Serviceguard Packages......................................................69
Configure Serviceguard Packages...................................................................................................69
3 Serviceguard Configuration for Oracle 9i RAC.......................................................71
Planning Database Storage...................................................................................................................71
Volume Planning with SLVM..........................................................................................................71
Storage Planning with CFS..............................................................................................................72
Configuration Combinations with Oracle 9i RAC.....................................................................72
Using Single CFS Home or Local Home....................................................................................72
Considerations on using CFS for RAC datafiles and Server Management Storage (SRVM).....73
Considerations on using Raw Volumes for RAC datafiles and Server Management storage
(SRVM).......................................................................................................................................73
Volume Planning with CVM...........................................................................................................73
Installing Serviceguard Extension for RAC .........................................................................................74
Veritas Cluster Volume Manager (CVM) and Cluster File System (CFS)............................................74
Veritas Storage Management Products.................................................................................................75
About Multipathing.........................................................................................................................75
About Device Special Files....................................................................................................................75
Operating System Parameters..............................................................................................................75
Creating a Storage Infrastructure with LVM........................................................................................76
Building Volume Groups for RAC on Mirrored Disks...................................................................76
Creating Volume Groups and Logical Volumes .......................................................................77
Selecting Disks for the Volume Group.................................................................................77
Creating Physical Volumes...................................................................................................77
Creating a Volume Group with PVG-Strict Mirroring.........................................................77
Building Mirrored Logical Volumes for RAC with LVM Commands............................................78
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