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

Types of Cluster and Package States..............................................................................................109
Examples of Cluster and Package States..................................................................................109
Types of Cluster and Package States........................................................................................111
Cluster Status ...........................................................................................................................112
Node Status and State ..............................................................................................................112
Package Status and State .........................................................................................................112
Package Switching Attributes..................................................................................................112
Status of Group Membership...................................................................................................113
Service Status ...........................................................................................................................113
Network Status.........................................................................................................................113
Failover and Failback Policies..................................................................................................113
Examples of Cluster and Package States ......................................................................................114
Normal Running Status............................................................................................................114
Quorum Server Status..............................................................................................................115
CVM Package Status.................................................................................................................115
Status After Moving the Package to Another Node.................................................................115
Status After Package Switching is Enabled..............................................................................116
Status After Halting a Node.....................................................................................................117
Viewing Data on Unowned Packages......................................................................................117
Online Reconfiguration.......................................................................................................................118
Online Node Addition and Deletion.............................................................................................118
Managing the Shared Storage.............................................................................................................118
Making LVM Volume Groups Shareable.......................................................................................118
Making a Volume Group Unshareable ....................................................................................119
Activating an LVM Volume Group in Shared Mode.....................................................................119
Deactivating a Shared Volume Group .....................................................................................119
Making Offline Changes to Shared Volume Groups.....................................................................120
Adding Additional Shared LVM Volume Groups ........................................................................121
Changing the VxVM or CVM Storage Configuration ..................................................................121
Removing Serviceguard Extension for RAC from a System..............................................................122
Monitoring Hardware ........................................................................................................................122
Using Event Monitoring Service....................................................................................................122
Using EMS Hardware Monitors....................................................................................................123
Adding Disk Hardware ......................................................................................................................123
Replacing Disks...................................................................................................................................123
Replacing a Mechanism in a Disk Array Configured with LVM..................................................123
Replacing a Mechanism in an HA Enclosure Configured with Exclusive LVM...........................124
Online Replacement of a Mechanism in an HA Enclosure Configured with Shared LVM
(SLVM)...........................................................................................................................................124
Offline Replacement of a Mechanism in an HA Enclosure Configured with Shared LVM
(SLVM)...........................................................................................................................................125
Replacing a Lock Disk...................................................................................................................126
Online Hardware Maintenance with Inline SCSI Terminator ......................................................126
Replacement of I/O Cards...................................................................................................................127
Replacement of LAN Cards................................................................................................................128
Offline Replacement......................................................................................................................128
Online Replacement.......................................................................................................................128
After Replacing the Card...............................................................................................................128
Monitoring RAC Instances..................................................................................................................129
A Software Upgrades ..................................................................................................131
Rolling Software Upgrades.................................................................................................................131
Steps for Rolling Upgrades ...........................................................................................................132
Keeping Kernels Consistent.....................................................................................................132
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