Using Serviceguard Extension for RAC Version A.11.20 - (August 2011)

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Contents

Advantages of using SGeRAC.........................................................................8

User Guide Overview....................................................................................9

Where to find Documentation on the Web......................................................11

1 Introduction to Serviceguard Extension for RAC............................................12

What is a Serviceguard Extension for RAC Cluster? ...................................................................12

Group Membership............................................................................................................13

Using Packages in a Cluster ...............................................................................................13

Serviceguard Extension for RAC Architecture..............................................................................14

Group Membership Daemon...............................................................................................14

Overview of SGeRAC and Cluster File System (CFS)/Cluster Volume Manager (CVM).....................14

Package Dependencies.......................................................................................................15

Storage Configuration Options............................................................................................15

About Veritas CFS and CVM from Symantec..........................................................................15

Overview of SGeRAC and Oracle 10g, 11gR1, and 11gR2 RAC...................................................16

Overview of SGeRAC Cluster Interconnect Subnet Monitoring ......................................................17

How Cluster Interconnect Subnet Works................................................................................17

Configuring Packages for Oracle RAC Instances.........................................................................18

Configuring Packages for Oracle Listeners..................................................................................18

Node Failure.........................................................................................................................19

Larger Clusters ......................................................................................................................20

Up to Four Nodes with SCSI Storage....................................................................................20

Point-to-Point Connections to Storage Devices ........................................................................21

Extended Distance Cluster Using Serviceguard Extension for RAC.................................................22

GMS Authorization.................................................................................................................22

Overview of Serviceguard Manager.........................................................................................23

Starting Serviceguard Manager...........................................................................................23

Monitoring Clusters with Serviceguard Manager....................................................................23

Administering Clusters with Serviceguard Manager................................................................23

Configuring Clusters with Serviceguard Manager...................................................................24

2 Serviceguard Configuration for Oracle 10g, 11gR1, or 11gR2 RAC.................25

Interface Areas.......................................................................................................................25

Group Membership API (NMAPI2).......................................................................................25

SGeRAC Detection.............................................................................................................25

Cluster Timeouts.................................................................................................................25

Serviceguard Cluster Timeout..........................................................................................25

CSS Timeout.................................................................................................................26

RAC IMR Timeout..........................................................................................................26

Oracle Cluster Software......................................................................................................26

Automated Oracle Cluster Software Startup and Shutdown.................................................26

Monitoring...................................................................................................................26

Allowed Characters for Oracle 10g/11gR1/11gR2 RAC Cluster Names...............................26

Shared Storage.................................................................................................................26

Multipathing ................................................................................................................27

OCR and Vote Device....................................................................................................27

Mirroring and Resilvering...............................................................................................27

Shared Storage Activation..............................................................................................27

Listener.............................................................................................................................27

Automated Startup and Shutdown...................................................................................27

Manual Startup and Shutdown........................................................................................28

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