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

Creating Mirrored Logical Volumes for RAC Redo Logs and Control Files.............................78
Creating Mirrored Logical Volumes for RAC Data Files...........................................................78
Creating RAC Volume Groups on Disk Arrays .............................................................................79
Creating Logical Volumes for RAC on Disk Arrays.......................................................................80
Oracle Demo Database Files ...........................................................................................................80
Displaying the Logical Volume Infrastructure ....................................................................................82
Exporting the Logical Volume Infrastructure ................................................................................82
Exporting with LVM Commands ..............................................................................................82
Installing Oracle Real Application Clusters.........................................................................................82
Cluster Configuration ASCII File.........................................................................................................83
Creating a Storage Infrastructure with CFS..........................................................................................89
Creating a SGeRAC Cluster with CFS for Oracle 9i........................................................................89
Initializing the Veritas Volume Manager.........................................................................................89
Deleting CFS from the Cluster.........................................................................................................92
Creating a Storage Infrastructure with CVM.......................................................................................93
Initializing the Veritas Volume Manager.........................................................................................93
Using CVM 5.x or later....................................................................................................................94
Preparing the Cluster and the System Multi-node Package for use with CVM 5.x or later......94
Mirror Detachment Policies with CVM................................................................................96
Using CVM 5.x.................................................................................................................................96
Preparing the Cluster for Use with CVM 5.x.............................................................................96
Starting the Cluster and Identifying the Master Node.........................................................96
Converting Disks from LVM to CVM...................................................................................97
Initializing Disks for CVM....................................................................................................97
Creating Disk Groups for RAC.............................................................................................97
Creating Volumes..................................................................................................................................97
Mirror Detachment Policies with CVM...........................................................................................98
Oracle Demo Database Files ................................................................................................................98
Adding Disk Groups to the Cluster Configuration..............................................................................99
Installing Oracle 9i RAC.......................................................................................................................99
Install Oracle Software into CFS Home.........................................................................................100
Create Database with Oracle Tools................................................................................................100
Verify that Oracle Disk Manager is Configured.................................................................................101
Configure Oracle to use Oracle Disk Manager Library......................................................................101
Verify Oracle Disk Manager is Running.............................................................................................102
Configuring Oracle to Stop using Oracle Disk Manager Library.......................................................103
Using Packages to Configure Startup and Shutdown of RAC Instances...........................................103
Starting Oracle Instances...............................................................................................................103
Starting Up and Shutting Down Manually..............................................................................103
Creating Packages to Launch Oracle RAC Instances....................................................................104
Configuring Packages that Access the Oracle RAC Database.......................................................104
Adding or Removing Packages on a Running Cluster..................................................................105
Writing the Package Control Script...............................................................................................105
Using Serviceguard Manager to Write the Package Control Script.........................................105
Using Commands to Write the Package Control Script...........................................................105
Customizing the Package Control Script.................................................................................105
Optimizing for Large Numbers of Storage Units.....................................................................106
Customizing the Control Script for RAC Instances.................................................................106
Using the Command Line to Configure an Oracle RAC Instance Package.............................107
Information for Creating the Oracle RAC Instance Package on a SGeRAC Node.............107
Using Serviceguard Manager to Configure Oracle RAC Instance Package............................108
4 Maintenance and Troubleshooting..........................................................................109
Reviewing Cluster and Package States with the cmviewcl Command............................................109
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